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English: Against that, Saigo concentrated on guarding the Imperial Palace as a neutral position, and declined the offer of a military post on July 8, from Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA by advice from Kiyokado KOMATSU.
Japanese: これに対し、西郷は薩摩は中立して皇居守護に専念すべしとし、7月8日の徳川慶喜の出兵命令を小松清廉と相談のうえで断った。
English: But, the Choshu force (Nagato, Inaba and Bizen Province and Ronin-shishi) surged to Kyoto from three different places, namely Fushimi, Saga and Yamazaki on the 18th, and met the domain army at the Imperial Palace gate, whereupon Saigo, Masaharu IJICHI and others repulsed the Choshu force and also sent Satsuma army for rescue operations and further repulsed Choshu force at many places. (Kimmon no Hen (Conspiracy of Kimmon)).
Japanese: しかし、18日、長州勢（長門国・因幡国・備前国・浪人志士）が伏見・嵯峨・山崎の三方から京都に押し寄せ、皇居諸門で幕軍と衝突すると、西郷・伊地知正治らは乾御門で長州勢を撃退したばかりでなく、諸所の救援に薩摩兵を派遣して、長州勢を撃退した（禁門の変）。
English: The neutral stance that Saigo and others took during this incident was only to defend the Imperial Court from exclusive possession by the Choshu, and gave guidance to Imperial Court to the neutral position, but it caused many casualties in the Choshu force, and among them were Matabe KIJIMA, Genzui KUSAKA and Izumi MAKI, and this aggravated the Choshu dislike of the Satsuma, and caused the events known as the 'Satsukan-kaizoku (retaliation against the Satsuma and Aizu Domains)'.
Japanese: この事変で西郷らがとった中立の方針は、長州や幕府が朝廷を独占するのを防ぎ、朝廷をも中立の立場に導いたのであるが、長州勢からは来島又兵衛・久坂玄瑞・真木和泉ら多く犠牲者が出て、長州の薩摩嫌いを助長し、「薩奸会賊」と呼ばれるようになった。
English: On July 23, 1864, the order of the Imperial Court (First conquest of Choshu) to attack Choshu was issued, and on 24th, Yoshinobu TOKUNAGA commanded twenty-one domains of Saikoku to send troops, and Satsuma planned to respond to this order and extend its power.
Japanese: 元治元年7月23日に長州藩追討の朝命（第一次長州征伐）が出、24日に徳川慶喜が西国21藩に出兵を命じると、この機に乗じて薩摩藩勢力の伸張をはかるべく、それに応じた。
English: After that, Choshu and the four countries' combined fleet concluded a peace treaty, and the government and a representative of Shikoku signed an indemnity contract.
Japanese: 次いで長州と四国連合艦隊の講和条約が結ばれ、幕府と四国代表との間にも賠償約定調印が交わされた。
English: During the middle of September, Saigo met Kaishu KATSU in Osaka, he stopped strong measures from being taken against Choshu, and tried to implement moderate measures according to Katsu's advice.
Japanese: この間の9月中旬、西郷は大坂で勝海舟と会い、勝の意見を参考にして、長州に対して強硬策をとるのを止め、緩和策で臨むことにした。
English: In the beginning of October, he became the O-sobayaku aside snd the Daidai-koban (successive title of koban army), and was renamed Kichinosuke SAIGO according to the "Explication of Takamori SAIGO's chronicle" by Kichinosuke OSHIMA (it seems he kept this name from his time on Oki-no-erabujima island forward).
Japanese: 10月初旬、御側役・代々小番となり、大島吉之助（『詳説西郷隆盛年譜』によれば、この名は沖永良部島在島以来らしい）から西郷吉之助に改めた。
English: On the 24th, he met Yoshikatsu TOKUNAGA of Sotoku of Seicho (governor conquering of Choshu), and he was entrusted with the punishment of Choshu because he had expressed his opinion.
