Satsuma Rebellion

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The Satsuma Rebellion was an 1877 uprising of disaffected samurai against Japan’s rapidly modernizing Meiji government, marking the last major armed resistance to its centralizing reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
commander Beppu Shinsuke ⓘ
Kirino Toshiaki ⓘ
Saigō Takamori ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
describedAs last major armed resistance to Meiji reforms ⓘ
last major samurai uprising in Japan ⓘ
endDate 1877-09-24 ⓘ
hasCause abolition of samurai privileges ⓘ
centralization of political power by Meiji government ⓘ
conscription-based national army ⓘ
discontent of samurai class ⓘ
economic hardship among former samurai ⓘ
opposition to Westernization ⓘ
rapid modernization of Japan ⓘ
resentment over loss of domainal autonomy ⓘ
hasEffect acceleration of military modernization ⓘ
consolidation of Meiji government authority ⓘ
end of large-scale samurai resistance ⓘ
financial strain on Meiji government ⓘ
increased centralization of Japanese state ⓘ
strengthening of conscript army system ⓘ
leader Saigō Takamori ⓘ
location Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
Satsuma Domain ⓘ
militaryTechnologyUsed Gatling guns ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
modern rifles ⓘ
opponent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Meiji government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan
partOf samurai rebellions in early Meiji period ⓘ
precededBy Akizuki Rebellion ⓘ
Hagi Rebellion ⓘ
Shinpūren Rebellion ⓘ
relatedTo Meiji Restoration ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era

abolition of the han system ⓘ
creation of conscript army in Japan ⓘ
result Meiji government victory ⓘ
death of Saigō Takamori ⓘ
defeat of Satsuma forces ⓘ
significantBattle Battle of Shiroyama ⓘ
Battle of Tabaruzaka ⓘ
Siege of Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
socialGroupInvolved former Satsuma retainers ⓘ
samurai ⓘ
startDate 1877-01-29 ⓘ
timePeriod Meiji period ⓘ

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Terauchi Masatake → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Emperor Meiji → notableEvent → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Ōyama Iwao → participatedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Itō Sukeyuki → participantIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Siege of Kumamoto Castle → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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The Last Samurai → historicalEventDepicted → Satsuma Rebellion (fictionalized) ⓘ
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Kagoshima → historicalEventAssociated → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Nozu Michitsura → participatedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Nogi Maresuke → militaryConflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Kumamoto Castle → battle → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Kumamoto Castle → damagedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Tani Tateki → participatedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army garrison at Kumamoto Castle → opponent → Satsuma rebels ⓘ
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Imperial Japanese government forces → opponent → Satsuma domain rebels ⓘ
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Tabaruzaka → partOfConflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
Satsuma domain forces → participatedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Shiroyama, Kagoshima → associatedWith → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Kawamura Sumiyoshi → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Akizuki Rebellion → followedBy → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
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Saigō Takamori → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
subject linked to: Takamori
Shimazu clan → associatedWithEvent → Satsuma Rebellion (indirectly through former retainers) ⓘ
subject linked to: Shimazu
linked to: Satsuma Rebellion