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English: When he went to Edo again to meet Takamori SAIGO in 1867, he formed an alliance between the Satsuma Domain and the Tosa Domain, and he aimed for the anti-shogunate movement.
Japanese: 慶応3年（1867年）には再び江戸に出て西郷隆盛と会い、薩土（薩摩藩と土佐藩）同盟を結んで討幕運動を目指した。
English: In the Boshin War in 1868, he was active on the North Kanto and Aizu fronts as daigunkan (senior commander), and in 1870, he committed to the reformation of domain duties as Han shosanji (second to a governor).
Japanese: 明治元年（1868年）の戊辰戦争では、大軍監として北関東・会津戦線で活躍し、明治3年（1870年）、藩少参事として藩政改革に尽力した。
English: After the abolition of feudal domains in the following year, 1871, he served the new government as Hyobugon no daijyo of the ministry of military.
Japanese: 翌明治4年（1871年）の廃藩後、兵部省（ひょうぶごんのだいじょう）として新政府に出仕。
English: In 1872, he became Army Major General, and from the following year, he served as General of the Kumamoto Chindai Army for some time.
Japanese: 明治5年（1872年）、陸軍少将になり、翌年から暫くの間熊本鎮台司令長官となる。
English: It is said that the reason of this appointment was that Tani was expected not to join Saigo's army because his ancestor was a great scholar, Jinzan TANI, who was Ansai YAMAZAKI's disciple, and the teachings had been hammered into his head.
Japanese: この人事は、祖先に山崎闇斎門下の大学者谷秦山をもち、その精神を叩き込まれている谷であれば西郷軍につくことはあるまいと見込まれてのものであったという。
English: During the Seinan War in 1877, he defended Kumamoto-jo Castle at all cost from the attacks by Saigo's army for 52 days, which contributed to the victory of the government army.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）、西南戦争の際には52日にわたって西郷軍の攻撃から熊本城を死守し、政府軍の勝利に貢献した。
English: Because of his military contribution to the Seinan War, he was promoted to lieutenant general, and also became president of the Army War College.
Japanese: 西南戦争の功績により陸軍中将に昇進、陸軍士官学校_(日本)となった。
English: However, in 1881, he found out the fact that the government and the Army leaders had been leaving the fact that some local officials had roughly handled the corpses of officers and men who had died in battle or of illness in the prior Taiwan expedition, so he resigned in protest.
Japanese: しかし1881年に先の台湾出兵で戦死・病死した将兵の遺体を一部の地方官が乱暴に取り扱った事実を政府・陸軍首脳部が放置していた事実を知って抗議の辞任をする。
English: At this time, Emperor Meiji valued Tani's opinion and tried to stop him from resigning, and also asked Takayuki SASAKI to tell him to postpone his returning home and offer the Emperor his allegiance.
Japanese: この時、明治天皇は谷の意見を評価して辞任を差し止めさせようとしたり、佐々木高行を通じて帰郷を延ばして自分に忠節を尽くすように伝言している。
English: Although he joined the First Ito Cabinet as the first minister of Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce in 1885, he criticized the cabinet's policy of Europeanization (the Foreign Minister at the time was Kaoru INOUE) as a member of the Kokken faction (a group advocating a state's right vis-a-vis foreign powers) in the cabinet, and he resigned because of the treaty revision issue.
Japanese: 明治18年（1885年）第1次伊藤内閣の初代農商務大臣に就任するが、閣内の国権派として伊藤内閣の欧化政策（当時の外相は井上馨）を批判し、条約改正問題で辞任した。
English: Afterwards, he became a member of the House of Peers, and carryed on his own political campaigns such as opposing a plan to increase land taxes.
Japanese: 後に貴族院_(日本)となり地租増徴に反対するなど独自の政治運動を展開した。
English: From the standpoints of nationalism and agricultural fundamentalism, he took a conservative moderate policy that was different from the Satsuma-Choshu domain clique and the Freedom and People's Rights Movement led by Taisuke ITAGAKI, and he was thought highly as a leading figure of the Tosa School.
