Saigō Takamori

1828 – 1877

Helped overthrow the shogunate and create the Meiji state before becoming the emblematic leader of samurai resistance to centralization.

• 1828–1877

  Helped overthrow the shogunate and create the Meiji state before becoming the emblematic leader of samurai resistance to centralization

  Helped overthrow the shogunate and create the Meiji state before becoming the emblematic leader of samurai resistance to centralization.