Japanese: 24日、大坂で征長総督徳川慶勝にお目見えし、意見を具申したところ、長州処分を委任された。
English: Then he met Kenmotsu KIKKAWA, who was a representative of Choshu in Iwakuni, with Tomomi YOSHII and Atsushi SAISHO, and proposed the punishment of three chief retainers of the Choshu Domain.
Japanese: そこで、吉井友実・税所篤を伴い、岩国で長州方代表吉川監物と会い、長州藩三家老の処分を申し入れた。
English: He returned and reported the progress to Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA immediately thereafter, and went to Kokura to discuss the plan of punishment of Choshu, report the progress made to lieutenant governor Mochiaki MATSUDAIRA, and report the progress to the governor of Satsuma Domain Hisaaki SHIMAZU.
Japanese: 引き返して徳川慶勝に経過報告をしたのち、小倉に赴き、副総督松平茂昭に長州処分案と経過を述べ、薩摩藩総督島津久明にも経過を報告した。
English: After all, the situation was controlled by Saigo's compromise plan, on December 27, the governor conquering of Choshu was commanded soldiers withdrew to sending troops, then finished conquest.
Japanese: 結局、西郷の妥協案に沿って収拾がはかられ、12月27日、征長総督が出兵諸軍に撤兵を命じ、この度の征討行動は終わった。
English: The action of five nobles, which was included in the control plan to follow Saigo's compromise plan stemmed from effort of Shintaro NAKAOKA, and in the beginning of 1865 it was tentatively concluded to keep the five nobles in Fukuoka until they were sent separately to five domains of Kyushu from by way of mediation of the domain of Fukuoka."
Japanese: 収拾案中に含まれていた五卿処分も、中岡慎太郎らの奔走で、西郷の妥協案に従い、慶応元年（1865年）初頭に福岡藩の周旋で九州5藩に分移させるまで福岡で預かることで一応決着した。
English: In the middle of January 1865, he returned to Kagoshima and finished his report to the father and child of the lord of the domain, and he married Ito (Itoko) who was the second daughter of Naoatsu (Yataro) IWAYAMA, the cleric of the chief retainer's office, on January 28th on the suggestion of various people.
Japanese: 慶応元年1月中旬に鹿児島へ帰って藩主父子に報告を済ますと、人の勧めもあって、1月28日に家老座書役岩山八太郎直温の二女イト（絲子）と結婚した。
English: After that he mediated the removal of the five nobles, which had been an arduous problem since the previous year, and worked on problems relating to their treatment, and on February 23 he improved their treatment and settled the matter at Enjuoin in Temmangu, Dazaifu and finally it was concluded.
Japanese: この後、前年から紛糾していた五卿移転とその待遇問題を周旋して、2月23日に待遇を改善したうえで太宰府天満宮の延寿王院に落ち着かせることでやっと収束させた。
English: Equally with this, he campaigned for the alliance of Kyushu domains with Okubo and Yoshii, to the domain of Kurume and the domain of Fukuoka, but went to Kyoto in middle of March.
Japanese: これと平行して大久保・吉井らとともに九州諸藩連合のために久留米藩・福岡藩などを遊説していたが、3月中旬に上京した。
English: At that time, the shogunate ordered an Imperial command by force, to go to the capital of the father and son of the domain of Choshu and to send five nobles to Edo, and sent two councilors to Kyoto with four battalions with guns to realize that revival of three things of Sankin-kotai (daimyo's alternate-year residence in Edo), and they were forced to exchange the security of the Imperial Palace's gates of domain to shogunate army, but Shoshidai (local governor) ordered the bull and Denso (job title referring to one who relays messages of court's people to Emperor) to reject that, instead of that an urgent order sent to the general was urgent.
Japanese: この頃幕府は武力で勅命を出させ、長州藩主父子の出府、五卿の江戸への差し立て、参勤交代の復活の3事を実現させるために、2老中に4大隊と砲を率いて上京させ、強引に諸藩の宮門警備を幕府軍に交替させようとしていたが、それを拒否する勅書と伝奏が所司代に下され、逆に至急将軍を入洛させるようにとの命が下された。
English: These were the maneuvering of nobles like Saigo, Okubo and others that did not desire the restoration of power of the Bakufu (feudal government).
