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Saigō Kokichi (西郷 小吉) was born in Kajiya, Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, the eldest son of samurai squire (koshōkumi) Saigō Kichibē and his wife Masa. [2] He had six siblings and his younger brother Ryūkō later became Marshal-Admiral Marquis Saigō Jūdō. His childhood name was Kokichi and he received the given name Takamori in ...
Ai Hashimoto as Suga, the first wife of Takamori; Haru Kuroki as Iwayama Ito, the third wife of Takamori Konomi Watanabe as young Ito; Ryo Nishikido as Saigō Jūdō, one of Takamori's brothers Taiyō Saitō as Saigō Shingo (young Jūdō) Mone Kamishiraishi as Saigō Kiyo, the wife of Jūdō; Gōta Watabe as Saigō Kichijirō, one of Takamori ...
Ōkubo Toshimichi as a young samurai. Ōkubo was born on 26 September 1830 in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) to Ōkubo Juemon (also known as Toshio and Shirō), [4] a low-ranking retainer of Shimazu Nariakira, the daimyō of the Satsuma Domain, later given a minor official position, and his wife Minayoshi Fuku, daughter of a physician. [5]
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.
The shogunate decided to punish Chōshū for this event with the First Chōshū expedition, under the leadership of a Satsuma retainer, Saigō Takamori. Saigō, however, avoided a military conflict and allowed Chōshū to resolve the issue with the Seppuku of the three perpetrators behind the attack on the Imperial palace.
The second son of Takamori he was the twelfth clan head succeeding his older brother Tokitaka. His child name was Shoryumaru (正竜丸). After coming of age he became known as Kikuchi Ikejirō nyudō Jakua and formerly as Taketoki. He succeeded the clan out of chance after his older brother Tokitaka and his uncle Takenori both died after ...
According to the court documents, hairs found near Mack's severed wrist were linked to Heuermann's estranged wife Asa Ellerup and daughter, to the exclusion of 99.65% of the North American population.
Takamori Saigo (西郷隆盛, Saigō Takamori) Voiced by: Hiromi Sugino (Japanese); Rob Mungle (English) The chief of staff of the newly formed fully modernized Imperial Army (or the New Government Army) and a samurai from Satsuma. Under the authority of Prince Arisugawa, he was in charge of capturing Edo where the 15th Shogun Tokugawa ...