Sie sammelten sich unter Saigo Takamori, Einem Samurai und Staatsmann aus der südlichen Region der Insel Kyushu. Saigo hatte für die neue Meiji Regierung sogar in einer führneden Position gearbeitet. ###>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 had served the new Meiji government well in leading positions and had carried many of the Meiji reforms.