Japanese: これらは幕権の回復を望まない西郷・大久保らの公卿工作によるものであった。
English: In May 1, Saigo returned to Kagoshima with Ryoma SAKAMOTO, and reported Kyoto's situation to the executives of the domain.
Japanese: 5月1日に西郷は坂本龍馬を同行して鹿児島に帰り、京都情勢を藩首脳に報告した。
English: At that time, Shogun Iemochi TOKUGAWA had started going west with the governor conquering the lord of the Kishu Domain and sixteen other domains with sixty thousand soldiers, in disregard of the Imperial command, and after soldiers were stationed in Osaka, and intercalary May 22, arrived Kyoto.
Japanese: この頃、将軍徳川家茂は、勅書を無視して、総督紀州藩主徳川茂承以下16藩の兵約6万を率いて西下を開始し、兵を大坂に駐屯させたのち、閏5月22日に京都に入った。
English: The next day, on the 23rd, Iemochi visited the Imperial Palace with military power as background to report the attacks Choshu again, but it was not approved.
Japanese: 翌23日、家茂は参内して武力を背景に長州再征を奏上したが、許可されなかった。
English: In June, Shintaro NAKAOKA went to Kagoshima and talked about Saccho's cooperation and peace to Saigo, and promised to meet Kogoro KATSURA (Takayoshi KIDO) in Shimonoseki.
Japanese: 6月、鹿児島入りした中岡慎太郎は、西郷に薩長の協力と和親を説き、下関で桂小五郎（木戸孝允）と会うことを約束させた。
English: But Saigo received an important letter from Okuno, so he cancelled his plans to go to Shimonoseki port and hurried to Kyoto.
Japanese: しかし、西郷は大久保から緊迫した書簡を受け取ったので、下関寄港を取りやめ、急ぎ上京した。
English: Among this time, the executives of the shogunate who stayed in Kyo-Osaka became more aggressive based on the power of the sixty thousands soldiers there, and they pressed the Imperial Court regarding the punitive re-expedition to Choshu.
Japanese: この間、京大坂滞在中の幕府幹部は兵6万の武力を背景に一層強気になり、長州再征等のことを朝廷へ迫った。
English: Saigo did not yield to these threats from the shogunate, and on June 11, he told Okubo not to help shogunate with the punitive re-expedition to Choshu, and proceeded to maneuver within the Imperial Court to that end.
Japanese: これに対し、西郷は幕府の脅しに屈せず、6月11日、幕府の長州再征に協力しないように大久保に伝え、そのための朝廷工作を進めさせた。
English: Additionally, on the 24th, he met Ryoma SAKAMOTO in Kyoto and approved the purchase of weapons and ships that Choshu wanted, which represented an actual achievement of Saccho piece with Satsuma.
Japanese: それに加え、24日には京都で坂本龍馬と会い、長州が欲している武器・艦船の購入を薩摩名義で行うこと承諾し、薩長和親の実績をつくった。
English: Also, he felt the necessity to stand up against the military power of shogunate, and he returned to Kagoshima in the middle of October, and came to Kyoto with Komatsu and soldiers on the 15th.
Japanese: また、幕府の兵力に対抗する必要を感じ、10月初旬に鹿児島へ帰り、15日に小松とともに兵を率いて上京した。
English: Around this time, he requested the purchase of rice for the military to Ryoma from Choshu, but an important motive in this was to solidify the achievement of Saccho peace.
Japanese: この頃長州から兵糧米を購入することを龍馬に依頼したが、これもまた薩長和親の実績づくりであった。
English: At this time, he sent Kiyotaka (Ryosuke) KURODA to Choshu and brought him back, and worked for a Satsuma-Choshu alliance.
Japanese: この間、黒田清隆（了介）を長州へ往還させ薩長同盟の工作も重ねさせた。
English: In September 16, The nine warships of Four countries, England, France, America and Holland, arrived and stayed at Hyogo-oki offing to try to open Hyogo port.
