The Satsuma Rebellion, a revolt of Satsuma ex-samurai against the Meiji government from 1877-01-29 to 1877-09-24, 11 years into the Meiji Era, is the last, and the most serious, of a series of armed uprisings against the new government.
βThe lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world.β
β Robert Penn Warren, quoted by Chris Maser (1999)