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==Bakumatsu==

==Bakumatsu==

After returning from his exile in [[1864]], Saigô took up an official military position in the Satsuma domain government, and also joined [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]] and others in agitating for the toppling of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. The following year he became head of the guard (''Ôban-no-kami''). Saigô then met with [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] in [[1866]] to negotiate and establish the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Sat-Chô Alliance]] between Satsuma and [[Choshu han|Chôshû domains]].

After returning from his exile in [[1864]], Saigô took up an official military position in the Satsuma domain government, and also joined [[Okubo Toshimichi|Ôkubo Toshimichi]] and others in agitating for the toppling of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. The following year he became head of the guard (''Ôban-no-kami''). That same year, [[1865]], he married a woman named [[Saigo Ito|Ito]] (or Itoko), with whom he later had three sons: [[Saigo Torataro|Toratarô]], [[Saigo Umajiro|Umajirô]], and [[Saigo Torazo|Torazô]].<ref name=tatsugo/>

 

Saigô then met with [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] in [[1866]] to negotiate and establish the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Sat-Chô Alliance]] between Satsuma and [[Choshu han|Chôshû domains]].

Saigô then went on to be one of the chief leaders of both the political/ideological and military campaigns against the shogunate, and was directly involved in negotiating the peaceful surrender of [[Edo castle]] in [[1868]]/4.

Saigô then went on to be one of the chief leaders of both the political/ideological and military campaigns against the shogunate, and was directly involved in negotiating the peaceful surrender of [[Edo castle]] in [[1868]]/4.