Japanese: 9月16日、英・仏・米・蘭四国の軍艦9隻が兵庫沖に碇泊し、兵庫開港を迫った。
English: On the other hand, the intimidation resulting from the presence of the military power resulted in the Imperial Court approving the Imperial sanction of the punitive re-expedition to Choshu to the shogunate in Kyoto on September 21.
Japanese: 一方、京都では、武力を背景にした脅迫にひるみ、9月21日、朝廷は幕府に長州再征の勅許を下した。
English: Also on October 1, they refused granting Imperial approval to sanction the treaty from the former lord of the domain of Owari, Yoshikatsu TOKUGAWA, nor did they approve an Imperial sanction of the opening of Hyogo port, but they yielded to the shogunate and Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA when he insinuated that he would resign of general and to resort to force, finally, they did they issue Imperial approval to open Hyogo port.
Japanese: また、10月1日に前尾張藩主徳川慶勝から出された条約の勅許と兵庫開港勅許の奏請も、一旦は拒否したが、将軍辞職をほのめかしと朝廷への武力行使も辞さないとの幕府及び徳川慶喜の脅迫に屈して、条約は勅許するが、兵庫開港は不許可という内容の勅書を下した。
English: Although it was the result of compulsion, the decision was the realization of the desire that the Shogunate had had since Ansei, and historically it was a very important decision inasmuch as it represented a shift in national policy.
Japanese: これは強制されたものであったとはいえ、安政以来の幕府の念願の実現であり、国是の変更という意味でも歴史上の大きな決定であった。
English: On January 8, 1866, Saigo went to welcome to Kogoro KATSURA (Kido) to Fushimi with Shinpachi MURATA and Narumi OYAMA (nickname, Hikohachi, older brother of Iwao OYAMA), and on the following day, the 9th, he went back to Kyoto and stayed in Nihommatsu-Hantei (Nihommatsu domain's residence, which was maintained by a daimyo in Edo).
Japanese: 慶応2年（1866年）1月8日、西郷は村田新八・大山成美（通称は彦八、大山巌の兄）を伴って、上京してきた桂小五郎（木戸）を伏見に出迎え、翌9日、京都に帰って二本松藩邸に入った。
English: On the 21st (although rumored to have in fact been on 22nd), Saigo made a secret agreement with the Saccho Teikei Rokkajo (six articles of partnership between Satsuma and Choshu) with Kogoro KATSURA at Tatewaki KOMATSU's residence, and Ryoma SAKAMOTO endorsed a corporate document (Satsuma-Choshu Alliance).
Japanese: 21日（22日という説もある）、西郷は小松帯刀邸で桂小五郎と薩長提携六ヶ条を密約し、坂本龍馬がその提携書に裏書きをした（薩長同盟）。
English: Immediately thereafter, Ryoma was attacked by a man of the shogunate at Teradaya, Satsuma-Hantei (the Satsuma Domain's residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo) and at Saigo's indication Ryoma was protected.
Japanese: その直後、龍馬が京都の寺田屋で幕吏に襲撃されると、西郷の指示で、薩摩藩邸が龍馬を保護した。
English: After that, Kiyokado KOMATSU, Hisatake KATSURA, Tomomi YOSHII and Mr. and Mrs. Ryoma SAKAMOTO (Saigo was the matchmaker) sailed from Osaka and arrived in Kagoshima on 11th.
Japanese: その後、3月4日に小松清廉・桂久武・吉井友実・坂本龍馬夫妻（西郷が仲人をした）らと大坂を出航し、11日に鹿児島へ着いた。
English: In April, he was counseled about increasing the reformation of the domain duties and the military and navy, and after these suggestions were approved, he worked for reformation of domain duties with Komatsu and Katsura.
Japanese: 4月、藩政改革と陸海軍の拡張を進言し、それが入れられると、5月1日から小松・桂らと藩政改革にあたった。
English: The battle was was waged at four different locations, that is, ay Oshima-guchi, Geishu-guchi, Sanin-guchi and Kokura-guchi, and Geishu-guchi remained deadlocked, but the forces at Sanin-guchi, which commanded by Masujiro OMURA won through the hard work of many of the forces there, of which the Kiheitai Army was the foresmost; Oshima-guchi and Kokura-guchi were also won by means of sudden attacks oby Shinsakau TAKASUGI, and the force of shogunate suffered a crushing defeat.
