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English: Ragarding this, the Shigakko strongly believed that the jurisdiction of the gun powder and explosives had already moved to the military by the time the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy were established, and in spite of the fact that the military had the authority to remove the munitions, it had originally been purchased and made by contributions from former feudal retainers, and these were members of the warrior class of the prefecture of Kagoshima for use in emergencies.
Japanese: これに対し、私学党は、すでに陸海軍省設置の際に武器や火薬・弾薬の所管が陸海軍に移っていて、陸海軍がそれを運び出す権利を持っていたにもかかわらず、本来、これらは旧藩士の醵出金で購入したり、つくったりしたものであるから、鹿児島県士族がいざというときに使用するものであるという意識を強く持っていた。
English: Many patrol officers were suspicious as well and very much wished to know why this was being done.
Japanese: また、多数の巡査が一斉に帰郷していることは不審であり、その目的を知る必要があると考えていた。
English: But, at the time, people did not know that Toshiyoshi KAWAJI ordered Naoo KAWAHARA to 'inspect' Saigo when the collapse and estrangement did not occur (also Aritomo YAMAGATA said that he misinterpreted 'shisatsu' to mean 'stab' instead of 'inspect' because they have exactly the same reading in Japanese.
Japanese: なお、まだこの時点では、川路利良が中原尚雄に、瓦解・離間ができないときは西郷を「シサツ」せよ、と命じていたことは知られていなかった（山縣有朋は私学校党が「視察」を「刺殺」と誤解したのだと言っている。
English: At this time, 'inspection' also meant 'reconnaissance' in the words of official documents of the bureaucracy, so 'inspection in Manju' really amounted to reconnaissance of Manju by Ikegami in 1872.
Japanese: 明治5年の池上らの満洲の偵察を公文書で「満洲視察」と表現していることから見ると、この当時の官僚用語としての「視察」には「偵察」の意もあった）。
English: Around January 20, 1877, Saigo was hunting in Konejime on Osumi peninsula, and he never dreamed that the students of Shigakko would attack the powder magazine.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）1月20日頃、西郷は、この時期に私学校生徒が火薬庫を襲うなどとは夢にも思わず、大隅半島の小根占で狩猟をしていた。
English: On the other hand, the government thought the rebellion of the warrior class of prefecture of Kagoshima was near at hand, and Aritomo YAMAGATA issued an order of caution by telegram for Kumamoto Chindai Army on January 28th.
Japanese: 一方、政府は鹿児島県士族の反乱を間近しと見て、1月28日に山縣有朋が熊本鎮台に電報で警戒命令を出した。
English: On the 29th, because it is dangerous, they announced and pledged that it would be carried out in the daytime, but the gun powder and explosives were carried out from Kusamuta Magazine of the army to the Sekiryu-maru without notice or a sign at night.
Japanese: 29日、従来は危険なために公示したうえで標識を付けて白昼運び出していたのに、陸軍の草牟田火薬庫の火薬・弾薬が夜中に公示も標識もなしに運び出され、赤龍丸に移された。
English: On February 1, his younger brother Kohei visited Saigo, who was in Konejime as an envoy from the executive of Shigakko, and he heard that Tota TANIGUCHI and Naoo NAKAHARA returned to stab Saigo, and talked about the attack on the gunpowder magazine made by the students of Shigakko.
Japanese: 2月1日、小根占にいた西郷のもとに四弟小兵衞が私学校幹部らの使者として来て、谷口登太が中原尚雄から西郷刺殺のために帰県したと聞き込んだこと、私学校生徒による火薬庫襲撃がおきたことなどを話した。
English: On hearing this, Saigo went back to Kagoshima, and the number of people who hurry to guard him continued to increase.
Japanese: これを聞いて西郷が鹿児島へ帰ると、身辺警護に駆けつける人数が時とともに増え続けた。
English: Nakagawa was arrested on the 3rd, and he confessed under torture on the 4th (and his thumbprint was affixed to a deposition).
Japanese: 3日に中原が捕らえられ、4日に拷問によって自供すると（8日に口供書に拇印を押させられる。
English: The deposition was reported in "Satsunan Ketsurui (bitter tears) shi (the history of Satsunan, the south part of Satsuma)" and a large conference was held in the main school of Shigakko on the 6th, and he decided to go to Kyoto with big army to inquire about the crimes to the government the next day (on the 7th), then he announced his decision to go to Kyoto to the Kenrei, Tsunayoshi OYAMA.
