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	Saigo Takamori Summary
		The Japanese rebel and statesman Takamori Saigo (1827-1877) was the military leader of the Meiji restoration.
		Takamori Saigo was born the eldest son of a lower-ranking samurai family on Feb. 7, 1827, in Kagoshima, the castle town of the Satsuma domain.
		Saigo returned to his native province, where there was much samurai discontentment with the abolition of their privileges and the shift of power from the feudal domains to the central government.
	www.bookrags.com /Saigo_Takamori (1179 words)

	Saigo Takamori
		Saigo Takamori wurde als Sohn eines niederen Samurai geboren und wuchs in einfachen Verhältnissen auf.
		Nach zahlreichen Scharmützeln und Gefechten, verschanzte sich Saigo Takamori mit einem kleinen Haufen noch übrig gebliebener 300 Samurai zum letzten Gefecht in den Hügeln von Shiroyama nicht weit entfernt von der Burg Kagoshima und mit Panoramblick aufs Meer.
		Saigo Takamori selbst wird auf allen zeitgenössischen Illustrationen in der Uniform eines hochrangigen Offiziers nach westlichem Stil dargestellt - mit reichlich Lametta behaftet.
	www.artelino.de /articles/saigo-takamori.asp (2551 words)

	Takamori Saigo - LoveToKnow 1911
		TAKAMORI SAIGO (1832-1877), Japanese patriot, was born in Satsuma in 1832.
		From early youth he took a prominent part in the politics of his clan, and owing to his extreme opinions with regard to the expediency of abolishing the Tokugawa administration, he was banished (1858) to the island of Oshima (Satsuma), where he attempted unsuccessfully to commit suicide.
		Saigo's patriotism and his great services in the cause of the restoration of the administrative power to the throne were so fully recognized that his son was raised to the peerage with the title of marquess, and his own memory was honoured by the erection of a bronze statue in Tokyo.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Takamori_Saigo (216 words)

	Saigo Takamori
		Saigo Takamori was born as the son of a low-ranking samurai.
		Saigo was later readmitted to serve in the daimyo's army and was among the commanders of the successful march of the Satsuma and Choshu troupes towards Kyoto.
		Saigo Takamori himself is shown on all contemporary illustrations in a Western-style uniform of a high-ranking officer with all bells and whistles attached.
	www.artelino.com /articles/saigo-takamori.asp (2756 words)

	Saigo Takamori
		Takamori was an opponent of the Tokugawa shogunate and was exiled from 1859 to 1864.
		On September 24, 1877, Saigo Takamori was wounded and committed suicide in Samurai tradition.
		Years later, Saigo Takamori was pardoned posthumously and honoured as a national hero in Japan.
	www.paralumun.com /atakamori.htm (102 words)

	Saigo Takamori (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saigo Takamori was born in 1828 and died 1877.
		Saigo was born to the son of a low-ranking samurai.
		Saigo resigned from his position in the new government in 1876 and found himself surrounded by samurai looking for a solution to the new government’s reforms.
	home.wlu.edu /~bakerj/anth230/saigo.html (353 words)

	Classic Movie DVD: The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori - $30.00 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The imperial government denounced Saigo аs a rebel and a traitor, but their propaganda соuld not overcome his fame and in 1889, twelve years after his death, the government relented, pardoned Saigo of all сrimеs, and posthumously restored him to imperial court rank.
		Saigo's life is a fascinating look into Japanese feudal sосiеtу and a history of a country as it strugglеd between its long trаditiоns and the dictates of a modern futurе.
		Saigo was a very соmрlех man and the very fact thаt a great deal of myths were сrеаtеd about him and his rebellion makes the task of studying him almost imроssiblе.
	www.classicmovieshop.com /good30343731303839373032.html (1385 words)

	Bibliochat: The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori - Mark Ravina (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The imperial government denounced Saigo as a rebel and a traitor, but their propaganda could not overcome his fame and in 1889, twelve years after his death, the government relented, pardoned Saigo of all crimes, and posthumously restored him to imperial court rank.
		Saigo's life is a fascinating look into Japanese feudal society and a history of a country as it struggled between its long traditions and the dictates of a modern future.
		Saigo was a very complex man and the very fact that a great deal of myths were created about him and his rebellion makes the task of studying him almost impossible.
	www.bibliochat.com /title/Y3WPHUQN7IEW2J3 (1358 words)

	DETARVER \| Saigo Takamori
		Saigo Takamori was born in 1827 in Kagoshima, the home of the Satsuma castle, to a poor and low ranking samurai.
		Takamori lived by the fraise “Love mankind, revere heaven,” and he seemed to be open to many new ideas – no doubt because of the influence Nariakira had on his early life.
		Takamori was troubled by the way the new government was moving power away from the emperor and toward a government of advisors.
	www.detarver.com /samurai_masters/Saigo_Takamori.html (610 words)

