It is the same as Las Casas's book. I have not told about Spain or Portugal. & I have not even told the In-ca people of course.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

denial

In 1863、Katsu established a modern Naval Academy in Kobe (near Kyoto) as an official facility of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

And Sakamoto became the head of that school.

※I think that Sakamoto was、so to speak、a leader in the students under the principal、Katsu.

He enrolled many Tosa ronin as students at the school.

(Of course、he has Katsu's permission for this.)

"From now on、even samurai will have to acquire some kind of job skill."

Sakamoto、who came from a merchant family、seems to have always had this idea.

※In Japan at that time、modern nautical engineers were very valuable.

Many feudal lords had purchased Western ships (including sailing ships)、but there was still an absolute shortage of engineers to operate them.

Most of all、by doing so、he was able to bring them out of the vortex of violence.※

Years later、just before he was assassinated.

"After this、the era will definitely change.

Therefore、many revolutionaries (ronin) will become unnecessary.

I would like to take them with me to Ezo (present-day Hokkaido) as a pioneer group."

(Since the defense of Ezo was an important issue at the time, it may have been "as a tonden soldier".)

Sakamoto had such a plan in mind.

◆屯田兵

Tondenhei (the soldiers for developing and guarding Hokkaido) -from Weblio英和辞典・和英辞典

※Having that kind of opinion makes it easier to persuade others、and it's easier to collect the budget.

Sakamoto may have thought so.

If I were the person I was before, I would write this much.

I haven’t told about Ainu or Russia.※

※Focus on "the ostensible reason is necessary" and read it after adaptation(lol). 2023083114:24 (japantime).

"We were aiming for a society that is not like this."

After the era changed such people really appeared.

They frequently attempted to assassinate key figures in Japan's new government.

・・・・・・・・・　

The samurai who established the new government first aimed to negate the samurai class.

They abolished the approximately 300 feudal lords nationwide and shifted to the modern county-prefecture system.

This change in the national system was carried out under the leadership of Satsuma and Choshu、the two giants of the revolutionary war.

Of course、their hearts were not calm either.

After that、a large-scale rebellion occurs in Satsuma.

※This is Japan's last civil war.

With this system change (albeit paid some money by the new government)、the Samurai no longer had a permanent income as feudal landowners.

※Of course、the number of "civil servants" is limited.

Naturally、many members of the samurai class fell.

Perhaps all the samurai did not want such a change.

"Japan will perish if we don't do it."

Such a sense of crisis must have supported them.

Depending on our point of view、we can of course think that "a few samurai monopolized all of Japan's wealth at the expense of many samurai".

After several power struggles、Ōkubo Toshimichi of Satsuma became the most powerful person in the new government.

Immediately after suppressing the Satsuma Rebellion (led by his childhood friend Saigo)、he was murdered by samurai who had antipathy toward the new government.

At the time of the assassination、he had no escort (he had refused to be escorted).

(Of course、I don't know if the escort could have prevented it、but I think it was a bad choice because he died because of it.

※There is also the possibility of "routinely"、but the notice of his assassination should have reached him before the assassination.

At that time、he was literally the center of the Japanese government.)

And he seems to have had very little property.

※"This is Okubo's grand mansion built by exploiting the people！"

Some took pictures of famous mansions in Tokyo (Edo) (no relation to Okubo) and sent them to Satsuma.※

※I'm sure this is a photo of the post office headquarters or something. 2023083115:46(japantime).

※At the end of the Edo period、cholera spread throughout Edo、and many people、including ukiyo-e artist Ando Hiroshige、died as a result.

It may also be due to the worsening living environment due to rapid inflation.※