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After the Meiji Restoration, Hisamitsu continued to hold real power in the Satsuma Domain (Kagoshima Domain). In the 4th year of Meiji (1871), the imperial government officials led by Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi, who held government positions, issued an order to abolish the domains, which angered Hisamitsu in Kagoshima, and set off fireworks for an entire day in protest.
Saigō was a low-ranking samurai, but his talent was recognized by Satsuma daimyō Shimazu Nariakira. However, in the political turbulence after Nariakira's early death in 1857, Saigō was twice exiled to the remote southern islands of Satsuma, first to Amami Oshima and later to Okinoerabujima . [ 4 ]
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.
The Shimazu clan (Japanese: 島津氏, Hepburn: Shimazu-shi) were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.. The Shimazu were identified as one of the tozama or outsider daimyō families [1] in contrast with the fudai or insider clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan.
The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the Seinan War (Japanese: 西南戦争, Hepburn: Seinan Sensō, lit. ' Southwestern War ' ) , was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government of Japan , nine years into the Meiji era .
In the ensuing peace treaty, Satsuma annexed the Amami and Tokara Islands, demanded tribute, and forced the King and his descendants to pledge loyalty to Satsuma's daimyō. For the remainder of the Edo period, Satsuma influenced their politics and dominated their trading policies to take advantage of Ryukyu's tributary status with China.
Kumagusu Minakata was also told by Miharu Arakawa, a diplomat from Satsuma, that he was a Beautiful Boy besides Toyohisa Shimazu. In the face of the Seikan no eki (conquest of Korea), he called the brave warriors in the family to the front of each and every one of them.Therefore, he thought that the Lord loved all the fierce warriors, and he ...
Shimazu Yoshihisa (島津義久, February 9, 1533 – March 5, 1611) was a powerful daimyō and the 16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, the eldest son of Shimazu Takahisa. [1] He was renowned as a great general, who managed to subjugate Kyushu through the deft maneuvering of his three brothers.