	Japan Glossary - Saigo Takamori
		One of the most illustrious son of Kagoshima, Saigo Takamori was one of Satsuma samurai supporting the Meiji Restoration.
		Saigo was an early opponent to the Tokugawa regime.
		Saigo was a conservative, old-style samurai, who still lived with the values of honour and purpose.
	www.jref.com /glossary/saigo_takamori.shtml (271 words)

	Powell's Books - The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori by
		Saigo was twice exiled for his political activities — sent to Japan's remote southwestern islands where he fully expected to die.
		The imperial government denounced Saigo as a rebel and a traitor, but their propaganda could not overcome his fame and in 1889, twelve years after his death, the government relented, pardoned Saigo of all crimes, and posthumously restored him to imperial court rank.
		In THE LAST SAMURAI, Saigo is as compelling a character as Robert E. Lee was to Americans-a great and noble warrior who followed the dictates of honor and loyalty, even though it meant civil war in a country to which he'd devoted his life.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0471089702-2 (1231 words)

	Takamori Saigo - the REAL Last Samurai - Japanese Culture
		Takamori Saigo was born in 1827, 200 years after the last real wars took place that a samurai could take part in.
		Takamori was born to a low level retainer of the Satsuma clan.
		Even though Takamori had turned against the Emperor's modern desires in the end, the work he had done to help the Emperor up to that point is remembered with honor in Japanese culture.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art15653.asp (437 words)

	Let's Make Acid Rain
		A giant of a man standing 180 cm tall and weighing 112 kg, Saigo Takamori was a man of few words, with bulging eyes and an affable smile that would play across his face from time to time.
		Saigo was one of the most popular politicians in Japan's modern era.
		The story of Saigo is immortalized in several "legends of Saigo," testifying to widespread dissatisfaction with the state of politics today and a psychological need for heroes.
	www.jsf.or.jp /tamatebako/acid_e/saigou01.html (395 words)

	Amazon.de: The Last Samurai. The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori: English Books: Mark Ravina (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saigo rose from the bottom tiers of the warrior class, eventually leading the armies supporting the emperor against those of the shogun.
		The imperial government denounced Saigo as a rebel and a traitor, but their propaganda could not overcome his fame and in 1889, twelve years after his death, the government relented, pardoned Saigo of all crimes, and posthumously restored him to imperial court rank.
		Saigo's life is a fascinating look into Japanese feudal society and a history of a country as it struggled between its long traditions and the dictates of a modern future.
	www.amazon.de /Last-Samurai-Battles-Saigo-Takamori/dp/0471705373 (860 words)

	Counter-Culture Review : "The Last Samurai The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori"
		Saigo became interested in politics purely by chance when he was promoted in early 1854 from assistant clerk to lord's attendant (chu gokoshu) and served the daimyo lord Shimazu Nariakira of the Shimazu house.
		Saigo's was sympathetic to the traditional samurai and at times he was faced with a conflict of two loyalties, one to the Imperial Army and the other to Satsuma samurai.
		Saigo let it be known that he agreed that Japan needed to modernise and accept Western ideas and their technology, and that Japan should open its ports.
	www.altculture.org /ccult/ccult114.html (2186 words)

	Takamori Saigo - the REAL Last Samurai
		Takamori Saigo was born in 1832, 200 years after the last real wars took place that a samurai could take part in.
		Takamori was born to a low level retainer of the Satsuma clan.
		Even though Takamori had turned against the Emperor's modern desires in the end, the work he had done to help the Emperor up to that point is remembered with honor in Japanese culture.
	www.lisashea.com /japan/articles/saigo.html (416 words)

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		Saigo was born in 1828 in Satusma, the greatest warrior province of Japan.
		Although Saigo was born into the house of kosho-gumi (low ranking samurai), his family was poor and had to farm the land to survive.
		Saigo agreed to spare the shogun and the city from blade and flame.
	www.sanjosekenpo.com /Thelastsamuraiarticle.htm (1893 words)