Japanese: 大島口・芸州口・山陰口・小倉口の四方面で戦闘が行われ、芸州口は膠着したが、大村益次郎が指揮した山陰口は奇兵隊を中心とする諸隊の活躍で連戦連勝し、大島口・小倉口も高杉晋作の電撃作戦で勝利し、幕府軍は惨敗続きであった。
English: Saigo, who was in Kagoshima, drafted a petition against the punitive re-expedition to Choshu, and made them submit to the document on July 9, which stipulated that the lord of the domain can refuse to send soldiers.
Japanese: 鹿児島にいた西郷は、7月9日に朝廷に出す長州再征反対の建白を起草し、藩主名で幕府へ出兵を断る文書を提出させた。
English: However, because Shogun Iemochi Tokugawa had died due to illness in Osaka castle on July 30, and due to the defeat at Kokura-guchi on August 1, the Shogunate was delayed while mourning him, he issued an imperial order of cease-fire to the Imperial Court to buy time necessary to deal with the problems of being defeated and Shogun Iemitsu's demise.
Japanese: 一方、幕府は、7月30日に将軍徳川家茂が大坂城中で病死したので、喪を秘し、8月1日の小倉口での敗北を機に、敗戦処理と将軍継嗣問題をかたづけるべく、朝廷に願い出て、21日に休戦の御沙汰書を出してもらった。
English: The Shogunate carried Shogun Iemitsu's ashes by the Edo sea route, and promulgated an Imperial order by which the military was dissolved, and ended batte with the demise of Emperor Takaaki on December 25th.
Japanese: 将軍の遺骸を海路江戸へ運んだ幕府は、12月25日の孝明天皇の崩御を機に解兵の御沙汰書を得て公布し、この戦役を終わらせた。
English: At this time, Saigo's heir, Torataro was born on July 12, and Saigo was granted the title of Ometsuke, Rikugun-Kakari (Department of the Army) and Attendant at the Chief Retainer's Office.
Japanese: この間、西郷は、7月12日、西郷に嫡男寅太郎が誕生し、9月に大目付・陸軍掛・家老座出席に任命された。
English: In the beginning of March, 1867, starting with Shinpachi MURATA and Shintaro NAKAMURA he campaigned at domain of Omura and domain of Hirado.
Japanese: 慶応3年（1867年）3月上旬、村田新八・中岡慎太郎らを先発させ、大村藩・平戸藩などを遊説させた。
English: On March 25, obeying orders from Hisamitsu, Saigo went to Kyoto with seven hundred the picked soldiers (from the first to 6th Joka command groups).
Japanese: 3月25日、西郷は久光を奉じ、薩摩の精鋭700名（城下1番小隊から6番小隊）を率いて上京した。
English: In May, he prepared the Shiko-kaigi (the four major lords' meeting), which was held at the residence of the domain of Satuma, and the residence of the domain of Tosa in Kyoto.
Japanese: 5月に京都の薩摩藩邸と土佐藩邸で相次いで開催された四侯会議の下準備をした。
English: On the 16th, Saigo, Tatewaki KOMATSU, Toshimichi OKUBO, Masaharu ICHIJI, Aritomo YAMAGATA and Yajiro SHINAGAWA pledged to form the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance once more.
Japanese: 16日、西郷・小松帯刀・大久保利通・伊地知正治・山縣有朋・品川弥二郎らが会し、改めて薩長同盟の誓約をした。
English: After that, he sent Shohei IMUTA, Kyunosuke MASUMITSU, Sozo SAGARA and others to the city of Edo to commit subversive acts (the intention was to upset the people using acts of arson and robbery in Edo and the neighborhood), and provoked the shogunate.
