"Kagoshima Pursuit Chronicle"

…Fourthly, there is the meaning of the nature of the rebellion itself. In March 1877, after the outbreak of the Seinan War, Nishino Kokai's "Kagoshima Tsuiutoki" (Record of the Attack on Kagoshima), published in Tokyo, argued that the rebellion was not intended to promote the "freedom" of "good citizens," nor to protect the "civil rights" of the "public," nor to establish a "national constitution" or promote "freedom," but rather to seek "private power and power," "private profit and glory," and to be motivated by "personal indignation" and "personal grudge." In other words, it was deemed to be nothing more than a military rebellion to protect the privileges of the samurai. …

*Some of the terminology used in "The Record of the Kagoshima Punishment" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…第4に，この反乱の性格そのもののもつ意味である。西南戦争勃発後の1877年3月，東京で刊行された西野古海編《鹿児島追討記》は，この反乱は〈良民〉の〈自由〉を伸ばすものでも，〈公衆〉の〈民権〉を保護するものでもなく，また〈国憲〉を定め，〈自由〉を興起するためでもなく，〈私権私威〉〈私利私栄〉を求め，〈私憤〉〈私怨〉のためのものだ，と論じた。つまり，士族の特権擁護の軍事反乱にすぎないと断じていたのである。…

※「《鹿児島追討記》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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