Ok, I'm in a vindictive mood today, so I present to you every instance of Romulus Hillsborough in his Shinsengumi book blaming the sun goddess Amaterasu for Bakumatsu events. (Because he thought it sounded grand and literary.)

"as if the Sun Goddess were intent on restoring her imperial descen¬dant in Kyoto to his ancient seat of power, Tokugawa lemochi, the twenty-year-old shogun, suddenly died at Osaka Castle."

"Meanwhile, the Sun Goddess continued to torment the Bakufu, even at the expense of one of her own. On December 25, twenty days after Yoshinobu's accession, Emperor Komei, whose pro-Tokugawa stance had bolstered the Bakufu, suddenly died at his palace in Kyoto. "

"Fate, whether inseparably intertwined with that relentless god¬dess or an overwhelming force by which their world was changing at breakneck speed, was, despite their steely will to power, beyond their mortal control."

"The sweet taste of revenge afforded the Shinsengumi by the blood of Ito and his Guard of the Imperial Tomb was lost neither to the relentless Sun Goddess nor to the architects of the most momen¬tous event in Tokugawa history."

"Even as Yoshinobu accepted Ryoma's plan, the Sun Goddess continued to torment. She now employed the genius of her darling among the nobles, the shogun's greatest nemesis at the Imperial Court. Iwakura Tomomi"

"The shogun had indeed announced his decision to abdicate and restore the emperor to power. But a peaceful transition of government was not in the grand plan of that unrelenting goddess."

"But even now, as if to challenge the will of that relentless goddess, they refused to give up the fight. Power to them meant everything—power founded on courage, which begot honor."

"Kondo was transported to enemy headquarters for questioning. At Itabashi he continued to refer to himself by his alias, until the Sun Goddess, now intent on damning him, interfered."

". That the grand plan failed miserably was on account of rough seas and mechanical failures—cruel fate so inseparably intertwined with that relentless Sun Goddess. Neither the Banryu nor the Takao made it to Miyako Bay."

Finis.

This book is so bad I'm wincing/laughing just flipping through it.

Never mind. NOT FINIS. THERE IS MORE.

"After fifteen years of unprecedented turmoil, neither the winners nor the losers—nor, it seemed, that brilliant divinity of their ancient ancestors—would countenance peace in their sacred nation without a final and bloody struggle."

"But history shows that even the well-laid plans of an ancient divinity can be foiled by the foibles inherent in human events. Before Satsuma and Choshu had time to strike, Yoshinobu's decision was sanctioned by the Imperial Court"