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The Battle of Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan. [3] It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi.
Battle of Shiroyama. Saigō and his remaining samurai were pushed back to Kagoshima where, in a final battle, the Battle of Shiroyama, Imperial Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and marines under the command of Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi outnumbered Saigō 60-to-1. However, Yamagata was determined to leave nothing to chance.
Aerial view around Shiroyama. Mount Shiroyama (城山, Shiroyama) is a mountain located in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The true height is 107m. [1] The original name is Tsuru ga mine (鶴ヶ峯, Tsuru ga mine) The mountain is famous as the site of the Battle of Shiroyama in 1877, at the end of the Satsuma rebellion.
Saigō Takamori (upper right) directing his troops at the Battle of Shiroyama. The rebels fought two significant battles against the central government: the Siege of Kumamoto Castle and the Battle of Tabaruzaka. Saigō was initially confident of his ability to take Kumamoto Castle, but he had underestimated the effectiveness of the imperial ...
Battle of Shiroyama In this Japanese name , the surname is Beppu . Beppu Shinsuke ( 別府 晋介 , 1847 – September 24, 1877) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who fought for the Satsuma Domain at the Battle of Shiroyama .
With Saigō's defeat and death at the Battle of Shiroyama on 24 September 1877, the Shi-gakkō system was disbanded. The site of the Shi-gakkō has, since 1945, been the site of the National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center.
During the Satsuma Rebellion, he was placed in command of all Imperial troops in September 1877 at the final Battle of Shiroyama near Kumamoto, when Saigō Takamori was killed (or committed seppuku). This battle, Saigō's last stand against the Meiji government, was the historical basis for the 2003 film The Last Samurai.
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