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*''Japanese'': [[西郷]] 吉次郎 ''(Saigô Kichijirô)''
*''Japanese'': [[西郷]] 吉次郎 ''(Saigô Kichijirô)''
Saigô Kichijirô was one of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori's]] brothers.
Saigô Kichijirô was one of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori's]] younger brothers.
He died in late [[1868]] of wounds suffered in the [[battle of Igarashi]] in [[Niigata prefecture]] earlier that year, and was buried at [[Nanrin-ji]] in [[Kagoshima]]; his was one of 23 graves later moved to a separate site called the Saigô Family Cemetery, where they remain today.<ref>Signs on-site at Saigô Family Cemetery, Kagoshima Tokiwa-chô 2-2-14.</ref>
His children included [[Saigo Yukasa|Saigô Yûkasa]] and [[Saigo Mitsu|Saigô Mitsu]]. Mitsu married a son of [[Adachi Baikei]]<!--足立梅渓-->
His children included [[Saigo Yukasa|Saigô Yûkasa]] and [[Saigo Mitsu|Saigô Mitsu]]. Mitsu married a son of [[Adachi Baikei]]<!--足立梅渓-->
==References==
==References==
*Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207387/sizes/4k/]
*Gallery labels, Amami Tatsugô Shima Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/49491207387/sizes/4k/]
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