Sujet
Civil & Military Officers
Légende
Civil & Military Officers. Toshimasa (Japanese, active 19th century). Looming in the central panel in Japanese dress is Saigo Takamori (1827–1877), the popular hero and influential samurai from Satsuma in Southern Kyushu. His daughter Ayako appears in the left panel. Immediately following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, there was much discontentment, particularly among the samurai who had lost all of their earlier prestige and privileges. Many Satsuma samurai far to the west were among the most reactionary, and when swords were prohibited in January 1877, their hatred of the government came to a head. The famous Satsuma Rebellion broke out in early 1877 under Saigo's leadership and lasted six months, with the fighting confined to Satsuma, itself. Saigo was wounded and at his own request, decapitated on the battlefield. His 40,000 samurai, traditionally the country's military elite had been defeated by an equal number of soldiers drafted into the newly-formed conscript army..
Japan
Date
1877
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Buyenlarge
Notre référence
UMG20B29_387
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,2Mo (2,7Mo) / 30,8cm x 14,8cm / 3642 x 1747 (300dpi)