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Interesting article, but non sequitur I think. While Tsuda Sanzō was born into a Samurai family, he was not Samurai. I do completely agree that it was not a sm
by SapporoChris 3y ago
Interesting article, but non sequitur I think. While Tsuda Sanzō was born into a Samurai family, he was not Samurai.
I do completely agree that it was not a smooth time period by any means.
- sidewndr46 3y agoIt was him witnessing the Samurai rebellion being crushed that motivated him to this act. Just to put in context how weird this is: a Russian royal got attacked and left with a permanent scar because of the domestic policy of Japan.
- SapporoChris 3y agoAh yes. Well, very slow fuse. He participated in suppressing the samurai uprising in 1877. Ōtsu incident was in 1891. I'm sure there were many other contributing factors. Thanks for explaining.