Japanese: 口供書は『薩南血涙史』に掲載）、6日に私学校本校で大評議が開かれ、政府問罪のために大軍を率いて上京することに決したので、翌7日に県令大山綱良に上京の決意を告げた。
English: On the 9th, during all the uproar, Sumiyoshi KAWAMURA came to visit Saigo by Takaomaru Ship, but was unable to meet him.
Japanese: このようにして騒然となっていた9日、川村純義が高雄丸で西郷に面会に来たので、会おうとしたが、会えなかった。
English: On the same day, Tsuna NOMURA, who was sent by Okubo, surrendered himself at a prefectural office, separately from the patrol officers, and the deposition of Noguchi is reported in "(Satsunan Ketsurui (bitter tears) shi (the history of Satsunan, the south part of Satsuma)".
Japanese: 同日、巡査たちとは別に、大久保が派遣した野村綱が県庁に自首した（野村の口供書は『薩南血涙史』に掲載）。
English: Saigo started to think that Okubo also agreed to stab him from the deposition.
Japanese: 西郷は、その自白内容から、大久保も刺殺に同意していると考えるようになったらしい。
English: On the 13th, the Daitai was reorganized after the new soldiers were recruited and trained, and Kunimoto SHINOHARA was elected the Ichiban-daitai Shikicho (chief commander of the first battalion), Sinpachi MURATA was elected the Niban-daitai Shikicho (chief commander of the second battalion), Yaichiro NAGAYAMA was elected the Sanban-daitai Shikicho (chief commander of the third battalion), Toshiaki KIRINO was elected the Yonban-daitai Shikicho (chief commander of the fourth battalion), Shiro IKEGAMI was elected Goban-daitai Shikicho (chief commander of the fifth battalion), and Kirino held an additional post as the supreme commander.
Japanese: 募兵、新兵教練が終わった13日、大隊編制が行われ、一番大隊指揮長に篠原国幹、二番大隊指揮長に村田新八、三番大隊指揮長に永山弥一郎、四番大隊指揮長に桐野利秋、五番大隊指揮長に池上四郎が選任され、桐野が総司令を兼ねることになった。
English: Gumpei FUCHINO became the Honei-fu-goeitaicho (commander of convoy attached with Headquarters) and guarded Saigo with a sniper force.
Japanese: 淵辺群平は本営附護衛隊長となり、狙撃隊を率いて西郷を護衛することになった。
English: Beppu organized two extra battalions in Kajiki, and became the leader thereof (later, the two battalions became the sixth battalion and the seventh battalion, but both had only half the number of members of a regal battalion and also their equipments was inferior.)
Japanese: 別府は加治木で別に2大隊を組織してその指揮長になった（のちにこの2大隊を六番・七番大隊としたが、人員も正規大隊の半分ほどで、装備も劣っていた）。
English: The military parade for Seiki-Daitai military battalion was held by Saigo in "Regarding the a 'drill court' for the Satsuma army's departure for the front in the Seinan War."
Japanese: 『西南戦争における薩軍出陣の「練兵場」について』）で西郷による正規大隊の閲兵式が行われた。
English: The first battalion left from Kagoshima first (the start of the Seinan War) on the 15th, and Saigo left from Kagoshima via Kajiki and Hitoyoshi to Kumamoto on the 17th.
Japanese: 15日、薩軍の一番大隊が鹿児島から先発し（西南戦争開始）、17日、西郷も鹿児島を出発し、加治木・人吉を経て熊本へ向かった。
English: The battalions of the Satsuma army arrived one after another, and laid seige to the Kumamoto Chindai and fought on the 21st.
Japanese: 21日、相次いで到着した薩軍の大隊は順次、熊本鎮台を包囲して戦った。
English: He heard that part of the Governmental army had gone to Ueki, then the platoon of Sansuke MURATA and Naoji ITO was sent to Ueki, and they captured the army flag of the fourteenth regiment, which was lead by Shokuro IWAKIRI and Maresuke NOGI of the army of Ito.
Japanese: 政府軍一部の植木進出を聞き、午後3時に村田三介・伊東直二の小隊が植木に派遣され、夕刻、伊東隊の岩切正九郎が乃木希典率いる第14連隊の軍旗を分捕った。
English: On the other hand, it was thought to be difficult to capture Kumamoto Castle with an assault such as the one that was being carried out, because Kumamoto Castle was a solid castle.
