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* ''Birth: 1830/3/24''
[[Image:Tanomo.jpg|right|thumb|Saigô Tanomo]]
* ''Death: 1903/4/28''
* ''Birth: [[1830]]/3/24''
* ''Death: [[1903]]/4/28''
* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karô]]''
* ''Titles: [[Aizu han]] [[Karo|Karô]]''
* ''Other names:Hoshina Tanomo''
* ''Other names: Hoshina Tanomo''
* ''Japanese'':西郷頼母近悳(Saigou Tanomo Chikanori)
* ''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.
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).
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]].
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 [[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.
In April, he entreated Lord Katamori to surrender after being defeated at Shirakawaguchi.
Finally he was expelled (escaped?) from [[Aizu castle]] with his son Kichijûrô.
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.
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==
==References==
*[[Rekishi Dokuhon]] 2008 March
*[[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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