Saigo Takamori – Japanese history and culture

Tani Tateki – Kumamoto Castle defender during the Seinan War.

My friend William Baerg is a contributor for the Kumamoto International Facebook page and has nicely agreed for me to

The Battle of Shiroyama, the battle that inspired the final scenes in the movie The Last Samurai, took place on

The Battle of Tabaruzaka was one battle within the Satsuma Rebellion fought between the rebels lead by Saigo Takamori and

An acclaimed chronicler of samurai history and folklore once wrote, Under Tokugawa law, it was an inalienable right of the

The Meiji Restoration is a very important period in Japan’s history as it reestablished Imperial rule and was the catalyst

Born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture) Saigō Takamori was one of the Satsuma samurai supporting the