Japanese: 国粋主義、農本主義的立場から、薩長藩閥とも板垣退助ら自由民権運動とも異なる保守的な中正主義で、土佐派の重鎮として重きをなしていた。
English: When the Russo-Japanese War broke out, he opposed the start of the war from his political standpoint that emphasized a balanced budget plan and defense-centric armaments.
Japanese: 日露戦争時には、健全財政論・防御中心の軍備を主張する政治的立場から開戦に反対した。
English: Tateki TANI deeply respected Ryoma SAKAMOTO, who was also from the Tosa Domain, and it is said that when Ryoma was assassinated in 1867, he rushed to the scene first to get the detail of the assassination of Ryoma out of dying Shintaro NAKAOKA, and then he continued to hunt for Ryoma's assassin over his lifetime.
Japanese: 谷干城は同じ土佐藩の出身者である坂本龍馬を厚く尊敬し、慶応3年（1867年）に龍馬が暗殺されたときには、真っ先に現場に駆けつけ、瀕死の状態にあった中岡慎太郎から龍馬暗殺の経緯を聞きだし、生涯をかけて龍馬の暗殺犯を追ったという。
English: It was Tani that sentenced the Shinsengumi leader Isami KONDO, who had been caught in Nagareyama, to cruel punishments; beheading him and exposing his head at a prison gate, and for Tani, these punishments were revenge for Ryoma.
Japanese: 流山で捕らえた新撰組局長であった近藤勇を斬首・獄門という惨刑に処したのも谷であり、彼にとっては龍馬の敵討ちであった。
English: In 1900, Nobuo IMAI, a former member of Mimawarigumi (the unit of patrolmen in Kyoto in the Edo period), said, 'It was me that assassinated Ryoma', but Tani conversely criticized Imai by saying, 'There is no way Mr. Sakamoto could had been killed by you, who is performing a publicity stunt.'
Japanese: 明治33年（1900年）、かつての見廻組の一人であった今井信郎が「龍馬を暗殺したのは俺だ」と言ったが、谷は「お前ごとき売名の徒に坂本さんが斬られるものか」と逆に非難したという。
English: "Otose" refers to two things; 1) a title of a novel written by Kaoru FUNAYAMA, which describes the Kogo incident (Inada uproar), and 2) a title of a drama created by NHK based on the novel.
Japanese: お登勢は、庚午事変を描いた船山馨の小説と、それを元にしたNHKのドラマ。
English: Otose (around 1829 - September 7, 1877) was a landlady of the Teradaya Inn, who lived during the end of the Edo Period, the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Japanese: お登勢（おとせ、1829年（文政12年）頃－1877年（明治10年）9月7日）は、幕末期の寺田屋の女将。
English: Although Otose got married to Inosuke TERADAYA, the sixth landlord of the Teradaya Inn (an inn for sailors in Fushimi, Kyoto), Inosuke deteriorated his business for being debauched and even died young for excessive drinking.
Japanese: 京都伏見の船宿である寺田屋第6代目の主人・寺田屋伊助の妻となったが、夫は放蕩者で経営を悪化させたうえ、酒を飲みすぎたために病に倒れて若死にした。
English: As Otose originally liked taking care of people, she voluntarily protected soldiers who had the thought of Sonno Joi (reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) such as Ryoma SAKAMOTO from the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), although the bakufu wanted to expel them.
Japanese: 人の世話をすることが大好きだったことから、坂本龍馬をはじめとする幕府から睨まれていた尊皇攘夷派の志士たちを保護した。
English: Therefore, Otose was once regarded as a dangerous person by the bakufu and had a narrow escape from being imprisoned.
Japanese: このため、幕府から一時は危険人物と見なされて、牢に入れかけられたこともある。
English: In 1863, after feudal retainers of the Satsuma Domain killed each other in the Teradaya Inn (the Teradaya Incident), Otose ordered her servants to replace battered tatami (mats) and fusuma (sliding doors) immediately to prepare for resuming a business.
