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Japan was a country in turmoil at the beginning of the 18th century. It was a time of pageantry and corruption in the Shogun's court. Because the merchant class was rising in power, it was also the beginning of the end of privilege for the professional warriors, or samurai, who felt their loss keenly, especially since they held the business of money-making in contempt. In the midst of such bewildering change, eruptions of violence were not unknown....