Japanese: 一方、総攻撃した熊本城は堅城で、この日の状況から簡単には陥ちないと見なされた。
English: At night they moved the heaquarters to Honjo, and while they were bickering about the military meeting, the Seiki-ryodan official brigade of the Government army started to move to south.
Japanese: 夜、本荘に本営を移し、ここでの軍議でもめているうちに、政府軍の正規旅団は本格的に南下し始めた。
English: The plan of Shinohara that all army attack the castle was chosen at the military meeting at first, but they had been laying seige to Kumamoto Castle for a time by the next military meeting, and decided that the part of them should attack Okura suddenly, so Shiro IKEGAMI left with several platoons on the 23rd, but they encountered the Governmental army, which was moving south at Tahara, Takase and Ueki, and the blitz tactics failed.
Japanese: この軍議では一旦は篠原らの全軍攻城策に決したが、のちの再軍議で熊本城を長囲し、一部は小倉を電撃すべしと決し、翌23日に池上四郎が数箇小隊を率いて出発したが、南下してきた政府軍と田原・高瀬・植木などで衝突し、電撃作戦は失敗した。
English: After that, he had to deal with the situation that the Southern Government army and Government army were suspected to have landed, and the Kumamoto Chindai, thus, he left the seige of Kumamoto castle to Ikegami and had Yaichiro NAGAYAMA control the shoreline, and sent the shotai platoon separately with Kunitomo SHINOHARA (Rokka-shotai platoon) to Tahara, meanwhile Murata and Beppu (Goka-shotai platoon) were at Kitome, and Kirino (Sanka-shotai platoon) was at Yamaga, thus they tried to attack the Government army from both sides and capture Takase.
Japanese: これより、南下政府軍、また上陸してくると予想される政府軍、熊本鎮台に対処するために、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、篠原国幹（六箇小隊）は田原に、村田・別府（五箇小隊）は木留に、桐野（三箇小隊）は山鹿に分かれ、政府軍を挟撃して高瀬を占領することにした。
English: The battle over Tahara, which started from March 1, (Taburazaka and Kichiji, etc) was a fierce battle that divided this war, and dauntless soldiers like Kunitomo SHINOHARA died in the war one after another.
Japanese: 3月1日から始まった田原をめぐる戦い（田原坂・吉次など）は、この戦争の分水嶺になった激戦で、篠原国幹ら勇猛の士が次々と戦死した。
English: They even protected Taharazaka with sacrifices like that, but, during a soldier exchange, the Government army saw an opening and occupied Taharazaka.
Japanese: このような犠牲を払ってまで守っていた田原坂であったが、20日に、兵の交替の隙を衝かれ、政府軍に奪われた。
English: There were many reasons for their defeat in this battle, but the main problem was that their guns and rifles were outdated, and the amount of gunpowder, bullets and cannonballs they had was insufficient, and also the military supplies like food was extremely lacking.
Japanese: この戦いに敗れた原因は多々あるが、主なものでは、砲・小銃が旧式で、しかも不足、火薬・弾丸・砲弾の圧倒的な不足、食料などの輜重の不足があげられる。
English: They withdrew from the direction of Tahara, and while protecting their flank, NAGAYAMA, who had failed his objectives with the back army of the government that had landed, was censured himself and committed suicide with his sword, and also Ikegami failed at the Battle of Anseibashi-guchi on April 8, and upon being allowed to communicate with the back army and Chindai, the Satsu-gun was like an attacked both in front and rear.
Japanese: こうして田原方面から引き上げ、その後部線を保守している間に、上陸した政府背面軍に敗れた永山が御船で自焚・自刃し、4月8日には池上が安政橋口の戦いで敗れて、政府背面軍と鎮台の連絡を許すと、薩軍は腹背に敵を受ける形になった。
English: They were forced to break the seige of Kumamoto Castle and withdraw to Kiyama to escape these difficulties on the 14th.
Japanese: そこで、この窮地を脱するために、14日、熊本城の包囲を解いて木山に退却した。
English: Meanwhile, the headquarters was moved from Honio to Nihongi on March 16, and moved again to Kiyama on April 21, and Hongo also moved therewith, but he was not a leader in the battle directly, so he decided to stay at the three countries of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga Province on April 15, and except for that one day, there was no record of his work being outstanding.