Japanese: 1863年、寺田屋事件が起きて薩摩藩士が斬り合いを行なった後、使用人に命じて即座に畳や襖を取り替えて、営業できるように整えたといわれている。
English: In most of the letters written by Ryoma to Otose, Ryoma described some personal requests or his frustrations associated with his work to Otose.
Japanese: 龍馬が彼女に宛てた手紙の多くは、彼女に頼み事や泣き草を聞いてもらうようなものが多い。
English: Shinpachi MURATA (December 10, 1836 - September 24, 1877) was a feudal retainer of the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period (the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end) and statesman in the Meiji period.
Japanese: 村田新八（むらたしんぱち、天保7年11月3日(旧暦)(1836年12月10日)-明治10年(1877年)9月24日）は、江戸時代末期（幕末）の薩摩藩士、明治時代の政治家である。
English: On December 10, 1836, Shinpachi MURATA, the third child of Hachiro TAKAHASHI, was born near the Kagoshima-jo Castle in Kiyotakigawakoji, Shitakajiya-cho, (Hogiri, Takamibaba), Kagoshima-jo, Satsuma Province, and adopted by Juzo (Tsunenori) MURATA when he was young.
Japanese: 天保7年（1836年）11月3日、薩摩国鹿児島城下加治屋町清滝川小路（高見馬場方限）で高橋八郎の第三子として生まれ、幼にして村田十蔵（経典）の養子となった。
English: He had three sons and one daughter; his first son, Iwakuma, and his second son, Jizo, served during the Seinan War (the Satsuma Rebellion) and died.
Japanese: 三男一女あり、長男の岩熊と次男の二蔵はともに西南戦争に従軍して戦死した。
English: On April 8, 1862, when Teizo MIYABE, a feudal retainer of the Kumamoto clan, and others tried to enter Satsuma Province, Murata and Shinshichi ARIMA went to see Miyabe and others at Ichiki Station to discuss the current affairs and persuaded them to enter Satsuma Province.
Japanese: 文久2年（1862年）3月10日、熊本藩士宮部鼎蔵らが入薩しようとしたとき、有馬新七らと市来駅で宮部らと会して時事を談じ、入薩を断念させた。
English: After this, Saigo, Murata, and Shinzo MORIYAMA went to Kyoto to investigate the situation in each domain before the troops led by Hisamitsu SHIMAZU departed, which made Hisamitsu suspect that their actions had instigated Izumi MAKI and Shinshichi ARIMA to raise an army in Kyoto (Teradaya-sodo [oppression of Sonjo group]); after being called back from Kyoto, Saigo was sent into exile to Tokuno-shima Island (and changed to Oki-no-erabujima Island by the second order) and Murata to Kikai-jima Island (not Satuma-iojima Island [Kikai-ga-shima Island]).
Japanese: この後に島津久光進発に先立って上京した西郷・村田・森山新蔵は諸藩の情勢を探っていたが、真木和泉・有馬新七らの京都挙兵（寺田屋騒動）を煽動したと久光から疑われ、呼び戻されて西郷は徳之島（再命で沖永良部島へ変更）へ、村田は喜界島（薩摩硫黄島（鬼界ヶ島）ではない）へ遠島された。
English: In 1864, Saigo, who was set free, stopped by Kikai-jima Island to take Murata back to Kagoshima.
Japanese: 元治元年（1864年）、赦免された西郷は途中、喜界島へ寄って村田を鹿児島へ連れ帰った。
English: On February 18, 1866, when Kiyotaka KURODA went to Kyoto along with Takayoshi KIDO, Shigeomi MIYOSHI, Yajiro SHINAGAWA, feudal retainers of the Choshu clan, and Mitsuaki TANAKA, a lordless samurai of the Tosa clan, to form the Satsuma-Choshu Alliance, Murata followed Saigo to meet them in Fushimi.
Japanese: 慶応2年（1866年）1月4日、黒田清隆が薩長同盟のために長州藩士木戸孝允・三好重臣・品川弥二郎・土佐浪士田中光顕らを伴って上京したとき、西郷に従い伏見に出迎えた。
English: In August or September of that year, Murata went to Yamaguchi together with Kiyotaka KURODA and saw Takachika MORI, a feudal lord of the Choshu clan, and on September 7, after seeing Kuroda off, Murata left Nagasaki on a ship to Shanghai City with Hirobumi ITO and went back to his domain after his return home.
