Romulus Hillsborough's Samurai Revolution

Writing on samurai history and Japanese culture, focusing on the samurai revolution, meiji restoration, sakamoto ryoma, katsu kaishu, yoshida shoin, saigo takamori, takasugi shinsaku, shinsengumi, shogun, Tokugawa, bakufu, bushido, seppuku, sword

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Romulus Hillsborough’s Samurai Revolution Blog

“Samurai Revolution”

The Samurai, the Ship, and the Golden Gate
posted on March 8, 2022
Katsu Kaishū’s “Notebook of Deceased Friends”
posted on June 26, 2020
A Note On Ryoma, the Gunman
posted on April 23, 2020
160th Anniversary of Katsu Kaishu’s Historic Voyage to San Francisco
posted on February 10, 2020
Note on “Samurai Assassins”
posted on November 20, 2019

Interface with History

Katsu Kaishu’s Wife Tami, and Daughters
posted on May 5, 2019
Last Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu Twenty-one Years After Meiji Restoration
posted on October 23, 2018
Katsu Kaishu’s San Francisco Experience, 1860 (2)
posted on May 17, 2016
Graves of Japanese Sailors of Historic San Francisco Voyage
posted on February 11, 2016
An Emperor’s Funeral Procession and the Assassination Site at Sakurada Gate
posted on July 30, 2015

Japanese Writers

Mamoru Matsuoka: A Tribute to an Important Historian
posted on May 15, 2020
Shiba Ryotaro’s “Junshi”
posted on December 14, 2017
Shiba Ryotaro’s Masterpiece: “Ryoma ga Yuku”
posted on December 26, 2015
My Favorite Japanese History Writers: Part I
posted on July 8, 2015

“Samurai Revolution”: The Film?
posted on May 31, 2020
“Shinsengumi”: The Spanish Translation
posted on May 3, 2019
Katsu Kaishu Museum Scheduled to Open This Summer
posted on February 23, 2019
Newly revealed document seems to confirm that Ryoma and Kogoro faced off in kenjutsu match in Edo
posted on October 30, 2017
Sword Exhibit Provides “Sneak Peak” of Samurai Assassins
posted on September 14, 2016

Finished Writing “Ryoma” 30 Years Ago
posted on October 11, 2021
Amazed That I Can Actually Write About This Stuff
posted on August 1, 2021
All In a Day’s Work
posted on May 5, 2020
Katsu Kaishu’s Journal and Shinsengumi History
posted on January 26, 2020
The Agony and the Ecstasy (of Writing): Katsu Kaishu vs. Shinsengumi Commander Kondo Isami
posted on December 25, 2019

Samurai Notes: On Major Figures of the Samurai Revolution

A Note On Katsu Kaishu: A Samurai of the Highest Moral Character
posted on February 1, 2020
A Note On Shinsengumi Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo
posted on January 5, 2020
A Note On the Assassination of Sakamoto Ryoma: “…actually I did it.” Imai Nobuo
posted on December 15, 2019
A Note On the Assassination of Ii Naosuké
posted on December 6, 2019
A Note On Shinsengumi Commander Kondo Isami
posted on November 24, 2019

Samurai Revolution Miniseries Project

Samurai Revolution Miniseries Project (2)
posted on October 28, 2020
Samurai Revolution Miniseries Project (1)
posted on October 18, 2020

Two Important Books On Aizu’s Role In Bakumatsu
posted on March 25, 2023
Forthcoming Shinsengumi Book (1)
posted on March 18, 2023
The Shinsengumi Monument In Tokyo
posted on November 17, 2020
New and Expanded Edition of My First Shinsengumi Book
posted on September 22, 2020
Statue of Shinsengumi Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo At Takahata Fudo Temple in Hino
posted on August 19, 2020

The Ryoma Phenomenon

Wooden Practice Sword Believed to Have Belonged to Sakamoto Ryoma
posted on March 19, 2020
150th Anniversary of Ryoma’s Assassination
posted on November 15, 2017
“The Ryoma Phenomenon” (15): Ryoma and Nietzsche (2)
posted on December 25, 2016
“The Ryoma Phenomenon” (14): Ryoma and Nietzsche (1)
posted on December 21, 2016
“The Ryoma Phenomenon” (13): Ryoma Books at Teradaya
posted on October 17, 2016

Thinking outside the box: why all this samurai stuff matters in the 21st century

Japan’s “National Disgrace” of 1864 Resembles that of the United States in 2020
posted on February 15, 2020
“Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai” – The 20th Anniversary (14)
posted on December 18, 2019
A Word About Ryoma, JFK and Hemingway
posted on November 12, 2019
Ambassador Kennedy’s Note About “Samurai Revolution”
posted on November 9, 2019
Ryoma and Nietzsche: Continuing the Discussion
posted on October 11, 2019

“Chinahand: Bodhidharma’s Tao of Motion and Balance,” by Lee Muhl
posted on October 1, 2013

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“Samurai Assassins”: Table of Contents
Sakamoto Ryoma Film Project
Samurai Assassins: “Dark Murder” and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868
Samurai Revolution Miniseries Project
The Samurai Revolution at the Dawn of Modern Japan
Books at a glance
The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi
Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai
Samurai Sketches: From the Bloody Final Years of the Shogun
Samurai Tales
Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun’s Last Samurai

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