Trivia Question: What elite band of commoner samurai was founded by the Tokugawa Shogunate to keep the peace in Kyoto during a time of public unrest and rebellion?
Answer: The Shinsengumi
The Shinsengumi occupy a near mythological status in Japanese history. For being raised from the commoner class, members of this order were fiercely loyal to their superiors. Many samurai stories feature the Shinsengumi as antagonists because of their hard-handed tactics and loyalty to a failing dynasty.
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