Japanese: その後、江戸市内へ伊牟田尚平・益満休之助・相楽総三らを派遣し、破壊工作（江戸や近辺の放火・強盗による人心攪乱）を行わせ幕府を挑発した。
English: On the 22nd, Saigo gathered together with Ryoma SAKAMOTO, Shojiro GOTO and Takachika FUKUOKA and formed the Satsudo Meiyaku (the alliance with Satsuma and Tosa).
Japanese: 22日には西郷が坂本龍馬・後藤象二郎・福岡孝悌らと会し、薩土盟約が成立した。
English: On September 7th, Uzuhiko Shimazu, who was the third son of Hisamitsu, arrived in Osaka with about one thousand soldiers.
Japanese: 9月7日、久光の三男・島津珍彦（うずひこ）が兵約1000名を率いて大坂に着いた。
English: On September 9th, Saigo asked permission to postpone raising an army, because Goto came to visit and submitted a Petition to transfer the power back to the Emperor, which was based on Ryoma SAKAMOTO's idea, and though he was denied permission, he later received.
Japanese: 9月9日、後藤が来訪して坂本龍馬案にもとづく大政奉還建白書を提出するので、挙兵を延期するように求めたが、西郷は拒否した（後日了承した）。
English: Shogun Yoshinobu TOKUNAGA, who read the petition from the domain of Tosa (former lord of domain Yodo YAMAUCHI) submitted Joso (memorial to the throne) of returning political power to the emperor to Imperial court.
Japanese: 土佐藩（前藩主山内容堂）から提出された建白書を見た将軍徳川慶喜は、10月14日に大政奉還の上奏を朝廷に提出させた。
English: The 14th witnessed many events, namely the secret Imperial command against the Shogunate army, the issuance of the order to assassinate Aizu and Kuwana, and the submission of the acknowledgement of this order to Saigo, Okubo, Shinagawa and others (the acknowledgement of the order was signed by Takeo (Kichinosuke) SAIGO.
Japanese: ところが、同じ14日に、討幕と会津・桑名誅伐の密勅が下り、西郷・小松・大久保・品川らはその請書を出していた（この請書には西郷吉之助武雄と署名している）。
English: Saigo, who brought a secret Imperial command, put together the report of the domain which worked with Hisatake KATSURA and others, on November 13, he obeyed the lord of the domain Tadayoshi SHIMAZU and left Kagoshima with three thousand soldiers.
Japanese: 密勅を持ち帰った西郷は、桂久武らの協力で藩論をまとめ、11月13日、藩主・島津忠義を奉じ、兵約3000名を率いて鹿児島を発した。
English: On the way, he changed departure date of the soldiers with Choshu, then he left Mitajiri, and arrived Osaka on 20th, and to Kyoto on 23rd.
Japanese: 途中で長州と出兵時期を調整し、三田尻を発して、20日に大坂、23日に京都に着いた。
English: Saigo was made to start maneuvering with regard to the issue of the Oseifukko no Daigorei (Imperial Court's declaration of Restoration of monarchy) while negotiating to send soldiers to other domains.
Japanese: 諸藩と出兵交渉をしながら、西郷は、11月下旬頃から有志に王政復古の大号令発布のための工作を始めさせた。
English: On December 9th, marching orders were issued to the guard of the Imperial Court of Satuma, and as a result the four armies of the domain Aki, Owari, Echizen, and Aizu, Kuwanahama changed to guard the Imperial Court, then the seifukko no Daigorei (Imperial court's declaration of Restoration of monarchy) was promulgated.
Japanese: 12月9日、薩摩・安芸・尾張・越前に宮中警護のための出兵命令が出され、会津・桑名兵とこれら4藩兵が宮中警護を交替すると、王政復古の大号令が発布された。
English: January 3, 1868, the former shogunate army of Osaka set out to Kyoto, the spearhead convoy of the shogunate and garrison of Saccho had an encounter each other, and the Battles of Toba and Fushimi started.
Japanese: 明治元年（1868年）1月3日、大坂の旧幕軍が上京を開始し、幕府の先鋒隊と薩長の守備隊が衝突し、鳥羽・伏見の戦いが始まった（戊辰戦争開始）。
English: Saigo confirmed that circumstances surrounding the were becoming advantageous after inspecting the Fushimi battle line on 3rd, and the Yawata battle line on 5th.