Japanese: この間、本営は本荘から3月16日に二本木、4月13日に木山、4月21日に矢部浜町と移され、西郷もほぼそれとともに移動したが、戦闘を直接に指揮しているわけでもないので、薩摩・大隅国・日向国の三州に蜷踞することを決めた4月15日の軍議に出席していたこと以外、目立った動向の記録はない。
English: Satsu-gun was reorganized from a battalion to a company, and once the name of the company was renewed, they went over Shiba and moved to Hitoyoshi, which they established as the new base.
Japanese: 薩軍は浜町で大隊を中隊に編制し直し、隊名を一新したのち、椎葉越えして、新たな根拠地と定めた人吉へ移動した。
English: Toshiaki KIRINO arrived in Eshiro on April 27, the day after them, then the next day, on the 28th, an army meeting was held to set the department for each company, and arranged them at each place, day by day.
Japanese: 4月27日、一日遅れで桐野利秋が江代に着くと、翌28日に軍議が開かれ、各隊の部署を定め、日を追って順次、各地に配備した。
English: After that, they established the base at Hitoyoshi, and they faced the Government army from their base, but they were hopelessly outnumbered, and were pushed back by the Government army little by little, and then Hitoyoshi also fell into danger.
Japanese: これ以来、人吉に本営を設け、ここを中心に政府軍と対峙していたが、衆寡敵せず、徐々に政府軍に押され、人吉も危なくなった。
English: Saigo was guarded by Shiro IKEGAMI and arrived at the army office (the Government branch office of Miyazaki) where Toshiaki KIRINO was based on May 31.
Japanese: 西郷は池上四郎に護衛され、5月31日、桐野利秋が新たな根拠地としていた軍務所（もと宮崎支庁舎）に着いた。
English: A lot of military currency (Saigo-satsu bill) was made on the order of Kirino to rebuild the finances of Satsu-gun.
Japanese: この軍務所では、桐野の指示で、薩軍の財政を立て直すための大量の軍票（西郷札）がつくられた。
English: On June 17, Shinpachi MURATA who stayed at Hitoyoshi supported Kobayashi, and he directed Shinbutai Army, Hachiku-tai troop, and the march convoy, which was about one thousand of soldiers, and they repeatedly skirmished with the Government army across Sendai-gawa River about for a month.
Japanese: 人吉に残った村田新八は、6月17日、小林に拠り、振武隊、破竹隊、行進隊、佐土原隊の約1000名を指揮し、1ヶ月近く政府軍と川内川を挟んで小戦を繰り返した。
English: On July 10, the Government army attempted an all-out assault on Kakuto and Iino, then they tried to hold that position but they could not, so they withdrew in the direction of Kogen-roku and Nojiri.
Japanese: 7月10日、政府軍が加久藤・飯野に全面攻撃を加えてきたので、支えようとしたが支えきれず、高原麓・野尻方面へ退却した。
English: Hachiro HORIYO, who was in the direction of Nobeoka, had fierce battle with the Government army with one thousand Satsu soldiers to retake Kogen-roku on the 17th and 21st, but they lost again and withdrew to Shonai and Tanigashira.
Japanese: 17日と21の両日、掘与八郎が延岡方面にいた薩兵約1000名を率いて高原麓を奪い返すために政府軍と激戦をしたが、これも勝てず、庄内、谷頭へ退却した。
English: On the 24th, Murata had a fierce battle with Rokka-ryodan brigade of the Government army, but the difference in soldiers therebetween was difficult to overcome, then they also suffered a crushing defeat in the battle and withdrew to Miyazaki (the Battle of Miyakonojo).
Japanese: 24日、村田は都城で政府軍六箇旅団と激戦をしたが、兵力の差は如何ともしがたく、これも大敗して、宮崎へ退いた（都城の戦い）。
English: On the 31st, Kirino and Murata directed the army and fought in Miyazaki, but they lost again, and Satsu-gun withdrew to Hirose and Sadowara (the Battle of Miyazaki).
Japanese: 31日、桐野・村田らは諸軍を指揮して宮崎で戦ったが、再び敗れ、薩軍は広瀬・佐土原へ退いた（宮崎の戦い）。
English: Saigo, who withdrew from Miyazaki, arrived in Onuki-mura, Nobeoka on the 2nd, and stayed there until the 9th.