Japanese: 同年7月、黒田清隆らと山口に赴いた村田は、長州藩主毛利敬親に謁し、黒田と別れた後の29日、伊藤博文らとともに長崎を出航して上海市を訪問し、帰国後に帰藩した。
English: On August 6, 1867, Murata went to Yamaguchi with a letter from Saigo describing the fact of the Satsudo Meiyaku (the alliance with Satsuma and Tosa), and on his way back, he went to Kyoto along with Yajiro SHINAGAWA and Shuzo SERA.
Japanese: 慶応3年（1867年）7月7日、薩土盟約の事情を記した西郷の書簡を持って山口を訪れ、帰りに品川弥二郎・世良修蔵を伴って上京した。
English: In October or November of that year, when the general theory of the clan met Saigo's idea of the restoration of imperial rule, Murata went campaigning to the Omura and Hirado domains with Shintaro NAKAOKA, got together with Ryoma SAKAMOTO and Hirobumi ITO in Bakan, and went to Kyoto after meeting lord Mori.
Japanese: 同年10月、西郷の王政復古論で藩論が統一すると、村田は中岡慎太郎らと大村藩・平戸藩などを遊説し、馬関で坂本龍馬・伊藤博文らと会し、毛利公に謁見したのちに上京した。
English: On December 29, accompanying Kiyotaka KURODA and Akiyoshi YAMADA, Murata left Kyoto for Nishinomiya to report the upcoming order of the restoration of imperial rule to the samurai of the Choshu clan.
Japanese: 12月4日、黒田清隆・山田顕義と同行して京都より西宮に至り、王政復古の発令が近いことを長州藩兵に告げた。
English: On January 5, 1868, when Murata and Kazusuke YAMANODA passed by Nijo-jo Castle, they confronted the member of Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate); Yamanoda killed one and Murata, who was slightly injured, resisted this.
Japanese: 12月11日、山野田一輔らと二条城下を通り過ぎたとき、新撰組の隊士と衝突し、山野田が1名を斬り、村田らは微傷を負ったが、これを退けた。
English: Murata was an army supervisor of the second platoon of Yugeki (commando unit) at the onset of the Boshin War (in 1868) and served as a guard at the gate of Midaidokoro (the gate where a wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman used) at the time of the Battle of Toba and Fushimi, and later he went into the Battle of Yodo and the Battle of Hachiman, and participated in the acceptance of Osaka-jo Castle and marching into Himeji (since Himeji surrendered, he went to Akashi and went back).
Japanese: 村田は、戊辰戦争開始時（明治元年（1868年））は遊撃二番小隊の監軍であり、鳥羽伏見の戦いのときは御台所御門の警備をしていたが、のちに淀の戦い・八幡の戦い・大阪城受け取り・姫路進撃（姫路が降伏したので、明石まで行って帰る）などにも出陣した。
English: However, Murata seemed to serve as a retainer of Saigo, so Jurota HENMI, an army's supervisor, often played the role of an alternative commander.
Japanese: しかし、西郷の幕下にいたらしく、監軍の辺見十郎太が代理の隊長をつとめることが多かった。
English: On March 5, 1868, Saigo, who became a Shimo-sanbo staff of Tosei-daisotokufu (Tosei-gun army headquarters), directed the spearhead convoy consisting of Hanjiro NAKAMURA (a commander of the first platoon), Shinpachi MURATA (a commander of the second platoon) and Kunimoto SHINOHARA (a commander of the third platoon) and proceeded to Sunpu on March 18, and then to Odawara on March 20.
