2018 Taiga Drama " Saigo Don " Then, Saigo Takamori played by Ryohei Suzuki And Eita-san Okubo Toshimichi You are a childhood friend who lives next door, and you can see how he lives together in the end of the Edo period.
Later, the two will end the Edo Shogunate as leaders of the Satsuma Domain and launch a new government.
Mr. Saigo and Mr. Okubo are three people who were praised for the achievements of the Meiji Restoration "Three Great Nobles of the Restoration" You are listed in.
The other one is the leader of the Choshu clan, who had a rivalry with the Satsuma clan, Kido Takayoshi . ( Kogoro Katsura )Mr. is.
However, the end of the tragedy will come to these two people.
The two are in conflict within the new government due to differences in thinking, and Mr. Saigo resigns and returns to Satsuma.
And Mr. Saigo is a rebellion of the samurai "Satsuma Rebellion" Participating in, indirectly, the two who have been close friends since childhood will fight.
What is the relationship between Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi?
1828 as a child of a low-ranking feudal lord in Satsuma Province (currently Kagoshima) Saigo Takamori, 1830 Toshimichi Okubo was born in Japan.
Both of them had the same status and were the second from the bottom.
The two are close friends who studied together at the clan school, and the other people who were active in the Meiji Restoration were the ones they met around this time.
Saigo Takamori and Shimazu Nariakira
Mr. Saigo is the lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimazu Nariakira I will go to Edo following the change of attendance.
Nariakira said that he would visit the next Tokugawa 14th Shogun "Shogun Shogun ". Problem " Hikone feudal lord, Naosuke Ii Mr. Saigo is in conflict with Mr. Saigo and is working under it.
However, when Naosuke became an elder, he "Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Commerce" with the United States . Will be signed, and will also win the issue of general succession with Mr. Nariakira.
Immediately after that, Nariakira died suddenly . ..
Naosuke will punish those who were in conflict and those who were dissatisfied with the Shogunate. The famous "Ansei Purge" is not it.
Mr. Saigo also reached out, and Mr. Saigo, who was pessimistic about the future, tried to commit suicide by entering the water . ..
Fortunately, Saigo-san was treated as dead by the clan, and he sneaked into Amami Oshima . He hid it from the eyes of the shogunate.
Toshimichi Okubo and Hisamitsu Shimazu
It was Mr. Nariakira's half-brother, Hisamitsu Shimazu , who took the position of feudal lord instead of the late Shimazu Nariakira. Child ・ Shigehisa Mr. is.
Mr. Shigehisa is the great-grandfather of the Emperor of Heisei. He feels something close to him.
Mr. Shigehisa took the position of feudal lord, but he is still a teenager, so his grandfather Shimazu Narioki Mr., then his father, Mr. Hisamitsu, and later Mr. Saigo and Mr. Okubo were in control of the clan, so it seems that he was not the one who took the lead.
Mr. Okubo thinks that it is easier to take action if he has the backing of a big thing called a clan, rather than having a ronin escape from the clan and do things, so he will come closer to Hisamitsu > ..
However, Mr. Okubo, who was low in status, cannot easily meet the lord's father.
The action that Mr. Okubo took was that Mr. Hisamitsu likes Go . When he learned that, he began to receive guidance from the same Go master as Mr. Hisamitsu, and somehow made him reach his name.
Furthermore, he found the book that Mr. Hisamitsu was looking for and presented it.
At one point, " Seichugumi " formed by Mr. Okubo and Mr. Saigo. And the Mito clan ronin plan to assassinate the elder Naosuke Ii and send troops to Kyoto ..
However, Mr. Hisamitsu "It's not time to run yet!" After that, the members of the bloody Seichugumi will be promoted to their own side.
The Satsuma domain was unable to participate in this plan, and the incident that was carried out only by the Mito domain was "Sakuradamon Incident" . is. Only one Satsuma domain is involved in this case.
Mr. Saigo was the central figure of the Seichugumi, but even if Mr. Okubo brought him back from Amami Oshima, the warp with Mr. Hisamitsu did not match and he was exiled to Toshima again.
"You are not as popular as Nariakira. You are just a redneck!"
What a thing to say. You're really angry at this, aren't you?
As for Mr. Okubo, he steadily progressed under Mr. Hisamitsu.
From Mr. Hisamitsu, " Ichizo " I also receive the name. Originally "Okubo Shosuke "Mr. is.
About three years later, he changes his name to "Toshitsu."
Conflict within the Meiji government!
Mr. Saigo will be taken back from the Toshima exile again at the recommendation of Mr. Okubo and others because of the bad public opinion and lack of human resources due to smuggling of the Satsuma domain with foreign countries.