	Jonathon Delacour: Saigo Takamori and me
		The bronze statue of Saigō Takamori, which was erected in Ueno Park in 1898, survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the American firebombing in 1945, and a short-lived decision by the postwar Occupation authorities to demolish it as a symbol of Japanese nationalism and militarism.
		Takamori’s physique was inherited from several generations in the Saigō family, his father being a burly man over six feet tall and a powerful sumō wrestler.
		Takamori is said to have been a huge, wide-eyed baby, and at school he was known for his bulk.
	weblog.delacour.net /archives/2004/10/saigo_takamori_and_me.php (1652 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Military History \| Satsuma Rebellion: Satsuma Clan Samurai Against the Imperial Japanese Army
		Saigo was already on board a ship to Korea when the government reconsidered its agreement to his scheme and recalled him.
		Although deprived of his grand gesture, Saigo and fellow conservatives continued to agitate for war and a samurai-based army, but the peace party got the upper hand in the imperial councils.
		The rebels knew that Saigo was too much of a traditionalist to abandon his fellow samurai in a time of crisis, and would be morally obligated to take command.
	www.historynet.com /mh/blsunsetofthesamurai (1396 words)

	www.japanesehistory.de - Personal Homepage of Sven Saaler
		Saigo became one of the most charismatic leaders of the new government, but decided to quit the government after he lost a power struggle in 1873 over the question whether or not to attack Korea (seikan-ronso).
		The discontent former samurai of the prefecture, however, rose in rebellion in 1877, and Saigo, urged by Kiriino Toshiaki, took the leadership of the rebellion, which soon spread to the whole of Kyushu (Satsuma rebellion or Southwest war/seinan senso).
		Saigo until today is one of the most popular figures in modern Japanese history.
	www.svensaaler.de /cabinets/SaigoTakamori.htm (210 words)

	Japan Karatedo Organization : JKO Forums : The True Story of The Last Samurai Army
		The rebels knew that Saigo was too much of a traditionalist to abandon his fellow samurai in a time of crisis, and would be morally obligated to take command.
		Saigo, with his small force, could hardly have wanted a fight, and if he had, he would not have warned Tani that he was on the way.
		Forced to carry Saigo on a special litter, since he was suffering from a hydrocele, the little army managed to slip through the fog undetected, quietly dispatching the few guards who barred its path.
	www.jko.com /portal/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86&PN=4&get=last (7797 words)

	Extract of Last Samurai, The Life And Battles Of Saigo Takamori by Ravina, Mark
		Saigo was sheltered in a cave in the hills, facing Kagoshima Bay.
		Saigo was surrounded by his closest and dearest allies: Kirino Toshiaki, Murata Shinpachi, Katsura Hisatake, and Beppu Shinsuke.
		Saigo was shown, glorious and noble, pushing a sword into his abdomen.
	www.wisdom-books.com /ProductExtract.asp?PID=12852 (1599 words)

	Saigō Takamori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saigo Takamori (with tall helmet) inspecting Chōshū troops at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
		Upon assuming command of the Satsuma troops based in Kyoto, Saigō quickly formed an alliance with samurai from Aizu domain against the forces of rival Chōshū domain, and prevented that domain from seizing control of the Kyoto Imperial Palace in the Hamaguri Gomon Incident.
		Saigo Takamori (upper right) directing his troops at the Battle of Shiroyama.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saigo_Takamori (1356 words)

	Japanese Samurai
		They gathered under Takamori Saigo, a samurai and statesman who had worked for the local clan leader of Satsuma in the southern region on the island of Kyushu.
		Saigo Takamori was wounded and committed suicide in samurai tradition - the last samurai beheaded each other.
		Saigo Takamori became a hero for the Japanese.
	www.artelino.com /articles/samurai.asp (1161 words)

	Saigo Takamori - influential samurai in Japanese history
		Saigo Takamori (西郷隆盛) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history.
		Saigo disagreed with the modernization of Japan and the opening of commerce with the West.
		Badly injured in hip during the fierce battle, instead of being killed or captured by the enemy, Saigo asked for his head to be cut off by a comrade to preserve his honor.
	www.japan-101.com /history/saigo_takamori.htm (465 words)

	Wiley::The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
		Saigo was twice exiled for his political activities -- sent to Japan's remote southwestern islands where he fully expected to die.
		In 1868, Saigo commanded his lord's forces in the battles which toppled the shogunate and he became and leader in the emperor Meiji's new government.
		Saigo's life is a fascinating look into Japanese feudal society and a history of a country as it struggled between its long traditions and the dictates of a modern future.
	www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471705373.html (590 words)

	Green Left - A Cruise through Japan's political past
		However, Takamori led an 1877 samurai revolt against the government after the warriors' salaries were eliminated and Westernisation threatened their way of life.
		The brutal irony is that it was samurai like Takamori who first led the revolutionary process that overthrew feudal Japan — displacing the Shogunate lords and, under patronage of the emperor, instituted government by council based on the the Five Articles of 1868 — a sort of democratic charter.
		Takamori (as the film fails to point out) had been a keen adherent of a preemptive invasion of Korea.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2004/571/32991 (839 words)

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