Japanese: 2月12日に東征大総督府の下参謀となった西郷は、中村半次郎（一番小隊長）・村田新八（二番小隊長）・篠原国幹（三番小隊長）らで構成される先鋒隊を指揮して2月25日に駿府、27日に小田原へ進んだ。
English: After Saigo took over Hakone, a place of strategic importance on the Tokai-do Road, he went back to Shizuoka where he rejected an envoy delivering a petition for reconciliation from Cloistered Imperial Prince Rinojinomiya Kogen (Imperial Prince Kitashirakawanomiya Yoshihisa), and had a meeting with Tesshu YAMAOKA, a vassal of the shogun.
Japanese: 東海道の要衝箱根を占領したのち、西郷は静岡へ引き返し、ここで輪王寺宮公現法親王（北白川宮能久親王）の和解請願の使者を退け、幕臣山岡鉄舟との会談をした。
English: In the meantime, Murata led the platoon as he followed Saigo and guarded the meetings.
Japanese: この間、村田は小隊を率いて、西郷に随従するとともに、会談を護衛した。
English: After the Battle of Ueno, Murata led the second platoon to support the Tosando force, and on July 15, he participated in the battle to recapture Shirakawa (in charge of Tanakuraguchi) and the battle of Nihonmatsu, and then the siege of Aizu Wakamatsu-jo Castle.
Japanese: 上野戦争の後は二番小隊を率いて東山道軍の応援に赴き、5月26日の白河奪還戦（棚倉口を担当）、二本松戦を経て、会津若松城攻囲戦に参加した。
English: In 1869, when the Kagoshima regular army was assembled, Murata became a leader of an artillery unit.
Japanese: 明治2年（1869年）、鹿児島常備隊がつくられたとき、砲兵隊長となった。
English: On March 14, 1870, Murata, together with Iwao OYAMA, followed Takamori SAIGO to the Choshu domain, inspected the mayhem of deserting Kiheitai troops, and saw Hiroatsu MORI, the domain governor.
Japanese: 明治3年（1870年）2月13日、大山巌らとともに西郷隆盛に随従して長州藩に赴き、奇兵隊脱隊騒擾の状を視察し、藩知事毛利広封に謁見した。
English: At the end of that year, when Saigo decided to reform national politics in Tokyo, Murata was sent to see Seian KASUGA in Kyoto under an order from Saigo and reported his achievement for the 12 regulations related to the current affairs.
Japanese: 同年末、西郷が東上しての大政改革を決意したとき、西郷の命で京都の春日潜庵のもとへ派遣され、時務に関する12ヶ条を得て復命した。
English: That year, when Tomomi IWAKURA, an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador, was going to be sent for the treaty revision, Murata became a member of Iwakura Mission and left for Europe and America.
Japanese: この年、条約改正のために全権大使岩倉具視が派遣されることになったとき、その岩倉使節団の一員に加わり、欧米視察に出発した。
English: In 1874, when Murata returned from the European and American tour and heard that Takamori SAIGO went back to his hometown after retiring from his post, he resigned his job and went back to Kagoshima.
Japanese: 明治7年（1874年）に欧米視察から帰国し、西郷隆盛が下野して帰郷したのを聞くと、辞職して鹿児島へ帰った。
English: It is said that Toshimichi OKUBO, who trusted and relied on Murata so much, was stunned by the news of Murata's return.
Japanese: 村田さえいればと考えていた大久保利通は、村田の帰郷を聞いて、茫然としたと伝えられる。
English: At his hometown, Murata built the Shigakko (school mainly for warriors) with Toshiaki KIRINO and Kunimoto SHINOHARA and became a director of Hotai (army troop) school and Shoten school (school for children).
Japanese: 帰郷した村田は桐野利秋・篠原国幹らと私学校を創立して、砲隊学校・章典学校の監督となった。
English: In January, 1877, Murata saw Kichijuro IKEBE and Tomofusa SASSA, who were the warriors in Kumamoto.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）1月、熊本の士池辺吉十郎・佐々友房と会った。
English: On February 6, the public consultation was held at the head office of the Shigakko to discuss the attack on the ammunition depot and how to deal with Naoo NAKAHARA's plan to kill Saigo, and they decided to dispatch the troops; however, Murata kept his silence and did not say anything willingly.
