THE SATSUMA STUDENTS IN BRITAIN

In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to em bark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of a vast empire. T hese were the Satsuma students, some of them still in their teens, all carrying orders from their domains to travel abroad. It was a n extraordinary and daring expedition. Their experience of life in the west not only transformed their perception of the outside wor ld, but ...[Read more]