Japanese: 宮崎から退却した西郷は、2日、延岡大貫村に着き、ここに9日まで滞在した。
English: At the time, Kirino directed Hiraiwa, Shinpachi MURATA directed Tomitaka-shinmachi, and Shiro IKEGAMI stayed in Nobeoka and directed the army, but they failed on both the 4th and the 5th.
Japanese: このとき、桐野は平岩、村田新八は富高新町、池上四郎は延岡にいて諸軍を指揮したが、4日、5日ともに敗れた。
English: Saigo moved to Honkoji, Mushika to Sasakubi, Nagai-mura starting on the 10th, and arrived at Nagai-mura on the 14th, after that he stayed there ("Daisaigo Totsui Senki (war chronicles of the Great Saigo breaking through the besieging armies))".
Japanese: 西郷は10日から本小路・無鹿・長井村笹首と移動し、14日に長井村可愛に到着し、以後、ここに滞在した（『大西郷突囲戦史』）。
English: The same day Toshiaki KIRINO, Shinpachi MURATA and Shiro IKEGAMI came from Nagai-mura and made a plan of attack against Nobeoka, and they directed it at the main roads, but they failed against the Betsudo-Daini-ryodan (the second stand-alone brigade), the Daisan-ryodan (the third brigade), the Daiyon-ryodan (the fourth brigade), the Shinsen Ryodan brigade and the Daiichi-ryodan (the first brigade), and they all retreated from Nobeoka and stayed in Wada-toge.
Japanese: 同日、桐野利秋・村田新八・池上四郎は長井村から来て延岡進撃を部署し、本道で指揮したが、別働第二旅団・第三旅団・第四旅団・新撰旅団・第一旅団に敗れたので、延岡を総退却し、和田峠に依った。
English: On August 15, they formed a position based in Wada-toge, and they prepared to have the last big battle of Sainan war against Government army.
Japanese: 8月15日、和田峠を中心に布陣し、政府軍に対し、西南戦争最後の大戦を挑んだ。
English: Early in the morning, Saigo took the lead for the first time, and directed the commanders (Kirino, Murata, Ikegami and Beppe) at the top of Wada-togem, but they couldn't restore Nobeoka because they suffered a crushing defeat, and left to Nagai village.
Japanese: 早朝、西郷が初めて陣頭に立ち、自ら桐野・村田・池上・別府ら諸将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: He decided to make a decision after they escape to Mitai with the rest of the soldiers, then they left Nagai village around 10 p.m. on the 17th, and climbed Enotake and tried to leave from the their surrounded position.
Japanese: 残兵とともに、三田井まで脱出してから今後の方針を定めると決し、17日夜10時、長井村を発し、可愛嶽（えのたけ）に登り、包囲網からの突破を試みた。
English: The army attempting to break through was about three to five hundred soldiers, and the first army was lead by Shuichioro KONO and Jurota HENMI, the middle army was lead by Kirino and Murata, and the last army was lead by Takehiko NAKAJIMA and Kiyoshi KIJIMA, and Ikegami and Beppu led sixty soldiers to guard Takamori SAIGO ("Daisaigo Totsui Senki (war chronicles of the Great Saigo breaking through the besieging armies)".
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名を率いて西郷隆盛を護衛した（『大西郷突囲戦史』に依る。
English: Murata and Ikegami took command of the middle army, and Saigo and Kirino took charge of the middle army at 'the battles in Kyushu in country dialect').
Japanese: 「鎮西戦闘鄙言」では村田と池上が中軍を指揮し、西郷と桐野が中軍で総指揮をとったとする）。
English: They succeeded in escaping from the forces surrounding them, and traversed the mountains in Miyazaki and Kagoshima, which took about ten days, and returned to Kagoshima.
Japanese: 突囲が成功した後、宮崎・鹿児島の山岳部を踏破すること10余日、鹿児島へ帰った。
English: At one time, Satsu-gun occupied most of the land under Shiroyama castle, but the Government army, which landed and deployed thereafter, occupied the area under the castle by the 3rd, and they completed preparations for a siege of Shiroyama on the 6th.
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3日に城下の大半を制し、6日には城山包囲態勢を完成させた。
English: Kazusuke YAMANODA and Syuichiro Kono kept a secret which saved Saigo's life, and called themselves parsons who explained the meaning of raising the army, and visited Sumiyoshi KAWAMURA of Sangun (commander of the Sangun department of the army) and they were captured on 19th.
