What is Saigō Takamori?
[[File:Saigo_Takamori_Portrait_by_Ishikawa_Shizumasa.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Saigo Takamori by Ishikawa Shizumasa]] {{Infobox Chinese |kyujitai=西鄕 隆盛 |shinjitai=西郷 隆盛 |katakana=サイゴウ タカモリ |hiragana=さいごう たかもり |romaji=Saigō Takamori }} [[File:SaigoTakamoriKanjis.jpg|thumb|60px]] {{nihongo|'''Saigō Takamori'''|西郷 隆盛|extra=January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877}} was born in Kagoshima<ref>. Takamori Saigo 1828 - 1877, original name Kichibe or Kichinosuke, was a leader of the 19th-centry’s unsuccessful drive to modernise Japan. Political change attempted the end of the Samurais era, however they did not go down without a fight ( ). Takamori Saigo believed that instead of the Samurai’s culture dying out, it should have been modernised instead. {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a72F6i-CGaAC|title=The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori|last=Ravina|first=Mark|date=2011-03-29|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118045565|location=|pages=13|language=en}}</ref> and was a [[Japan]]ese [[Samurai]]. In 1877 he led the [[Satsuma rebellion]] and against the new imperial government. == Other websites == * {{Commons-inline|Saigo Takamori}} {{Authority control}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Takamori, Saigo}} [[Category:1828 births]] [[Category:1877 deaths]] [[Category:Samurai]]