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*''Born: [[1861]]''
*''Died: 1928''
*''Japanese'': [[西郷]] 菊次郎 ''(Saigô Kikujirô)''
Saigô Kikujirô was a son of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]]. His mother, [[Ryu Aiko|Ryû Aiko]] (Aikana) was a local woman from [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]].
Kikujirô married a woman known as Hisa or Hisako.<!--1876-1933--> They had seven sons and seven daughters together.
==Children==
#[[Saigo Ryukichi|Ryûkichi]] (1893-1965) - worked at Kirishima Shrine
#Hana (1895-1953)
#Takaharu (1899-1977) - [[judo]] instructor
#Haru (b. 1898)
#Shimako (b. 1901)
#Yoshi (b. 1903)
#Yasu (1905-1931)
#Takahide (1907-1985) - board chairman of [[Takushoku University]]
#Takayasu (1908-1979) - his sons Takafumi and Hitoshi are prominent pottery artists
#Sumiko (1910-2005)
#Takakiyo (1912-1916)
#Kiyo (1914-2010)
#Hitoshi (1916-1945) - died in battle in Luzon
#Kiyoshi (1919-1921)
==References==
*Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207457/sizes/3k/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]