Samurai stipends are replaced with government bonds forcing many into poverty. They will not take this anymore.

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, Iwakura Tomomi, Okuma Shinenobu, ishin shishi.

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