Japanese: 2月6日、弾薬庫襲撃事件と中原尚雄の西郷刺殺計画への対処についての私学校本部での大評定が開かれ、出兵が決定されたが、村田は黙然としていて積極的に発言しなかった。
English: On February 7, the headquarters of Satsu-gun (Satsuma Army) were established at the head office of the Shigakko, and on February 13, the battalion structure was designed.
Japanese: 2月7日、私学校本部に薩軍の本営が設置され、2月13日、大隊の編制がおこなわれた。
English: At that time, Toshiaki KIRINO was assigned to a chief and supreme commander of the fourth battalion, and Murata became a chief commander of the second battalion.
Japanese: このとき、桐野利秋が四番大隊指揮長兼総司令となり、村田は二番大隊指揮長になった。
English: On February 20, the troops led by Shinsuke BEPPU, who left first, arrived at Kawajiri and encountered the reconnaissance troops of Kumamoto Chindai Army, which was the onset of the actual fighting of the Seinan War (Satsuma Rebellion).
Japanese: 2月20日、先発した別府晋介の部隊が川尻に着し、熊本鎮台偵察隊と衝突し、西南戦争（西南の役）の実戦が開始された。
English: Murata, along with Kunimoto SHINOHARA and Shinsuke BEPPU, directed the backside of the besiegers; however, Kumamoto-jo Castle was a strong fortress and hard to destroy.
Japanese: 村田は篠原国幹・別府晋介とともに背面軍を指揮したが、熊本城は堅城ですぐには陥ちなかった。
English: At the war council held at the headquarters, there was a conflict between Kirino and Shinohara, who insisted on attacking the castle as a single force, and Shiro IKENOUE (a feudal retainer of the Satsuma clan), Oshisuke NOMURA, and Kohe SAIGO, who insisted on attacking separately; while the council dragged on, the first brigade (Shizuo NOZU) and the second brigade (Shigeomi MIYOSHI) of Government army started going south.
Japanese: 本営軍議で桐野・篠原らが主張する全軍攻城論と池上四郎(薩摩藩士)・野村忍介・西郷小兵衛らが主張する分進論が対立し、軍議が長引いている間に、政府軍の第一旅団（野津鎮雄）・第二旅団（三好重臣）の南下が始まった。
English: In order to handle this situation, Ikenoue took charge of the siege of Kumamoto-jo Castle; Yaichiro NAGAYAMA was sent to watch the coastline; Toshiaki KIRINO (Sanka-shotai platoon) advanced to Yamaga and Kunimoto SHINOHARA (Rokka-shotai platoon) to Tahara; and Murata and Shinsuke BEPPU led the Goka-shotai platoon and built the temporary headquarters in Kitome, trying to attack the Government army from multiple sides and occupy Takase.
Japanese: これに対処するために、熊本城攻囲を池上にまかせ、永山弥一郎に海岸線を抑えさせ、桐野利秋（三箇小隊）は山鹿へ、篠原国幹（六箇小隊）は田原へ進出し、村田は別府晋介とともに五箇小隊を率いて木留に出張本営を設け、政府軍を挟撃し、高瀬を占領しようとした。
English: Later, for more than one month, the front lines remained unchanged due to wins and losses on both forces; however, Satsu-gun was gradually overpowered by the Government army and stepped back.
Japanese: 以後一ヶ月余、互いに勝敗があって戦線が膠着したが、徐々に政府軍に押されて後退した。
English: Satsu-gun (including the allies) was defeated at the battle of Tabaruzaka on March 20 and the battle of Anseibashi-guchi on April 8, on the verge of being attacked from multiple sides by the Government army, who were going south, and the backside of the Kumamoto Chindai Army; on April 14, Satsu-gun retreated to Kiyama by breaking the siege on Kumamoto-jo Castle.
Japanese: 3月20日、田原坂の戦いに敗れ、次いで4月8日の安政橋口の戦いで敗れて政府南下軍と背面軍・熊本鎮台軍に挟撃される形になった薩軍（党薩各派を含む）は4月14日、熊本城の囲みを解いて木山に退却した。
English: After that, on April 21, Satsu-gun retreated further to Yabe-Hamamachi and was reorganized into a platoon; Murata and Ikenoue were assigned to the headquarters.
