On December 7, 1827, he was born in Yamanoguchi Baba, Shitakajiya-cho (Hogiri, Shitakajiya-cho), Kagoshima-jo, Satsuma Province, as the first child of Takamori Kuro SAIGO who was the Go-kanjokata-kogashira (chief of the finance department) (who was renamed Kichibei SAIGO later, and whose salary was about 27 seki). |
文政10年(1827年)12月7日、薩摩国鹿児島城下加治屋町山之口馬場(下加治屋町方限)で、御勘定方小頭の西郷九郎隆盛(のち西郷吉兵衛に改名、禄47石余)の第一子として生まれる。 |