Dabei wurde auch Saigō Takamori getötet. Nine years after the beginning of the Meiji Period. September 1877 beendet. Es war die letzte Schlacht zwischen traditionell bewaffneten Samurai und einer modern ausgerüsteten Armee. “I first heard that the movie was about the samurai rebellion [in 1877]. The province of Satsuma is situated in the southern-most portion of the island of Kyushu, and Kagoshima is the capital city. This act provoked the Satsuma rebellion, now thrusting Saigō into the reluctant role of rebel against the central government. Saigo’s Samurai troops traveled to the Kumamoto castle, where the last samurai rebellion began. Satsuma Rebellion The first test of the young Meiji government came with the revolt of the powerful Satsuma clan based in the southern region of the island of Kyushu. Then I learned more about it and I couldn’t believe it,” he says. Arguably one of the most influential samurai, especially during the fall of the samurai class during the transition into the Meiji period, he led the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, which marked the last of a series of uprisings against the new Meiji government. So who was the last samurai? With samurai rebellions occurring in other parts of the country during 1876, there was real fear that Kagoshima might become the centre of a serious insurrection. “Someone was making a movie about my guy! He was one of the most important figures of Japan’s tumultuous transition into the modern era: instrumental in the restoration of power to the emperor and his new government, but also famous for taking up arms against these powers just a few years after! During the 1800s Japan underwent a dramatic political change, bringing about the rise of the Meiji period and its accompanying national conscript army. Die Niederschlagung der Rebellion war für die japanische Regierung mit erheblichen finanziellen Aufwendungen verbunden. He took a stand against the ideas of the government relating westernization. Rebellion in 1877. Satsuma Rebellion. This influential clan was headed by the Shimazu family, which had been founded by Shimazu Tadahisa, son of Minamoto Yoritomo, in the Kamakura period. That title is usually bestowed upon a man by the name of Saigō Takamori (1828 - 1877). For these reasons, the Meiji government faced successive samurai uprisings, most seriously in 1877, when Saigō Takamori turned against the government in the Satsuma Rebellion. In the film, Watanabe’s character Katsumoto falls and in reality, so did Takamori. This led to a radical reduction in the power of the warrior class, culminating in Saigo Takamori’s disastrous samurai rebellion of 1877. Saigo Takamori decided to lead a rebellion against the government in 1877. Though he initially could boast of 40,000 men under his command in early 1877, by late August of that year – as a result of battles, desertions, or suicide (known as seppuku) – his force dwindled to a mere 500 men. The Daimyo of Satsuma was one of the most powerful and aggressive of the feudal lords ruling the country at the time Japan was opened to foreign intercourse. This battle, however, came in 1877, years after Brunet had already left Japan. In the true story of The Last Samurai, Watanabe’s character who resembles Takamori leads a great and final samurai rebellion called the final battle of Shiroyama. Mit erheblichen finanziellen Aufwendungen verbunden Schlacht zwischen traditionell bewaffneten samurai und einer modern ausgerüsteten Armee government 1877! Und einer modern ausgerüsteten Armee the film, Watanabe’s character Katsumoto falls in. 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