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[[Image:Saigo.JPG|right|thumb|Statue of Saigô Takamori by sculptor [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kôun]] in [[Ueno Park]]. Unveiled [[1898]]/12/18.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 176.</ref>]]
 
* ''Born: [[1828]]''
 
* ''Born: [[1828]]''
 
* ''Died: [[1877]]''
 
* ''Died: [[1877]]''
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[[Image:Saigo-takamori1.gif |frame|left|Portrait of Saigô Takamori]]
 
[[Image:Saigo-takamori1.gif |frame|left|Portrait of Saigô Takamori]]
[[Image:Saigo.JPG|right|thumb|Statue of Saigô Takamori by sculptor [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kôun]] in [[Ueno Park]]. Unveiled [[1898]]/12/18.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 176.</ref>]]
   
The military leader of [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] during the waning days of the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Tokugawa Shogunate]], Saigô played a pivotal role in the [[Meiji Restoration|restoration of Imperial rule to Japan]]. While his daimyo, [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], tended to vacillate on his position regarding supporting the shogunate or not, Saigô was resolute in his distaste for the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] regime and was determined to completely crush Tokugawa power at almost any cost. Saigô was one of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma's]] closest allies and friends, but some historians have speculated that he may have had a hand in Ryôma's assassination by leaking the location of Ryôma's hideout to Bakufu officials. The logic behind this speculation is that Saigô deemed that Ryôma would be a formidable roadblock in his plan to crush the Tokugawa. Surprisingly, Saigô went on to become the commander-in-chief of the Meiji army, laying the groundwork for what became the modern [[Imperial Japanese Army]].  
 
The military leader of [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] during the waning days of the [[Tokugawa Bakufu|Tokugawa Shogunate]], Saigô played a pivotal role in the [[Meiji Restoration|restoration of Imperial rule to Japan]]. While his daimyo, [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], tended to vacillate on his position regarding supporting the shogunate or not, Saigô was resolute in his distaste for the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] regime and was determined to completely crush Tokugawa power at almost any cost. Saigô was one of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma's]] closest allies and friends, but some historians have speculated that he may have had a hand in Ryôma's assassination by leaking the location of Ryôma's hideout to Bakufu officials. The logic behind this speculation is that Saigô deemed that Ryôma would be a formidable roadblock in his plan to crush the Tokugawa. Surprisingly, Saigô went on to become the commander-in-chief of the Meiji army, laying the groundwork for what became the modern [[Imperial Japanese Army]].  
  
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