The Last of Kagoshima Rebellion
- Date:
- 1877
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
"The Last of Kagoshima Rebellion" (1877) documents the final defeat of the Satsuma Rebellion, the armed uprising of disaffected samurai under Saigo Takamori against the Meiji government. The battle that ended the rebellion—the siege of Shiroyama, where Saigo's last survivors were overwhelmed by government troops armed with modern weapons—became one of the defining images of the Meiji era's violent transformation of Japanese society. Yoshitoshi covered the rebellion extensively as a newspaper illustrator, and this print reflects his firsthand engagement with the conflict's imagery.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Last of Kagoshima Rebellion was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1877.
The Last of Kagoshima Rebellion depicts landscapes, figures, and warriors.