| 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. |
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。 |