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When was the Battle of Shiroyama, where Saigō Takamori died with about 400 men against 30,000 Imperial troops?
Shiroyama was fought on 24 September 1877 on a hill above Kagoshima. Saigō had led the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and then died leading the Satsuma Rebellion against the government he had built.
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The Senior Samurai of the Meiji Restoration Who Helped Modernise Japan and Then Was Killed Leading the Rebellion Against It Saigō Takamori was the senior military commander of the 1868 Meiji Restoration that overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and dragged Japan into industrial modernity. He resigned in 1873 over the abolition of the samurai class, led the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion against the government he had built, and died at Shiroyama on 24 September 1877 with about 40 samurai facing 30,000 government troops.
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