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IG_Semmelweisstoday at 4:32 AM3 repliesview on HN

The theme of this article is seen directly as a major plot point in the series Shogun.

Its quite a good show!


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sdeertoday at 7:18 AM

Shogun describes the period just before the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. This article describes the system that developed after that, under the Shoguns.

keiferskitoday at 6:34 AM

And an even better book, which is a part of an excellent series spanning centuries and Singapore, Hong Kong, Iran, and many other places.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Saga

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stasomatictoday at 2:34 PM

Loved that show. There is a fairly recent "Last Samurai Standing" fictional series that portrays the desperation of the Samurai after the end of the Edo era. It's a bit Squid Game-ish, but I enjoyed it immensely.