Japanese: 次いで4月21日、矢部浜町に退却し、中隊に編制替えしたとき、村田は池上とともに本営詰となった。
English: The next day, at the war council sponsored by Kirino, who retreated to Eshiro, the department for each quarter was established to send the platoon.
Japanese: 翌日、江代に退却した桐野の主催で開かれた軍議で諸方面の部署を定め、中隊を各地に派遣した。
English: When the headquarters in Hitoyoshi was threatened by the offensive of the Government army, Murata made Ikenoue lead the convoy for Saigo to the quarter in Miyazaki, and on June 1, he directed himself to fight the Government army but he was roundly defeated.
Japanese: 政府軍の攻勢で人吉本営が危うくなると、村田は池上に西郷護衛隊を率いて宮崎の軍務所へ赴かせ、6月1日、自ら指揮して政府軍と戦ったが大敗した。
English: On June 17, Shinpachi MURATA stayed at Kobayashi and put about 1,000 soldiers from Shinbutai Army, Hachiku-tai troop, march convoy, and Sadohara march convey, to Harada, Kamie, Imanishi, and Ikeshima; for the following month, Murata confronted Betsudo-Daini-ryodan (the second stand-alone brigade) led by Akiyoshi YAMADA across the Sendai-gawa River and kept fighting skirmishes.
Japanese: 6月17日、村田新八は小林に拠り、振武隊、破竹隊、行進隊、佐土原隊の約1000名を原田・上江・今西・池島などに配備し、これより一ヶ月近く山田顕義率いる別働第二旅団と川内川を挟んで対峙し、小戦を繰り返した。
English: On July 10, when the second stand-alone brigade and the second brigade (Shigeomi MIYOSHI) started attacking Kakuto and Iino from multiple sides, his subordinates retreated to Kogen-roku and Nojiri.
Japanese: 7月10日、別働第二旅団と第二旅団（三好重臣）が加久藤・飯野に全面攻撃を加えてきたので、配下の諸隊は高原麓、野尻に退却した。
English: On July 17 and 21, Hachiro HORIYO led Satsu-gun (approximately 1,000 soldiers) from Miyakonojo, Takajo, and Shonai, and fought desperately with the Government army to recapture Kogen-roku, but they couldn't win and retreated to Shonai and Tanigashira.
Japanese: 7月17日と21日、掘与八郎が都城、高城および庄内の薩軍（1000余名）を率いて高原麓奪還のために政府軍と激戦をしたが、勝てず、庄内、谷頭へ退却した。
English: On July 24, the troops in the direction of Miyakonojo directed by Murata fought with Rokka-ryodan brigade of Government army and suffered a major defeat; Murata retreated to Miyazaki because Miyakonojo fell.
Japanese: 7月24日、村田が指揮していた都城方面の部隊が政府軍六箇旅団と戦って大敗し、都城が陥落したので、村田は宮崎へ退いた。
English: On July 31, Murata directed several troops at the Battle of Miyazaki, but they were defeated and went north.
Japanese: 7月31日、村田は宮崎の戦いで諸軍を指揮したが敗れたので、さらに北上した。
English: On August 3, Kirino directed several troops in Hiraiwa, Murata in Tomitaka-shinmachi, and Ikegami in Nobeoka, but they were defeated at the battle of Mimitsu.
Japanese: 8月3日、桐野は平岩、村田は富高新町、池上は延岡にあって諸軍を指揮したが、美々津の戦で敗れた。
English: On August 13 and 14, Kirino, Murata, and Ikegami, came back from Nagai-mura, took a role in marching into Nobeoka, and directed on main roads; however, they were defeated by the second stand-alone brigade, the third brigade, the fourth brigade, Shinsen Ryodan brigade, and the first brigade at the battle of Nobeoka, and they all pulled out of Nobeoka and stopped at Wada Pass.