Japanese: 19日、山野田一輔・河野主一郎が西郷の救命のためであることを隠し、挙兵の意を説くためと称して、軍使となって参軍川村純義のもとに出向き、捕らえられた。
English: Saigo heard the response from Kawamura that Yamanoda brought back, and read a letter from Sangun Yamagata recommending suicide, but he did not reply to the letter on the 23rd.
Japanese: 23日、西郷は、山野田が持ち帰った川村からの返事を聞き、参軍山縣からの自決を勧める書簡を読んだが、返事を出さなかった。
English: On September 21 at 4 p.m., the Government army carried out an all-out attack, about 40 commanders include Saigo, Kirino, Hisatake KATSURA, Ikeda, Ikegami, Beppu and Jurouta HENMI lined up in front of the cove and attacked Iwasaki-guchi.
Japanese: 9月24日、午前4時、政府軍が城山を総攻撃したとき、西郷・桐野・桂久武・村田・池上・別府・辺見十郎太ら将士40余名は洞前に整列し、岩崎口に進撃した。
English: After Hisatake KATURA died of a gunshot wound and others continued to commit suicide with guns, and Saigo also shot his crotch and belly in front of the gate of Kuno Okichi SHIMAZU.
Japanese: 桂久武が被弾して斃れると、弾丸に斃れる者が続き、島津応吉久能邸門前で西郷も股と腹に被弾した。
English: Saigo thought of Shinsuke BEPPU and said 'Shin-don, Shin-don, enough, here is good' and while the commanders dropped to their knees and watched him, and with propriety he dropped on his knees facing the far east and prayed.
Japanese: 西郷は別府晋介を顧みて「晋どん、晋どん、もう、ここらでよか」と言い、将士が跪いて見守る中、襟を正し、跪座し遙かに東に向かって拝礼した。
English: He finished the bowing the knee from away, and prepared for ritual suicide, Beppu shouted 'Please forgive me' and assisted him.
Japanese: 遙拝が終わり、切腹の用意が整うと、別府は「ごめんなったもんし（御免なっ給もんし＝お許しください）」と叫び介錯した。
English: Saigo's head was probably buried in front of the gate of Shosuke ORITA's due to the fears that someone would take it (the most reliable theory is it was in front of the gate of Orita residence.
Japanese: 西郷の首はとられるのを恐れ、折田正助邸門前に埋められた（折田邸門前説が最も有力。
English: After witnessing Saigo's death, the remaining officers and soldiers continued their advance on Iwasaki-guchi and held up in a fort attached to the Shigakko until they committed suicide, killed one another or were killed in battle.
Japanese: 西郷の死を見届けると、残余の将士は岩崎口に進撃を続け、私学校の一角にあった塁に籠もって戦ったのち、自刃、刺し違え、あるいは戦死した。
English: After the rain, the inspection of corpse was started in the presence of Yamagata of Sangun and the leader of the trip at the remains of Jokomyo-ji Temple.
Japanese: 雨後、浄光明寺跡で参軍山縣・旅団長ら立ち会いのもとで検屍が行われた。
English: Saigo's corpse was covered with a blanket and put into a wooden container, then buried at remains of Jokomyo-ji Temple (the Nanshu-jinja Shrine, around the present day front guard frame).
Japanese: 西郷の遺体は毛布に包まれたのち、木櫃に入れられ、浄光明寺跡に埋葬された（現在の南洲神社の鳥居附近）。
English: In 1879, the grave was moved again from the temporary burial grave to the Nanshu-bochi cemetery, where it now lies in almost the same place.
Japanese: 明治12年（1879年）、浄光明寺跡の仮埋葬墓から南洲墓地のほぼ現在の位置に改葬された。
English: Saigo's head was discovered after the end of the war, and after the inspection by Aritomo YAMAGATA, who took charge of the matter, it was buried with all the proper honors.
Japanese: また、西郷の首も戦闘終了後に発見され、総指揮を執った山縣有朋の検分ののちに手厚く葬られた
English: On February 25th, 1887, he was deprived of his official rank, as in 'Anzaisho Tatsu, dai 4 go (message of provisional palace for Gyoko, Emperor's outing, No. 4)' and after his death, he was treated as the commander of the rebel army, and he was conferred the Shosanmi rank by the issuance of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, which pardoned him with amnesty due to the efforts of Kiyotaka KURODA and others, and the support of the Emperor Meiji himself.
