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The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule
The radical samurai who created Japan's first modern militia and ignited the revolution that ended feudal rule (1839-1867). Takasugi Shinsaku proved that a small force of committed irregulars could defeat a conventional army, then died of tuberculosis at 27 — leaving his revolution for others to complete.
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不自由を常と思えば不足なし。
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