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* ''Birth: 1830/3/24''
[[Image:Tanomo.jpg|right|thumb|Saigô Tanomo]]
* ''Death: 1903/4/28''
* ''Birth: [[1830]]/3/24''
* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karo]]''
* ''Death: [[1903]]/4/28''
* ''Other names:Hoshina Tanomo''
* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karô]]''
* ''Japanese'':西郷頼母近悳(Saigo Tanomo Chikanori)
* ''Other names: Hoshina Tanomo''
* ''Japanese'': [[西郷]] 頼母 近悳 ''(Saigou Tanomo Chikanori)''
The Saigô family held the post of ''[[karo|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 [[Battle of Hakodate|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 [[Shinto|Shintô]] priest in [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]] for awhile.
In 1903, he died in Wakamatsu city.
==References==
*[[Rekishi Dokuhon]] 2008 March
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%83%B7%E9%A0%BC%E6%AF%8D J-Wikipedia]
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