In 1864 Samurai were pictured by the Sphinx and pyramids. This is the story. #history #japan #egypt

[Lewis]

“Gunboat Diplomacy”

The 1800’s were wild bro

[paulochon]

Those samurais were stardust crusaders

[scott]

That's one of the coolest historical pictures I've ever seen!

[chillemdafoe]

The records of this trip are an absolutely fascinating read. It honestly could be a movie

[joshuacortez]

Crazy to think that samurai existed in 1864. It's not that long ago in reality

[StockyDude]

They tried to behead the Sphinx. The scratches from their swords are still visible today.

[ABagOfLag]

to people commenting that they would like to see a movie of this, "The Last Samurai star Shin Koyamada, who's also from Okayama Prefecture same as Nagaoki, made his full feature documentary called Wine Road of the Samurai (2006), which was nationally broadcast by Japan News Network in Japan. Koyamada followed his footsteps traveling to France and Egypt where Nakagoki and 36 Samurai traveled to."

[alexturner-claros]

That's got to be one of the coolest photos ever, crossing 2 of humanity's best cultures ever. Wow, I hope it's real.

[JAWJACKERSPODCAST]

I wouldn't mind seeing a movie or short film about their journeys as accurate as possible 👌💯

[spiralpower]

Ah yes the Satsuma Rebellion, The last stand of the samurai. One of the most badass last stands in history.

[larrywhittaker]

Samurai were some seriously bad asses. So skilled and dedicated that they had become feared by people that had previously used them

[siltstrider]

This is some inspiring history. Unbelievable what some people have accomplished we hardly hear about.

[dimsy]

Ain't no way they makin this banger album cover back in 1800s

[udomsakkhlaikaeo]

It's cool and I can’t imagine that happened without photo

[sumow]

its so nice to see them wearing traditional robes

[cats]

Egypt was ruled by Mohammed Ali Basha and he himself started a modernization project so they took some notes from the Egyptian process back then

[jackryanTV]

A historically accurate game would be sick set in this time

[jblasutavario]

The time has come for a Japanese/Ancient Egyptian fantasy martial arts anime: Samu-RA!

[jimmyjohnjuan]

gotta love "Gunboat Diplomacy".

[historylover]

The US basically said "open up Japan or well use force" to get Japan out of isolation