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[Takamori Saigo] Two exiles and three marriages! And two suicides?

The 2018 Taiga drama is Saigo Takamori ( Saigo Utakari ) " Saigo ( " Sego ) Don ".

Saigo Takamori is also famous for the statue with a dog in Ueno Park, and even those who are not familiar with history will not know it.

Introduced as a leading figure in the Meiji Restoration, he is an indispensable person at the end of the Edo period.

Ryoma Sakamoto ( Sakamoto Ryoma ) "Sat-Chō Alliance" Then, it was concluded as a representative of the Satsuma side.

Katsu Kaishu at the time of "Edo Castle Bloodless Kaishu" ( Katsukaishu ) After discussions with Mr., I prevented Edo from becoming a battlefield.

And, "Three Great Nobles of the Restoration" to list the three people who made great achievements in the history at that time. Great success so that it can be counted as one of the people.

At the end, I decided to fight the Meiji government that I participated in "Satsuma Rebellion" Will die in.

In fact, Mr. Saigo was exiled many times and tried to commit suicide many times.

This time, I will introduce such a part of Mr. Saigo Takamori.

Saigo Takamori's marriage.

First marriage.

Around 24 years old , Takamori-san is recommended by his parents, Satsuma Domain, Ijuin Kanezen ( I'm fine ) Daughter, Suga ( Suga ) I'm going to marry you. You are four years younger than Takamori-san.

However, in the same year, Takamori's grandfather, father, and his mother died one after another, and the family became poor at once.

Further 2 years later , Takamori is the lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimazu Nariakira ( Akira Shimazuna ) I decided to go to Edo according to Mr. Suga, and the Ijuin family divorced the two because of Mr. Suga's hardships.

Takamori says he has always regretted this.

Second marriage.

Around 30 , To the elder Naosuke Ii ( Ii Naosuke ) Is inaugurated.

"Ansei Purge" known for the crackdown of the Sonno Jōi faction by Naosuke in various parts of Japan Was being done.

Takamori also tried to raise troops, but failed, and he returned to Kagoshima.

Fearing the pursuit of the Shogunate, the Satsuma Domain renamed Takamori to "Sansuke Saigo" and Hyuga Kuni ( . Hyuga no Kuni ) I will be banished to (currently Miyazaki Prefecture).

On the ship, Takamori was pessimistic about his future and suicide by entering the water . I tried.

However, he was rescued safely.

The Satsuma domain treated Takamori as dead and showed the shogunate a grave to escape this difficulty.

Takamori was exempted from work, changed his name to "Gengo Kikuchi", and was forced to hide in Amami Oshima.

Therefore, Aigana of the famous Ryu family in Amami Oshima ( Aikana ) I'm going to get married for the second time. Fumi Nikaido will play in "Segodon".

After living on the island for about three years, one man was born and one woman was in her possession.

Later, the Satsuma domain needed Mr. Takamori to return home.

He changed his name to "Oshima Sanemon" so that he would not let the shogunate know that he was alive. The reason is that he lived in Oshima for three years. As it is w

Third marriage.

Around 37 , Takamori is the daughter of Satsuma Domain, Hachirota Iwayama, Itoko ( Cousin ) I'm going to get married for the third time.

Itoko was 21 years old and was her second marriage. Haru Kuroki will be played in "Segodon".

Three boys will be born between them, and two children with Aigana, who was his second wife later, will be adopted and raised.

By the way, it seems that horse racing jockeys Taketoyo and Koshiro are distantly related to Takamori's child.

Why were you exiled?

Exile to Amami Oshima?

Takamori is the lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimazu Nariakira, and the next shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa ( Yoshinobu Tokugawa ) I will do my best to become Mr. (later the 15th Shogun), but the elder, Naosuke Ii, is Iemochi Tokugawa . ( Tokugawa Mochi ) Will be decided as a shogun.

The two started preparing to raise troops, but Nariakira suddenly died . I will do it.

The Satsuma domain expels Takamori, who has been chased by the shogunate, to the country of Hyuga, and Takamori, who is pessimistic about his future, commits suicide by entering the water.

Although he was saved safely, it took about a month to recover, and the Satsuma domain assumed that Takamori had died and escaped the pursuit of the shogunate.

It would be more correct to mean concealment rather than exile to Amami Oshima.

