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The 24 pages that link to Saigō Takamori, each with the reason it gives.

• Boshin WarRelated: He was a principal commander in the campaign against shogunate forces.

• SamuraiRelated: His life and defeat shaped later memories of the samurai class.

• Sonnō jōiRelated: He carried domain resistance into the coalition that ended shogunal rule.

• Emperor MeijiRelated: His break with the regime exposed tensions within the restoration coalition.

• Yamagata AritomoRelated: Their differing visions of military service came into focus during the conscription system’s creation.

• Tokugawa YoshinobuRelated: Saigō helped direct forces that fought Yoshinobu’s supporters in the Boshin War.

• BakumatsuRelated: His career connects the restoration struggle to its unresolved samurai opposition.

• Ōkubo ToshimichiRelated: His close partnership with Ōkubo helped secure Satsuma’s role in the Restoration, but their paths later diverged.

• Satsuma-Chōshū AllianceRelated: He represented Satsuma in the negotiations and helped make military cooperation credible.

• Kido TakayoshiRelated: His cooperation with Kido helped unite Satsuma and Chōshū against the shogunate.

• Katsu KaishūRelated: He negotiated with Katsu over the surrender of Edo Castle.

• Sakamoto RyōmaRelated: Ryōma helped negotiate the Satsuma–Chōshū alliance with Saigō.

• Battle of Toba–FushimiRelated: He was a prominent Satsuma leader in the forces opposing the shogunate.

• SeikanronRelated: He offered to go to Korea himself, a proposal central to the debate over whether diplomacy should precede force.

• The Last SamuraiRelated: He is a historical inspiration for Katsumoto, the film’s rebel leader.

• Nogi MaresukeRelated: Nogi’s service against Saigō’s rebellion included the loss that haunted his later reputation.

• Battle of ShiroyamaRelated: Saigō commanded the rebels and was killed during the battle.

• History of JapanRelated: His revolt exposed the conflict between modernization and the former samurai order.

• Kita IkkiRelated: Kita’s imperial restorationism drew on the legacy of rebellion against the Meiji state.

• Tokugawa IemochiRelated: His rise within Satsuma’s opposition foreshadowed the forces arrayed against Iemochi’s successors.

• Gen'yōshaRelated: His legacy of former-samurai resistance formed part of the society's political background.

• Itagaki TaisukeRelated: Like Itagaki, he resigned from the central government in 1873, though he later chose armed revolt.