You can't have a revolution without muscle, and nobody during the Bakumatsu had more muscle than Saigo Takamori. See how the big brother of the Meiji restoration helped take down the Shogunate!
the forces of Choshuu 
apologized to the shogunate,
Choshuu se disculpó con el shogunato
y se evitó el conflicto entre ambos.
as forças de Choshuu pediram
desculpas ao xogunato,