The Last True Samurai and True Last Samurai Born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma Domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), Saigō Takamori (西郷隆盛, 1828-1877) was one of the pro-imperial samurai supporting the Meiji Restoration. He has often been...
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Brush painting of Saigō: rendered by a former neighbour in Kagoshima in 1927 (Photo credit: Kagoshima Pref.)