Japanese: 西郷はこの3日には伏見の戦線、5日には八幡の戦線を視察し、戦況が有利になりつつあるのを確認した。
English: On the 6th, Yosninobu TOKUGAWA escaped from Osaka castle with councilor Katamori MATSUDAIRA, and Gaikoku-bugyo Sadaaki MATSUDAIRA, and a few others, and got on the Kaiyo warship and left for Edo.
Japanese: 6日、徳川慶喜は松平容保・松平定敬以下、老中・大目付・外国奉行ら少数を伴い、大坂城を脱出して、軍艦開陽に搭乗して江戸へ退去した。
English: The new government issued the decree to find and kill Yoshinobu on the 7th, and on the 9th, Imperial Prince Taruhito, Arisugawa-no-miya was appointed to Tosei-daitokufu, and was allowed to take command of Tokai, Higashiyama and the Three Roads of Hokuriku to work for Togoku-keiryaku (the government of the eastern countries).
Japanese: 新政府は7日に慶喜追討令を出し、9日に有栖川宮熾仁親王を東征大総督（征討大総督）に任じ、東海・東山・北陸三道の軍を指揮させ、東国経略に乗り出した。
English: Saigo was appointed the Satsuma group's Sashihiki commander of the Tokaido spearhead army on February 12th, and he was appointed the Shimo-sanbo staff of Tosei-daitokufu (Kuge was the appointed staff officer, the office of shimo-sanbo was the actual staff officer), then left first with the spearhead army (Hanjiro NAKAMURA, who was the Ichiban-shotai Taicho (commander of the first platoon), Shinpachi MURATA, who was the Niban-shotai Taicho (commander of the second platoon), and Kunimoto SHINOHARA, who was the Sanban-shotai Taicho (commander of the third platoon), and they occupied an important part of the Hakone Town of Tokaido.
Japanese: 西郷は2月12日に東海道先鋒軍の薩摩諸隊差引（司令官）、14日に東征大総督府下参謀（参謀は公家が任命され、下参謀が実質上の参謀）に任じられると、独断で先鋒軍（薩軍一番小隊隊長中村半次郎・二番小隊隊長村田新八・三番小隊隊長篠原国幹らが中心）を率いて先発し、2月28日には東海道の要衝箱根町を占領した。
English: On March 9, he had an interview with Tesshu YAMAOKA, who was an envoy of Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA, and showed an action draft of Tokugawa, seven articles.
Japanese: 3月9日、静岡で徳川慶喜の使者山岡鉄舟と会見し、徳川処分案7ヶ条を示した。
English: After that, he received a command to carry out an all-out assault of Edo on March 15, then left Shizuoka, and arrived at Edo on 11th, and joined the rest of the army at the army headquarters of Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple.
Japanese: その後、大総督府からの3月15日江戸総攻撃の命令を受け取ると、静岡を発し、11日に江戸に着き、池上本門寺の本陣に入った。
English: On March 13, 14, he had an interview with Kaishu KATSU, and had negotiated the bloodless surrender of Edo Castle.
Japanese: 3月13日、14日、勝海舟と会談し、江戸城無血開城についての交渉をした。
English: At that time, England was "against the all-out assault of Edo" because they were "a supporter of the domain of Satsuma" and was afraid of trading trouble with Japan, thus, the 'bloodless surrender of Edo Castle' became the fixed plan of the new government.
Japanese: 当時、“薩摩藩の後ろ盾”となっていたイギリスは日本との貿易に支障が出ることを恐れて“江戸総攻撃に反対”していたため、「江戸無血開城」は新政府の既定方針だった。
English: He received an action draft of Tokugawa from Katsu upon his second meeting at Hashimoto-ya, he ordered Tokaido army and Higashiyama-do army to discontinue the all-out assault, then he left Edo and went to Shizuoka; on the 12th, he showed the winning plan with Daitokufu-Imperial Prince Arisugawanomiya Taruhito as his audience, and also got the approval of the Imperial Court after deliberation.
