Episode 409 - The Anglo-Satsuma War

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out TWOAPW: https://www.worstpossible.world/ PREORDER JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QWHSPAADI07D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uLEY0I7D6t0IC9GWsF7SH1FKEgKqsqTLmV4PQ_lLi-wVUCYgTqIv0BWd9_-x3VzP.xn7v2CqU5MjngXmmSbYvVGsY_fxkvgsz-LA2tkhHHTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=joseph+kassabian&qid=1774247705&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C176&sr=1-1 GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-tickets-1985443952308 GET LIVESTREAM TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-tickets-1985443952308 Joe is joined by AJ, Brian, and Josh from the Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time a British trader got murdered by Samurai for being an asshole and sparked a war between the British and the Satsuma Domain. SOURCES: De Lange, William. The Namamugi Incident: The Murder that Sparked a War Totman, Conrad. The collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868 Satow, Ernest. A Diplomat in Japan Rennie, David Field. The British Arms in North China and Japan