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		sidewndr46 on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tokyo’s trash-collecting samurai takes a fun appro... It 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 on May 28, 2023 [–]

Ah 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.

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