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On the shores of Kagoshima Bay, where an imperial navy ship steams toward Sakurajima, Saigo Takamori (1827-1877) stands before a captured cannon wearing his Western style officer's uniform. To the right of Saigo is Kirino Toshiaki (1838-1877) rising from a chair, wearing samurai clothing and pointing with his fan. Behind them are two young rebels Ichimoto Kanbu (n.d.) and Kishima Utaro (n.d.) in the tree and many more gathering on the beach to celebrate having forced the to retreat. At left is the wife (n.d.) of Shinohara Kunimoto (1838-1877) holding a halberd / naginata; reportedly she was part of the women's brigade of samurai wives and daughters who had joined in the Satsuma Rebellion. Chikanobu did several more triptych scenes of the Kagoshima women warriors, to satisfy public curiosity about their activities, although he did not have personal knowledge of the heroic efforts and most of them died nameless.
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