Saigo Kikujiro

• Born: 1861
• Died: 1928
• Japanese: 西郷 菊次郎 (Saigô Kikujirô)

Saigô Kikujirô was a son of Saigô Takamori. His mother, Ryû Aiko (Aikana) was a local woman from Amami Ôshima.

Kikujirô married a woman known as Hisa or Hisako. They had seven sons and seven daughters together.

Children

1. Ryûkichi (1893-1965) - worked at Kirishima Shrine
2. Hana (1895-1953)
3. Takaharu (1899-1977) - judo instructor
4. Haru (b. 1898)
5. Shimako (b. 1901)
6. Yoshi (b. 1903)
7. Yasu (1905-1931)
8. Takahide (1907-1985) - board chairman of Takushoku University
9. Takayasu (1908-1979) - his sons Takafumi and Hitoshi are prominent pottery artists
10. Sumiko (1910-2005)
11. Takakiyo (1912-1916)
12. Kiyo (1914-2010)
13. Hitoshi (1916-1945) - died in battle in Luzon
14. Kiyoshi (1919-1921)

References

• Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[1]