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* ''Birth: 1830/3/24''
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[[Image:Tanomo.jpg|right|thumb|Saigô Tanomo]]
* ''Death: 1903/4/28''
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* ''Birth: [[1830]]/3/24''
* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karo]]''
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* ''Death: [[1903]]/4/28''
* ''Other names:Hoshina Tanomo''
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* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karô]]''
* ''Japanese'':西郷頼母近悳(Saigo Tanomo Chikanori)
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* ''Other names: Hoshina Tanomo''
The Saigo family was taking Karo post of Aizu-Matsudaira clan from generation to generation.
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* ''Japanese'': [[西郷]] 頼母 近悳 ''(Saigou Tanomo Chikanori)''
In [[1862]], Lord [[Matsudaira Katamori]] was apointed the [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]](Military Commissioner of Kyoto).
 
Saigo Tanomo was Karo at the time, protested Lord Katamori to take the post. 
 
He was fired of Karo position in [[1863]].
 
In [[1868]], He was allowed to return the position after the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
 
In April, he entreated Lord Katamori to surrender after defeated at Shirakawaguchi.
 
Finally he was expelled(escaped?) from Aizu castle with his son Kichijuro.
 
Total 21 of his family members commited suicide before the Imperial troops enter the town.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
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The Saigô family held the post of ''[[karo|karô]]'' to the [[Aizu-Matsudaira clan]] hereditarily, from generation to generation.
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In [[1862]], Lord [[Matsudaira Katamori]] was appointed the [[Kyoto Shugo Shoku]](Military Commissioner of Kyoto).
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Saigô Tanomo, who was ''karô'' at the time, protested that Lord Katamori should not accept the post, and was dismissed from his ''karô'' position in [[1863]].
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In [[1868]], he was allowed to return the position after the [[Battle of Toba-Fushimi]].
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In April, he entreated Lord Katamori to surrender after being defeated at Shirakawaguchi.
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Finally he was expelled (escaped?) from [[Aizu-Wakamatsu castle]] with his son Kichijûrô and headed to [[Battle of Hakodate|Hakodate]].
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In total, 21 of his family members committed suicide before the Imperial troops entered the city.
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Following surrender of Hakodate, he was confined until 1872.
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He worked as a [[Shinto|Shintô]] priest in [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] for awhile.
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In 1903, he died in Wakamatsu city.
  
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==References==
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*[[Rekishi Dokuhon]] 2008 March
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*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%83%B7%E9%A0%BC%E6%AF%8D J-Wikipedia]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 28 July 2014

Saigô Tanomo
  • Birth: 1830/3/24
  • Death: 1903/4/28
  • Titles: Aizu han Karô
  • Other names: Hoshina Tanomo
  • Japanese: 西郷 頼母 近悳 (Saigou Tanomo Chikanori)


The Saigô family held the post of karô to the Aizu-Matsudaira clan hereditarily, from generation to generation. In 1862, Lord Matsudaira Katamori was appointed the Kyoto Shugo Shoku(Military Commissioner of Kyoto). Saigô Tanomo, who was karô at the time, protested that Lord Katamori should not accept the post, and was dismissed from his karô position in 1863. In 1868, he was allowed to return the position after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. In April, he entreated Lord Katamori to surrender after being defeated at Shirakawaguchi. Finally he was expelled (escaped?) from Aizu-Wakamatsu castle with his son Kichijûrô and headed to Hakodate. In total, 21 of his family members committed suicide before the Imperial troops entered the city. Following surrender of Hakodate, he was confined until 1872. He worked as a Shintô priest in Nikkô Tôshôgû for awhile. In 1903, he died in Wakamatsu city.

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