On the reconciliation efforts by the Meiji regime towards pro-shogunate officials and the international tour that changed Japan forever.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Boshin, Satsuma, Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshichimi, Choshu, Kido Koin, Ito Hirobumi, Iwakura Tomomi, Okuma Shinenobu, Tosa, Sakomoto Ryoma, Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

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