Then, the Satsuma domain, which has begun to fall, " Satsuma domain agreement " with the Tosa domain. " Sat-Chō Alliance " with the Choshu clan, who was a friend of dogs and monkeys To succeed.
Tokugawa's last general, Yoshinobu Tokugawa " Taisei Hokan And returned the government to the imperial court, "Great Order of Restoration" Established a new government, and " Yang Earth Dragon War " So the new government army defeated the old shogunate army.
"Political change in the 6th year of the Meiji era" when 600 bureaucrats resigned!
Even if the Edo Shogunate disappeared and a new government was born, the existence of a feudal clan governed by a daimyo was a problem in various places. There are many countries in Japan.
So Meiji 2 , Land and people are under the jurisdiction of the Meiji government " Repatriation of version Is carried out.
Furthermore, Meiji 4 , " Abolition of the feudal clan Was also carried out.
At the same time, a Satsuma feudal lord throws a book condemning the times at the gate of the Meiji government assembly house, and immediately after that, seppuku occurs. ..
Mr. Saigo, who was shocked by this, said he was thinking of separating the Satsuma people from the Meiji government because he was separated from the new government.
Meiji 4 , Mr. Okubo is Tomomi Iwakura Mission I will visit countries around the world for about two years as a deputy ambassador for.
While the Meiji government leaders were away, " Absence government " Saigo and others were entrusted with the organization.
" Seikanron " trying to conclude a treaty with Korea, which has been a problem since the early Meiji era, with force. Saigo, who was against this, insists that he will go to Korea himself.
Mr. Okubo and others who have returned from the trip show opposition to Mr. Saigo's dispatch.
It was because there was a risk of starting a war with Korea and there were other problems that had to be put away.
Mr. Saigo's dispatch to Korea was postponed, and Mr. Saigo, who was not convinced, resigned.
Following this, about 600 people, including politicians and military personnel who were in tune with Saigo, resigned one after another.
The death of Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi!
The Satsuma Rebellion broke out!
Saigo, who resigned from the Meiji government, spent some time at his home or resting in a hot spring resort when he returned to Satsuma.
Meanwhile, a rebellion of the samurai against the Meiji government occurs in Saga .. Shinpei Eto who resigned with Mr. Saigo Was the leader.
Former samurai are " conscription " of the Meiji government. And " Haitō Edict I was dissatisfied with it.
Mr. Saigo also said that if such samurai were left unattended, a riot would occur, so private school in Kagoshima. Open.
Eventually, this private school will grow into an excellent force. It feels like I'm going to lead, but on the contrary, it's gaining momentum.
Meiji 9 , Kumamoto, Fukuoka, and Yamaguchi have rebelled one after another, and even in Kagoshima, the trouble of weapons and ammunition between the government and private schools, "inspection" "Stab Saigo!" Saigo-san's assassination plan emerged from the misunderstanding, and the momentum did not stop.
Saigo-san "Okubo tried to kill him ..." I thought that.
And Meiji 10 , "Satsuma Rebellion" with Mr. Saigo as the leader Has begun the war.
Mr. Okubo is commanding the government army in Kyoto. Indirectly, but sadly, it was a battle between Saigo vs. Okubo's best friends.
Eventually, Saigo realized that he was defeated and died at Shiroyama in Kagoshima. He is 49 years old.
Mr. Okubo is said to have been informed of Mr. Saigo's death by letter and struck his head against his pillar many times and shed tears of regret.
Assassination of Toshimichi Okubo at Kioi Saka!
May 11th Meiji 8:30 am , Audience to Emperor Meiji Mr. Okubo, who had left his house in a two-headed carriage to do so, suddenly six assassins attacked when he approached Kioi-zaka. ..
Mr. Okubo, who was dragged out of the carriage, "Rude!" But he was beheaded. He had 16 wounds all over his body. He is 47 years old.
The perpetrators were six samurai from Ishikawa and Shimane prefectures, who were angry at Saigo's defeat in the "Meiji 6 Political Change" and those who were studying abroad at a private school in Kagoshima. They were responding.
Although this assassination plan was heard by the top police, "What can Ishikawa people do!" It is said that he did not deal with him.
The reason for Okubo's murder was "Public money is used as fertilizer for private property" However, in reality, he was an innocent politician who, on the contrary, carried out public works projects with his own fortune. There was even debt left after his death.
Mr. Okubo carried a letter sent by Mr. Saigo during his lifetime, and kept two letters in his pocket at the time of the assassination.
You can imagine the relationship between the two.
It was a relationship where I could understand the other person without having a conversation.