Nine swordsmen bent on vengeance stormed a Kyoto temple one winter day in 1863. They tied up the temple monks and beheaded their three victims.
The victims were statues.
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Start of an era: A portrait of Ashikaga Takauji, cleaned up and color-corrected with PhotoShop. | PUBLIC DOMAIN/CREATIVE COMMONS
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