Gengo Kikuchi

...However, in 1858 (5th year of the Ansei era), the appearance of the Chief Advisor Ii Naosuke and the sudden death of Saigo Takamori put Saigo in a difficult position, and he and his comrade, the monk Getsu, attempted to commit suicide by jumping into Kagoshima Bay, but only Saigo survived. He was forced to hide in Amami Oshima, assuming the name Kikuchi Gengo. In 1862 (2nd year of the Bunkyu era), he was recalled when Shimazu Hisamitsu began his movement to unite the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, but he clashed with Hisamitsu over measures to deal with the Sonno Joi faction, and was exiled to Tokunoshima and then to Okinoerabujima. ...

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…しかし，58年(安政5)大老井伊直弼の登場と斉彬の急死で窮地に陥り，同志僧月照と鹿児島湾に投身自殺を試みたが西郷のみ蘇生。そこで，菊池源吾と変名して奄美大島に潜居を余儀なくされた。62年(文久2)島津久光の公武合体運動着手にあたり召還されたが，尊攘派対策をめぐって久光と衝突，徳之島さらに沖永良部島に流された。…

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