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Japan

Key People

Shimazu Hisamitsu.

Shimazu Hisamitsu

Japanese feudal lord

Shimazu Nariakira

Japanese feudal lord

Sakamoto Ryōma.

Sakamoto Ryōma

Japanese imperial loyalist

Kuroda Kiyotaka.

Count Kuroda Kiyotaka

prime minister of Japan

Shimazu Shigehide

Japanese feudal lord