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Saigo Takamori Explained. Part 1 – Childhood, early career and exile to Amami

Saigo Takamori Explained. Part 1 – Childhood, early career and exile to Amami

Update: 2022-11-21

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Saigo Takamori, the Great Saigo or the Last Samurai is the ideal Japanese man and one of Japan's most beloved historical characters. In popular imagination, Saigo is THE perfect samurai. His image is so heavily embellished that it is sometimes hard to see where reality meets fiction. But let's try to separate them anyway.

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Saigo Takamori Explained. Part 1 – Childhood, early career and exile to Amami

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