Site of Saigō Takamori’s Former Residence - Chuo City

Saigo Takamori House Ruins The area where the Uokyu main store is now is the residence of Mr. Sakai, the lord of Himeji, at the end of the Edo period. It was the place where I was holding. At the beginning of the Meiji era, there was a mansion of the former Meiji Restoration Takamori Saigo (1827-1877) in this area. In the 1873, "Daichi Iku Ward Ticket Chart," it says, "1 chome, Kakigara-cho / 2,633, tsubo / 1,586 yen in gold / Takamori Saigo." .. It is said that about 15 calligraphers lived in the mansion in the mansion, hired seven younger men, and had several hounds. After the Meiji Restoration, Takamori Saigo was in his hometown of Kagoshima, but he was asked by the new government in 1871 to move to Tokyo, where he became a counselor. In October 1871, he was appointed Ambassador to the Government of Japan. After the delegation with Toshimichi Okubo and Takamitsu Kido as the deputies was dispatched to the United States and Europe, he became the leader of the absence government as the first counselor, and realized important policies such as school system, conscription system, and land revision. In 1873, as the diplomatic dispute with Korea became tense and the so-called controversial theory of Korea that argued for armed dispatch increased, Saigo settled the problem by negotiating over Korea. I tried to hit. Although the Cabinet decision was once decided to send a facility to Saigo, the mission was canceled due to fierce opposition from Okubo and others who returned from an overseas inspection. In response to this decision, Saigo, Retired Itagaki, Shojiro Goto, etc. resigned and left the field (modified in 1868). After Shimotsuke, Saigo pulls out the mansion that was there and returns to Kagoshima. In Kagoshima, a private school was set up for the education of samurai and children, and they lived a comfortable life for agriculture and hunting, but in the 1877 of the Meiji era (1877), they committed the Southwestern War and suffered self-harm. March 2007, Chuo Ward Board of Education

Let's live with our family on this island with the house we rented for two months after arriving at Amami Oshima, the second house we lived on the site of Arikana Saa's parents' house, and Arikana Saa with Kikusou. The third house built by searching for a place where the strong winds of the typhoon do not hit. It is ironic that the summons letter from the Satsuma Domain arrived the day after this house was completed, and I spent a little time at this house with Arikana Saaya Kikujiro and the hungry Kikusou, in the life of Saigo Don. I also thought it was the happiest time. Looking at the traces of these houses, I feel that I understand the feelings of Segodon in various scenes.

I've been to this area many times, but I never thought that Mr. Saigo lived here. You can tell that you lived there only because there is a small sign in the back of the bicycle storage area. After the last war with the former Shogunate, I returned to Kagoshima and came back to Tokyo, where I spent more than two years before losing the theory of conquest of Korea with Toshimichi Okubo. Previously, he used only a small part of the large mansion where the daimyo lived and lived with some students. It seems that it was a place where I couldn't believe that high-ranking government officials lived there. Even though the government was created by ourselves as an ideal, the conflict of what this reality is can be seen and hidden. The statue of Mr. Saigo in Ueno is something that posterity wanted to make, regardless of his intention, and Mr. Saigo himself should not seem to be happy with the sign of this bicycle storage. In any case, why is it still popular despite being labeled as a rebel mastermind in the Satsuma Rebellion? With that in mind, I left the bicycle storage area.

Currently, there are Nihonbashi Elementary School and Nihonbashi Kindergarten. Please be careful when visiting. In addition, there was once Ginza for casting silver coins around here, but nothing remains.

This area, where the Uokyu main store is located, is in the late Edo era where there was a residence of Himeji's palace, Mr. Sakai, and thereafter, one of the three great members of the Meiji Restoration, Takamori Saigo, became a member of the Meiji government. This is the place where was set up. 初 め At the beginning of the Meiji era, there was a mansion of the former Meiji Restoration, Motomori Saigo Takamori (1827-1877). In 1873, the "Gu ticket map of Daiichi Oku" (1873) reads "1-1, Kakigara-cho / 2,633,333 tsubo / 1,858,86 yen / Takamori Saigo" . It is said that the mansion housed about 15 students in the tenement house, hired seven young men, and kept several hounds. After the Meiji Restoration, Takamori Saigo was in his hometown of Kagoshima, but in 1871 he was commissioned by the new government to move to Tokyo and took part in the parliament. In October 1871, he was appointed special ambassador to Tsutomu Iwakura. After the delegation with Toshimichi Okubo and Takamasa Kido sent to the United States and Europe, he became the leader of the absent government as the lead council and realized important policies such as the academic system, conscription system, and land tax reform. In 1873, as diplomatic relations with Korea became tense and the so-called conquest theory, which claims to use force, increased, Saigo solved the problem by negotiating over Korea. I tried to hit. The Cabinet once decided to send a facility to Saigo, but the dispatch of envoys was canceled due to fierce opposition from Okubo and others who returned from overseas inspections. In response to this decision, Saigo, Reitsuke Itagaki, and Shojiro Goto resigned and took part in Shimono (revised in Meiji 6). 後 After Shimotsuke, Saigo left his mansion in this area and returned to Kagoshima. In Kagoshima, he set up a private school to educate his sons and children, and lived a moderately comfortable life in agriculture and hunting. However, he suffered suicide in 1877 in the Meiji era.

If you like Saigo, you should go there once. There are many famous restaurants in the area, so it's a good idea to take a look on your way home from lunch.

The site is now Nihonbashi Kindergarten. This building is also nice, isn't it?

The place where I lived from the 4th year of the Meiji era to the 6th year of the Meiji era until I returned to Kagoshima. Currently Nihonbashi Elementary School. It is a magnificent school building that does not seem to be public.