Shogunate oppression is lifted with the death of Ii Naosuke and the ishin shishi conspire to bring about the first war between Japan and the West.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Ii Naosuke, sonno joi, ishin shishi, koubu gattai, Mito, Tokugawa Nariaki, Hitotsubashi, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Matsudaira Shungaku, Satsuma, Shimazu Hisamitsu, Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori, Choshu, Mori Takachika, Kido Koin, Tosa, Yamauchi Yodo, Takechi Zuizan.

Map of Japan. Choshu is named Nagato on this map.

https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Map_of_Japan_in_Provinces_in_time_of_Iyeyasu.jpg

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.