Last Samurai Describes Final Days of Old Japan @VoicesofthePast

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Extracts taken from Marquis Ito´s Experience, translated by Teizo Kuramata: archive.org/details/marquisitosexpe00itgoog

Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel for more: @ArtandContext
Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

Last Samurai Describes Final Days of Old Japan

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