Season 12, Episode 11: Bakumatsu Part 1 — The Ansei Purge
A portrait of Ii Naosuke, who served as the Tairo of the shogunate during the reign of Tokugawa Iemochi. Source: Public Domain
A propaganda poster representing the Sonno-Joi movement. A Sumo wrestler topples a foreign barbarian as his fellow barbarians look on in dismay. This poster is from 1861, but is still a good representation of anti-foreigner sentiment in Japan in the late 1850s. Source: Public Domain
A more intimate portrait of Ii Naosuke which was painted by his son. Source: Public Domain
A painting depicting the Sakurada Gate Incident. Ii Naosuke can be seen in the liter on the middle-left portion of the painting. Source: Public Domain
A painting of Arimura Jisaemon about to commit the coup-de-grace upon the wounded Ii Naosuke. Source: Public Domain
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