Cooperative corps - Kyodotai

…During that time, he put his ideas into practice by opening the Ueki School in 1875 (which was closed six months later by order of the authorities) and publishing polemics in the Hyoron Shimbun the following year. When the Seinan War began in 1877, he organized a cooperative corps and joined the Satsuma army, but was killed in battle on April 6th at the Kuma River in Yatsushiro. The legend that he “wanted to let Saigo take over the country and then rebel again…” probably reflects his true intentions. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Cooperative Team" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その間，75年の植木学校の開設(半年後に官憲命令で閉鎖)や翌年の《評論新聞》での論陣はその実践であった。77年，西南戦争が始まると協同隊を組織して薩軍についたが，4月6日に八代の球磨川で戦死した。〈西郷に天下取らせてまた謀叛するつもりだった……〉との伝説は，ほぼ彼の真意をうつすものだろう。…

※「協同隊」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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