Japanese: 明治10年（1877年）2月25日に「行在所達第四号」で官位を褫奪（ちだつ）され、死後、賊軍の将として遇されたが、黒田清隆らの努力や明治天皇直々の働きがあって明治22年（1889年）2月11日、大日本帝国憲法発布に伴う大赦で赦され、正三位を追贈された。
English: The Emperor of Meiji might have liked Saigo, because he said 'I did not issue an order to kill Saigo' even after his death.
Japanese: 明治天皇は西郷の死を聞いた際にも「西郷を殺せとは言わなかった」と洩らしたとされるほど西郷のことを気に入っていたようである。
English: The Nanshu-jinja Shrine, which Takamori Saigo was laid in, began in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and is located Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture and Oki-no-erabujima island, Wadomari-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japanese: また西郷隆盛を祀る南洲神社が、鹿児島県鹿児島市を始め、山形県酒田市、宮崎県都城市、鹿児島県和泊町の沖永良部島にある。
English: Saigo's world view was not only that of the Mitogaku School and the Kokoku Shikan (historical perspective) of Kokugaku (study of ancient Japanese literature and culture), rather his views incorporated contraposition of East Asia and European and the North American ideals; he opened the nation and then made a prosperous country and strong army, and forged the tripartite alliance of Japan, Qing and Korea which was inspired by the ideals of Saiakira SHIMAZU.
Japanese: 西郷は水戸学派や国学の皇国史観に止まってはおらず、開国して富国強兵をし、日・清・韓の三国同盟をするという島津斉彬の持論の影響で、東アジアと欧米諸国の対置という形の世界観を持っていた。
English: At the time, Qing was being invaded by such powerful countries, and he had a vision of the future of East Asia that included, first, the three countries complete independence, then, in consideration of the current situation of Korea with regard to the Sakuho-koku (countries to confer peerage with a Saku paper), and then aimed for the tripartite alliance of Japan, Qing and Korea.
Japanese: 当時の清国が列強の侵略下にあり、朝鮮がその清の冊封国であるという現状を踏まえて、まず三国が完全に独立を果たす、次いで三国の同盟を目指すという形で将来の東アジア像を描いていた。
English: After this, there would be the success of restoration and the experience of a Japan that defended itself against invasion of powerful countries harnessed for the future.
Japanese: そしてそこに、維新に成功し、列強の侵略を一応は防いだ日本の経験が活かせるとしていた。
English: But this world view and historical view did not espouse strong leadership in Japan compared to the Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere views held by Kanji ISHIWARA, which came about later.
Japanese: しかし、この世界観・史観には、後の石原莞爾の大東亜共栄圏ほどの強い日本のリーダーシップ論は無かった。
English: It is not extraneous that Saigo's ideology incorporated a pillar of Confucianism.
Japanese: これは西郷の思想が儒学を一方の柱にしていたことと無縁ではないだろう。
English: When I talked with my Sensei, it felt like taking clear water into my mind, which lost all cloudiness, then forgetting the way I go home.'
Japanese: 「先生と話していると清水を浴びたような心に少しも曇りない心になってしまい帰る道さえ忘れてしまった。
English: Saigo read the "Kinshiroku, a book of Chinese thought" by Chu His after Oyura-sodo (Takasaki-Kuzure), and was strongly inspired by it.
Japanese: 西郷はお由羅騒動（高崎崩れ）の後に朱子『近思録』を読み、その影響を強く受けた。
English: In Neo-Confucianism there is a principle regarding oneself and the world that if you cultivate the mind you can achieve understanding and can rule the world.
Japanese: 朱子学では、自己と世界には共通する原理（理）があるので、自己を修養して理を会得すれば、人の世界を治めることができるということになっている。
English: Saigo's ideology was structured on two pillars, moralsity and Chu His, and he believed in the founding principles of Neo-Confucianism throughout his life.
Japanese: 西郷の思想は武士の道徳と朱子学を二本柱にしてできていて、この朱子学の根本理論を終世、信じていた。
English: Especially the theory of legitimate reasons was a model of Saigo's activity, and he thought that the ancient culture of Japan, tradition (including the Emperor) and morality were these legitimate reasons, and in protecting them from invasion by imperialistic countries, and that he was brought up for that.
Japanese: 特に大義名分論は西郷の行動の規範になったもので、日本古来の文化・伝統（天皇も含む）・道徳を大義とし、これを帝国主義諸国の侵略から守り、育てることが、その実践であると考えていた。