Initially, Takamori was treated as a sinner, and he is said to have suffered a great deal of loneliness.

However, the marriage with Aigana and Toshimichi Okubo ( Okubo Toshimichi ) He was enthusiastic about gathering information with San and others, and became accustomed to life on the island.

Rebellion against your boss? Second island exile!

Hisamitsu Shimazu ( , the father of the current feudal lord Hisamitsu Shimazu ) He makes a plan to go to Kyo, but decides to bring back Takamori to solve the shortage of human resources.

Mr. Takamori who was very fond of Mr. Shimazu Nariakira, the former Satsuma feudal lord.

How, "Kumitsu-den is unofficial and doesn't have as many people as Nariakira-den. It doesn't make sense to go to Tokyo!" I insisted.

As a matter of course, Mr. Hisamitsu was disliked and Mr. Takamori refused to go up to Kyo, but Mr. Toshimichi Okubo persuaded him to wait for a while at Shimonoseki.

However, the Satsuma Dappan Ronin who were in Kyoto knew Mr. Hisamitsu Joraku and misunderstood that he had finally embarked on a defeat, and he was planning to burn Kyoto.

Knowing this, Takamori broke the Shimonoseki waiting order and headed to Kyo to thwart his plan.

Mr. Hisamitsu was furious that Mr. Takamori broke the waiting order, and he misunderstood that Mr. Takamori had instigated the Kyoto burning plan, so he issued a capture order for Mr. Takamori and escorted him to Kagoshima. did.

He was exiled to Tokunoshima as it was.

Just the same day Takamori arrives at Tokunoshima, his second wife, Aigana of Amami Oshima, will give birth to her eldest daughter.

Two months later, Aigana met her two children for the first time in a long time.

However, Mr. Takamori also Okinoerabujima ( Oki no Elabujima ) The exile will be decided.

The prison on the island was very poor and exposed to the rain and wind, and Mr. Takamori became thin and harmed his health. I can't imagine Mr. Takamori's slender figure with that plump image.

After that, thanks to the efforts of his juniors in his hometown, his treatment improved, his health was restored, and finally he taught the people of the island to study and drink alcohol.

Two years after coming to Okinoerabujima, he was recalled to the mainland of Kagoshima again due to the deterioration of the Satsuma domain's reputation in Kyoto and the shortage of human resources.

Do you commit suicide twice?

First time.

Mr. Takamori, who was a low-ranking samurai of the Satsuma domain, will catch the eyes of Mr. Shimazu Nariakira, the lord of the Satsuma domain, and will act together. And he longed for him like his father.

However, when Takamori was 30 years old, Nariakira died suddenly . I will do it.

There is a theory that the cause of death was "cholera", which was popular in Japan at that time, but the conspiracy theory of his father and Hisamitsu Shimazu, who were the predecessor lords, combined with the fact that the symptoms did not apply and that the heir had already died. Is influential.

Mr. Takamori was so sad that he learned of Nariakira's death, and even tried to seppuku in front of his grave and follow him.

However, Gessho ( Getsho ) Is persuaded by Mr.

"Nariakira will not be pleased if he dies here. He will continue to work for Japan!"

Second time.

Tsukiteru-san advised me to go up to Kyo and plan to raise troops, but Naosuke Ii's Ansei Purge was intensifying and I was forced to return to Kagoshima.

However, the Satsuma domain refuses to take over Gessho and decides to expel him to Hyuga.

The true meaning of this was the slashing on the way to Hyuga.

The two decided to survive in front of Nariakira's grave, but despaired ahead and decided to commit suicide by entering the water.

Gessho died at the age of 46.

Takamori was saved safely, but was exiled to Amami Oshima as it was.

The Satsuma domain decided that Takamori had died, and showed the graves of two people to the shogunate and escaped the pursuit from the shogunate.

Summary

This time, I introduced the events when Saigo Takamori was still weak due to the deaths of Nariakira and Gessho, who he respected as his father, before he was active.

I couldn't imagine that he had a naive personality that made him think about suicide many times.

The famous self-portrait of Mr. Takamori is also based on his descendants, and although he is not the person himself, that image is still strong.

Ieyasu Tokugawa, who opened the Edo Shogunate, also tried to commit suicide many times.