In his memoir "People of the Castle Town," Ishimitsu Masakiyo, a military officer of the Meiji era, described the scene of Kumamoto Castle burning down during the Satsuma Rebellion. ▼In this scene
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<Some elderly people were kneeling on the road, clasping their hands together and chanting Buddhist prayers, while others, still kneeling, had lost the strength to stand and were trembling, saying, "This is a terrible thing."> In his memoir "People of the Castle Town," Ishimitsu Masakiyo, a military officer of the Meiji era, described the scene of Kumamoto Castle burning down during the Satsuma Rebellion. ▼In this scene