What Tom Holland has said about Meiji Restoration
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 5, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Meiji Restoration once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on April 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland says that by the end of 1876 the samurai had lost their caste status, stipends, military monopoly, right to wear swords and distinctive hairstyle.
“By the end of 1876, pretty much everything that had made the samurai distinctive for centuries and centuries and centuries has gone”
The Rest Is History: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) (Apr 5, 2026) · Listen from 19:17
Episodes
658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Apr 5, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the origins of Japan's samurai, from the Tokugawa shogunate and the Bushido myth back to the 10th-century warlord Taira no Masakado.
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- Dominic Sandbrook · 1 quote
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