TAKAMORI See also:

• TAKAMORI SAIGO (1832-1877)

SAIGO (1832-1877)  , See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese patriot, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Satsuma in 1832 . From See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth he took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the politics of his See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, and owing to his extreme opinions with regard to the expediency of abolishing the See also:

• TOKUGAWA

Tokugawa See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, he was banished (1858) to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• OSHIMA

Oshima (Satsuma), where he attempted unsuccessfully to commit See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide . Ultimately he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the newly organized imperial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but in 1873 he retired from the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet by way of protest against its decision not to take armed See also:

• ACTION

action against See also:

• KOREA
• KOREA, or COREA (CH'AO HSIEN, DAI HAN)

Korea . Thenceforth he became the rallying point of a large number of men dissatisfied with the new administration, and in 1877 he headed a See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion which taxed all the resources of the central government . 'After several months of desperate fighting, See also:

• SAIGO, TAKAMORI (1832-1877)

Saigo and a small remnant of his followers made a See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to Kagoshima, and See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell fighting (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 14) within sight of their homes . Saigo's patriotism and his See also:

• GREAT

great services in the cause of the restoration of the administrative See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to the See also:

• THRONE

throne were so fully recognized that his son was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess, and his own memory was honoured by the erection of a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue in See also:

• TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo .