The reduction of samurai privileges galvanizes the warriors to rebel against the government on five different occasions. Even the home of the Meiji regime, the island of Kyushu and the province of Choshu, are not safe from the wrath of the samurai.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Boshin, Satsuma, Saigo Takamori, Saigo Judo, Okubo Toshichimi, Choshu, Saga, Eto Shinpei, Hizen, Shinpuren, Kumamoto, Akizuki, Fukuoka, Hagi, Maebara Issei.

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