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Heroes & Villains


        EMPEROR MEIJI

                                                                                                         Despite
        Emperor Meiji oversaw
        the transition of Japan                                                                     welcoming many
        into the modern era
                                                                                                  foreign heads of states
                                                                                                 and royals, the emperor
                                                                                                  couldn’t speak a word
                                                                                                        of English

































































        “ Meiji’s revolution would not spare

         anyone who stood in the way of his
         country’s modernisation – the ancient

         samurai warriors would soon find
         themselves in the firing line”




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