WHEN SAMURAI WEPT: A Story of Honor in a Dying Feudal Japan

Japan, 1876. The Emperor has spoken and an entire class of men must cease to be what they are. Takeda Hiroshi has worn a sword every day of his adult life. Eleven generations of his family have served the Shimazu lords of Satsuma, their honor as fixed as the volcano that rises from Kagoshima Bay. Then a government edict strips samurai of their weapons. A second decree cancels their stipends. And t...