The Meiji regime, in its drive to secure complete power in Japan, strikes at its greatest domestic challengers for supremacy: the domains.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Satcho, Boshin, Satsuma, Shimazu Hisamitsu, Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshichimi, Choshu, Kido Koin, Ito Hirobumi, Iwakura Tomomi, Yuri Kimimasa, Hizen, Okuma Shinenobu, Tosa.

Sources: The Meiji Restoration by W.G. Beasley, The Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. Jansen, A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon