| 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. |
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。 |