Thinking outside the box: why all this samurai stuff matters in the 21st century
“A man who thinks not of honor or disgrace, praise or criticism, but rather takes decisive action in what he believes—though he be considered by the world a consummate villain, a perfect scoundrel—I would support such a man.” Katsu Kaishū (Qtd. in Samurai Revolution, from Hikawa Seiwa. Originally published in interview with the newspaper Kokumin Shinbun, Jan. 29, 1895)
Katsu Kaishū is the “shōgun’s last samurai” of Samurai Revolution.
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