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Saigō Takamori
samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 23 January 1828
- Died
- 24 September 1877
- Part of
- Three great nobles, Ten great nobles
- Conflict
- Boshin War, Kinmon Incident, Satsuma Rebellion
- Place of birth
- Kajiya-chō
- Place of death
- Yamashita-chō
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Takamori
- Family name
- Saigō
- Father
- Saigō Kichibei
- Mother
- Shiihara Masa
- Spouse
- Ijūin Suga, Arikana, Saigō Itoko
- Occupation
- bushi, samurai, politician, military personnel
- Position held
- daisanji
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Native language
- Japanese
- Religion
- Confucianism
- affiliation
- Imperial Japanese Army
- allegiance
- Satsuma Domain
- art name
- 南洲
- birth name
- 隆永
- cause of death
- gunshot wound, decapitation
- convicted of
- arson
- dedicated heritage entity
- Saigō Nanshū Memorial Museum
- depicted by
- statues of Saigō Takamori
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Saigō Kichibei
- employer
- Satsuma Domain
- end of work period
- 1873
- family
- Saigō Takamori family
- killed by
- Beppu Shinsuke
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Japanese
- manner of death
- assisted suicide, suicide in battle
- medical condition
- filariasis
- member of
- Seichūgumi, caretaker government
- military branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- name in kana
- さいごう たかもり
- name in native language
- 西郷隆盛, 西鄕隆盛, 吉之助
- named after
- Saigō Kichibei
- nickname
- 大西郷, 南洲翁, 西郷どん
- notable work
- Nanshūō Ikun
- participant in
- Incident of 1873
- penalty
- penal transportation
- place of burial
- Nanshū Shrine
- pseudonym
- 西郷三助, 菊池源吾, 善兵衛
- related category
- Category:Works based on Saigō Takamori
- start of work period
- 1872
- time period
- 19th century
- topic's main category
- Category:Saigo Takamori
- writing language
- Japanese
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