When you hear "Meiji enlightenment," remember: it was imposed in blood. This is the story of that bloody imposition: the Boshin War.

#FridayNightHistory S5, "Into the Scale of Battle" Ep. 1 is "Pax Tokugawa"
https://riverside-wings.com/2026/02/20/friday-night-history-137-s5e1-pax-tokugawa/