People at that time frequently changed their names to protect them from the danger of life.
It was a time when photography wasn't widespread, so I knew the name, but I didn't know the face.
Famous Ryoma Sakamoto He was also a life-threatening person, so of course he used a pseudonym.
For example, " Omiya " where Ryoma was assassinated. Incident " ..
The thug didn't know which of the two people was Ryoma Sakamoto, so he used the pseudonym used by Ryoma in reverse and " Umetaro Saiya ". It's been a long time, Mr. I was alert and assassinated.
At that time, I could only identify the person by name.
By the way, Ryoma is a "common name", and his real name is "Sakamoto Naoju ". I say.
Introducing this time Saigo Takamori Also changes his name frequently.
Moreover, the name "Ryusei" came to be used after the beginning of the Meiji era.
Let's go.
Saigo Takamori, the itinerary of the name!
Childhood name is Kokichi
January 1828 , Kuro Takamori Saigo in Kagoshima, Satsuma Province Born as the eldest son of (later Takamori Yoshibei). This Takamori is a father. He has the same name.
The childhood name is " Kokichi " .. And my father's childhood name was Kokichi.
His childhood name is the name that was called until he became a so-called adult until he took his genpuku.
Genpuku is generally worn between the ages of 12 and 16.
諱 (real name) is Takanaga
Around 14 years old , Genpuku "Saigo Yoshinosuke Takanaga I will call myself.
"Takanaga" is 諱 .. It's the so-called real name.
"Yoshinosuke" is commonly known.
At that time, it was considered rude to call someone other than their parents or lord by their real names, so they called each other by their common names.
He succeeded the family and went to Yoshibei via Zenbei
Around 24 years old , Make the first marriage at the recommendation of his parents.
However, in the same year, one after another, my grandfather, father, and mother died.
Around this time, the popular name was " Zenbei ". It has been changed to.
Around 27 , The reign of the Saigo family, the same name as his father " Yoshibei I will change it to. He became the 8th generation Yoshibei. Does he feel like he's been named?
Renamed to escape the Shogunate!
Naosuke Ii When he becomes an elder, he gets a lot of antipathy from the world with the "signing of an unequal treaty" and the "general succession issue."
Naosuke, on the other hand, "Ansei Purge" I counterattacked with.
Saigo Kichibei was also criticizing the Shogunate, so he was chased.
A little while ago, the former Satsuma feudal lord, Shimazu Nariakira , who was longing for him like his father. Saigo was pessimistic about the future after he died.
At that time, Mr. Saigo suicide by entering the water . I will try.
He was saved, but he wanders between life and death for about a month.
In this case, the Satsuma domain treated Mr. Saigo as a dead person and hid him from the eyes of the shogunate.
Then he hid himself in Amami Oshima, and his name was " Gengo Kikuchi ". , Furthermore, "Saigo Sansuke " I changed it.
The meaning of this name is that the ancestor of the Saigo family was Mr. Kikuchi, so "My source (meaning) is Kikuchi" It is said that it was named after.
Three years of life in Oshima?
After about three years of life on Amami Oshima, the Satsuma domain decided to return to the mainland for the help of Mr. Saigo.
However, his name is "Oshima Sanemon" so that he will not be discovered that he is still alive in the Shogunate. Change to.
This is even simpler, "I lived in Oshima for three years" It's fashionable.
Rebelled against Hisamitsu Shimazu and renamed?
The Satsuma domain was the father of the current domain lord Hisamitsu Shimazu He was in control and was trying to lead a soldier to Kyo to move the imperial court and recommend the shogunate reforms.
For that reason, I recalled Mr. Sanemon Oshima, but Mr. Oshima, who was longing for the former feudal lord, Mr. Nariakira, did not match Mr. Hisamitsu at all.
"Kumitsuden is less popular than Nariakira and is a redneck! There is no point in going to Kyo!"
Anyone will get angry if someone says something like this.
Furthermore, Mr. Oshima does not hear the order to wait for Shimonoseki and goes to Kyo without permission.
Mr. Hisamitsu couldn't stand the stones, and Mr. Oshima was named Tokunoshima, and Okinoerabujima . I was exiled to.
At that time, the name was "Yoshinosuke Oshima" Was clarified.
Was he a hot person, or was his pessimistic feelings still unhealed?
I'm not quite good at the world.
Saigo Yoshinosuke was active at the end of the Edo period!
Around 38 years old two years after being exiled to Okinoerabujima , Mr. Oshima is recalled to the crisis of the Satsuma domain.
The Satsuma domain traded secretly with foreign countries.
Due to this, the Satsuma domain was notorious in Kyo and Osaka.
Mr. Oshima returned his surname to Saigo and "Kichinosuke Saigo" Will come to call itself.
You mean you're back when you're wearing his genpuku.
And Mr. Saigo will play an active part under this name during the turbulent period at the end of the Edo period.
Is it wrong with Saigo Takamori?
" Taisei Hokan The Edo Shogunate disappeared, and "Boshin War" The shogunate army was defeated by this, and the world became the Meiji era by the new government.
" Abolition of the feudal clan Nowadays, the common "prefecture" is born, and Japan, which incorporates Western culture, is completely changing its appearance.
"Civilization" That's it. "Any Western thing is fine!" It seems that it was a way of thinking.
And there are changes in the names.
With the move to give Japanese people a surname and first name, it was decided to abolish the "common name" and use only one first name.
It seems that it was to make it easier to manage the people.
Saigo also stopped "Yoshinosuke" and his real name "Takanaga" I was going to
Restoration Saigo himself couldn't attend when he received the rank, so his best friend will report it instead.
However, that best friend remembered to get the real name of Mr. Saigo.
"I'm sure it was prosperous!" And so on.
"Takamori" was the name of Mr. Saigo's father. At that time, I couldn't help because I couldn't call by my real name.
When Saigo learned about it at a later date, "OK, then w" I made Takamori my real name.
This is an episode that shows Mr. Saigo's personality.
"Saigo Takamori", which you all know, was the name that was called after the Meiji era, and it was also the name of his father.
Summary
This time, I introduced the name.
I call it "Takamori Saigo" as a matter of course, but people in the old days used to call it by a common name, and it seemed like they didn't know their real name.
Is it a feeling of calling by nickname?
Before the Edo period, it was even more annoying because they were called by "official title".
It seems that "-Nosuke" and "-Emon" were official titles during the Heian period.
People in the Edo period used it as a popular name.
So what is an unused "real name"?