Japanese: 8月13日、14日、桐野・村田・池上らは長井村から来て延岡進撃を部署し、本道で指揮したが、延岡の戦いで別働第二旅団・第三旅団・第四旅団・新撰旅団・第一旅団に敗れ、延岡から総退却して和田峠に依った。
English: On August 15, they mainly lined up at Wada Pass and fought the last big battle of the Seinan War with the Government army.
Japanese: 8月15日、和田峠を中心に布陣し、政府軍と西南の役最後の大戦を試みた。
English: Early in the morning, Takamori SAIGO himself ruled Kirino, Murata, Ikenoue, and Beppu, and directed from the top of Wada Pass; however, they were totally defeated, couldn't recapture Nobeoka, and retreated to Nagai-mura.
Japanese: 早朝、西郷隆盛自ら桐野・村田・池上・別府らを随えて和田峠頂上で指揮したが、大敗して延岡の回復はならず、長井村へ退いた。
English: The troops breaking through consisted of 300 to 500 elite soldiers; the front troops were led by Shuichiro KONO and Jurota HENMI, the middle troops by Kirino and Murata, and the rear troops by Takehiko NAKAJIMA and Kiyoshi KIJIMA, and Ikenoue and Beppu led about 60 soldiers in order to protect Saigo.
Japanese: 突囲軍は精鋭300～500名で、前軍は河野主一郎・辺見十郎太、中軍は桐野・村田、後軍は中島健彦・貴島清が率い、池上と別府が約60名を率いて西郷を警護した。
English: After this, they walked through the mountains in Miyazaki and Kagoshima for more than 10 days and went back to Kagoshima via Mitai.
Japanese: この後、宮崎・鹿児島の山岳部を踏破すること10余日、三田井を経て鹿児島へ帰った。
English: Although Satsu-gun temporarily occupied most of the area near Kagoshima-jo Castle, the Government army, who developed after landing, occupied most of it on September 3, and had Shiroyama completely under siege on September 6.
Japanese: 一時、薩軍は鹿児島城下の大半を制したが、上陸展開した政府軍が9月3日に城下の大半を制し、9月6日には城山包囲態勢を完成させた。
English: Before Kazusuke YAMANODA and Shuichiro KONO, who became communication agents to save Saigo, went to see Sumiyoshi KAWAMURA, a commander of Sangun department of army, on September 19, Murata and Ikenoue provided consultation for that plan.
Japanese: 9月19日に山野田一輔・河野主一郎が西郷救命の軍使となって参軍川村純義のもとに出向く前、村田と池上はその相談に与った。
English: On September 24, when the Government army launched a full-scale attack on Shiroyama, about 40 soldiers including Takamori SAIGO, Toshiaki KIRINO, Hisatake KATSURA, Shinpachi MURATA, Shiro IKENOUE, Shinsuke BEPPU, and Jurota HENMI, lined up in front of a cave and marched into Iwasaki-guchi.
Japanese: 9月24日、政府軍が城山を総攻撃したとき、西郷隆盛・桐野利秋・桂久武・村田新八・池上四郎・別府晋介・辺見十郎太ら40余名は洞前に整列し、岩崎口に進撃した。
English: When Saigo was hit on his way and committed Seppuku (suicide by disembowelment) with the assistance of Beppu who played kaishaku (to behead one who has committed seppuku) in front of the gate of Kuno Okichi SHIMAZU's residence, Murata, who saw through Saigo's seppuku, marched further into the first base of Iwasaki-guchi where he stayed to fight.
Japanese: 途中で西郷が被弾し、島津応吉久能邸門前にて別府の介錯で自決すると、跪いて西郷の自決を見届けた村田らはさらに進撃し、岩崎口の一塁に籠もって交戦した。
English: After 1877, Murata was treated as a leader of a rebel army; however, on April 11, 1916, he redeemed his honor when a posthumous degree of Shogoi (Senior Fifth Rank) was conferred on him.
Japanese: 村田は明治10年以降、賊軍の将として遇されたが、大正5年（1916年）4月11日に正五位を追贈されて名誉回復した。