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[[File:Nanshubochi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The view of the cemetery as one approaches from the entrance]]
*''Established: [[1877]]''
*''Japanese'': 南洲墓地 ''(nanshuu bochi)''
The Nanshû Cemetery in [[Kagoshima]] is the final burial place for [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and 2,022 other men who died in the [[1877]] [[Satsuma Rebellion]] fighting against the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. It is located on the former grounds of the Buddhist temple [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], up on a hill, overlooking a major avenue which formerly housed a number of [[Shimazu clan]] mansions.
Following Saigô's death at the [[battle of Shiroyama]], [[Kagoshima prefecture]] governor [[Iwamura Michitoshi]] had him and forty of his men buried on the former grounds of Jôkômyô-ji, a temple which had been destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, and abolished in the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhism policies of the first years of the [[Meiji period]]. Two years later, in [[1879]], the remains of a number of Saigô's men who had initially been buried elsewhere were relocated here, and six years after that, remains of others who fell in the rebellion were relocated from graves in neighboring prefectures.
Saigô's grave stands in the center of the cemetery, with those of [[Kirino Toshiaki]], [[Beppu Kanenaga]], [[Katsura Hisatake]], [[Murata Shinpachi]], [[Shinohara Kunimoto]], and [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi Kakunosuke]] immediately nearby, along a row. These, along with many of the other graves today have modern signs identifying the figures buried there. At the front of the cemetery stands a stone monument to governor Iwamura, along with a stone inscribed with an epitaph for Saigô written by [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], and a stone lantern gifted to the site by the City of [[Tokyo]] in 1939, in gratitude for the bloodless way in which [[Edo castle]] was taken during the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Another stone, a gift to the city from [[Changsha]], stands as a monument to [[Huang Xing]], a major figure in the [[1911]] [[Xinhai Revolution]], described here as the "Saigô Takamori of China." A bamboo garden directly behind the cemetery was established in memory of [[Satsuma han]] ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] (r. [[1704]]-[[1721]]).
A building was constructed on the site in 1879 to help commemorate the war dead; in 1922 it was officially designated as Nanshû Shrine (''Nanshû jinja''), enshrining the spirit of Saigô Takamori. Jôkômyô-ji has been reestablished and stands immediately neighboring the cemetery today, along with the Saigô Nanshû Memorial Hall (''Saigô Nanshû kenshôkan'') museum/archives.
==Selected Burials==
*[[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]]
*[[Beppu Kanenaga]]
*[[Fuchibe Takateru]] (Gunpei)
*[[Henmi Jurota|Henmi Jûrôta]]
*[[Hirano Shosuke|Hirano Shôsuke]]
*[[Ijichi Suekichi]]
*[[Ikeda Kotaro|Ikeda Kôtarô]]
*[[Ikenoue Sadakata]]
*[[Katsura Hisatake]]
*[[Kawagoe Yotaro|Kawagoe Yôtarô]]
*[[Kawasho Yoshinori|Kawashô Yoshinori]]
*[[Kirino Toshiaki]]
*The [[Kodama brothers]], Sanenao, Sanekiyo, Saneyasu, Sanetake, and Hikokichi
*[[Masuda Eitaro|Masuda Eitarô]] and 21 other men from Nakatsu, [[Oita prefecture]]
*[[Morikawa Masakazu]]
*[[Murata Shinpachi]]
*[[Nagayama Morihiro]]
*[[Nakamura Josuke]]
*[[Niiro Sojiro|Niiro Sôjirô]]
*[[Ogura Tomochika|Ôgura Sôkurô Tomochika]]
*[[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi Kakunosuke]]
*[[Saigo Kohei|Saigô Kôhei]]
*[[Sakakibara Masaharu]]
*[[Shimazu Keijiro|Shimazu Keijirô]]
*[[Shinohara Kunimoto]]
*[[Tanegashima Hikonojo|Tanegashima Hikonojô]]
*[[Tomo Kaneyuki]]
*[[Yamanoda Kazusuke]]
{{stub}}
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Established: [[1877]]''
*''Japanese'': 南洲墓地 ''(nanshuu bochi)''
The Nanshû Cemetery in [[Kagoshima]] is the final burial place for [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and 2,022 other men who died in the [[1877]] [[Satsuma Rebellion]] fighting against the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. It is located on the former grounds of the Buddhist temple [[Jokomyo-ji (Kagoshima)|Jôkômyô-ji]], up on a hill, overlooking a major avenue which formerly housed a number of [[Shimazu clan]] mansions.
