After the small failed rebellions of 1876, a storm brews in Satsuma and breaks forth as one of the greatest civil wars in Japanese history.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Boshin, Satsuma, Saigo Takamori, Torataro, Okubo Toshichimi, Choshu, Saga, Eto Shinpei, Shinpuren, Kumamoto, Akizuki, Fukuoka, Yamagata Aritomo, Ito Hirobumi, Arisugawa, Nakahara Hisao, Tani Tateki.

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