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==Alliance==

==Alliance==

The two domains reached a rapprochement, and in 1866/1, [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] met at [[Komatsu Tatewaki|Komatsu Tatewaki's]] residence in Kyoto. Komatsu and [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] served as mediators, as the group laid the groundwork for the [[Sat-Cho Alliance|Sat-Chô Alliance]], signing a secret pact to work together to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.<ref>Plaques on-site at former site of Imaizumi Shimazu family mansion, Dairyû-chô, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066707939/sizes/h/]</ref> Trade relations between the two domains were also restarted; whereas previously Chôshû had left the details of the trade up to local merchants, the domain now assigned officials to oversee the arrangements.<ref>Hellyer, 202.</ref>

The two domains reached a rapprochement, and in 1866/1, [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] met at [[Komatsu Tatewaki|Komatsu Tatewaki's]] residence in Kyoto. Komatsu and [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] served as mediators, as the group laid the groundwork for the Alliance, signing a secret pact to work together to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.<ref>Plaques on-site at former site of Imaizumi Shimazu family mansion, Dairyû-chô, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066707939/sizes/h/]</ref> Trade relations between the two domains were also restarted; whereas previously Chôshû had left the details of the trade up to local merchants, the domain now assigned officials to oversee the arrangements.<ref>Hellyer, 202.</ref>

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