Japanese: 橋本屋での2回目の会談で勝から徳川処分案を預かると、総攻撃中止を東海道軍・東山道軍に伝えるように命令し、自らは江戸を発して静岡に赴き、12日、大総督有栖川宮熾仁親王に謁見して勝案を示し、さらに静岡を発して京都に赴き、20日、朝議にかけて了承を得た。
English: Saigo returned to Edo, and on April 4, he marched into Edo castle with Imperial envoy Saneyana HASHIMOTO, and announced the document from the Emperor to Yoshiyori TOKUGAWA, and on April 11, Edo Castle was surrendered.
Japanese: 江戸へ帰った西郷は、4月4日、勅使橋本実梁らと江戸城に乗り込み、徳川慶頼に勅書を伝え、4月11日に江戸城開城が成った。
English: Saigo destroyed the Edo shogunate, and he tried have 'Tohoku War' with North Government, which was established with domain of Sendai (Date clan) as a leader.
Japanese: 江戸幕府を滅亡させた西郷は、仙台藩（伊達氏）を盟主として樹立された北部政府（奥羽越列藩同盟）との「東北戦争」に臨んだ。
English: The new government of the "West regime" and the North Government of the "North regime" were in effect, "the Nanboku War."
Japanese: “南部政権”たる新政府と“北部政権”たる北部政府との、事実上の“南北戦争”である。
English: It would have been possible to revert to "the period of the Northern and Southern Courts" again in Japan if 'Tohoku War' were extended.
Japanese: 「東北戦争」が長引けば、日本は再び“南北朝時代”に突入する可能性があった。
English: In the beginning of May, he was concerned about what the army should do first, the abolition of Shogitai in Ueno or the fierce battle of Ou-Shirakawa Castle, and he was depended upon to secure Edo for the other domain, and try to support Shirakawa with direct soldier of Satsuma, but he took attack Ueno first because of Masujiro OMORI's opposition.
Japanese: 5月上旬、上野の彰義隊の打破と東山軍の奥羽白河城攻防戦の救援のどちらを優先するかに悩み、江戸守備を他藩にまかせて、配下の薩摩兵を率いて白河応援に赴こうとしたが、大村益次郎の反対にあい、上野攻撃を優先することにした。
English: In May 15, Ueno War broke out, and he commanded the assult of the front gate, Kuromonguchi, and stormed it.
Japanese: 5月15日、上野戦争が始まり、正面の黒門口攻撃を指揮し、これを破った。
English: He reported the state of the war in Kyoto, and on June 9, he left Kyoto followed by load of domain Tadayoshi, and returned to Kagoshima on 14th.
Japanese: 京都で戦況を報告し、6月9日に藩主忠義に随って京都を発し、14日に鹿児島に帰着した。
English: Saigo was asked to take command because the war was not progressin well, and on July 23 he was appointed the Sosasihiki commander of the Satsuma Domain army going to Hokuriku, and on August 2, he sailed from Kagoshima and arrived at Kashiwazaki, Echigo Province on 10th.
Japanese: 北陸道軍の戦況が思わしくないため、西郷の出馬が要請され、7月23日、薩摩藩北陸出征軍の総差引（司令官）を命ぜられ、8月2日に鹿児島を出帆し、10日に越後国柏崎に到着した。
English: On the 14th, right after his arrival, he heard of his brother Yoshijiro's death, which resulted from wounds received at the battle at Ikarashi, Niigata City.
Japanese: 来て間もない14日、新潟市五十嵐戦で負傷した二弟の吉二郎の死亡を聞いた。
English: He did not go to headquarters of Hokurikudo (Shibata City) because of his position, which was to command the domain, but Shimo-sanbo staff, Kioytaka KURODA and Aritomo YAMAGATA came to visit Saigo sometimes.
Japanese: 藩の差引の立場から北陸道本営（新発田市）には赴かなかったが、総督府下参謀の黒田清隆・山縣有朋らは西郷のもとをしばしば訪れた。