Following Saigô's death at the [[battle of Shiroyama]], [[Kagoshima prefecture]] governor [[Iwamura Michitoshi]] had him and forty of his men buried on the former grounds of Jôkômyô-ji, a temple which had been destroyed in the [[1863]] [[bombardment of Kagoshima]] by the British Royal Navy, and abolished in the ''[[haibutsu kishaku]]'' anti-Buddhism policies of the first years of the [[Meiji period]]. Two years later, in [[1879]], the remains of a number of Saigô's men who had initially been buried elsewhere were relocated here, and six years after that, remains of others who fell in the rebellion were relocated from graves in neighboring prefectures.
Saigô's grave stands in the center of the cemetery, with those of [[Kirino Toshiaki]], [[Beppu Kanenaga]], [[Katsura Hisatake]], [[Murata Shinpachi]], [[Shinohara Kunimoto]], and [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi Kakunosuke]] immediately nearby, along a row. These, along with many of the other graves today have modern signs identifying the figures buried there. At the front of the cemetery stands a stone monument to governor Iwamura, along with a stone inscribed with an epitaph for Saigô written by [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]], and a stone lantern gifted to the site by the City of [[Tokyo]] in 1939, in gratitude for the bloodless way in which [[Edo castle]] was taken during the [[Meiji Restoration]]. Another stone, a gift to the city from [[Changsha]], stands as a monument to [[Huang Xing]], a major figure in the [[1911]] [[Xinhai Revolution]], described here as the "Saigô Takamori of China." A bamboo garden directly behind the cemetery was established in memory of [[Satsuma han]] ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Yoshitaka]] (r. [[1704]]-[[1721]]).
A building was constructed on the site in 1879 to help commemorate the war dead; in 1922 it was officially designated as Nanshû Shrine (''Nanshû jinja''), enshrining the spirit of Saigô Takamori. Jôkômyô-ji has been reestablished and stands immediately neighboring the cemetery today, along with the Saigô Nanshû Memorial Hall (''Saigô Nanshû kenshôkan'') museum/archives.
==Selected Burials==
*[[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]]
*[[Beppu Kanenaga]]
*[[Fuchibe Takateru]] (Gunpei)
*[[Henmi Jurota|Henmi Jûrôta]]
*[[Hirano Shosuke|Hirano Shôsuke]]
*[[Ijichi Suekichi]]
*[[Ikeda Kotaro|Ikeda Kôtarô]]
*[[Ikenoue Sadakata]]
*[[Katsura Hisatake]]
*[[Kawagoe Yotaro|Kawagoe Yôtarô]]
*[[Kawasho Yoshinori|Kawashô Yoshinori]]
*[[Kirino Toshiaki]]
*The [[Kodama brothers]], Sanenao, Sanekiyo, Saneyasu, Sanetake, and Hikokichi
*[[Masuda Eitaro|Masuda Eitarô]] and 21 other men from Nakatsu, [[Oita prefecture]]
*[[Morikawa Masakazu]]
*[[Murata Shinpachi]]
*[[Nagayama Morihiro]]
*[[Nakamura Josuke]]
*[[Niiro Sojiro|Niiro Sôjirô]]
*[[Ogura Tomochika|Ôgura Sôkurô Tomochika]]
*[[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi Kakunosuke]]
*[[Saigo Kohei|Saigô Kôhei]]
*[[Sakakibara Masaharu]]
*[[Shimazu Keijiro|Shimazu Keijirô]]
*[[Shinohara Kunimoto]]
*[[Tanegashima Hikonojo|Tanegashima Hikonojô]]
*[[Tomo Kaneyuki]]
*[[Yamanoda Kazusuke]]
{{stub}}
==References==
*Plaques on-site.
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
