Showdown at the Ikedaya Inn: Samurai Secret Police
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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A man named kotaka shuntaro had been hanging by his feet for hours. Throughout the night, they had asked him lots of questions over and over again but he wouldn't say a word. According to an eye witness, the prisoner closed his eyes, clenched his teeth and passed out, but he would not open his mouth. Kotaka's stomach dropped when one of the swordsmen spoke out of the gloom: By the authority of the protector of kioto, you are under arrest for conspiring to overthrow the government.
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