Kirino Star - Kirino Star

...The public called this the Saigo Star, and made a fuss, claiming that they could see Saigo Takamori in full military attire in the red light. At the same time, Saturn, which was located near Mars, was called the "Kiri Star" after Takamori's staff officer, Kirino Toshiaki. And many nishiki-e prints depicting the Saigo Star were sold and became very popular, as written in the diary of ES Morse, a biologist famous for discovering the Omori Shell Mound. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kiri no Hoshi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…世間ではこれを西郷星と呼び，その赤い光の中に陸軍大将の正装の西郷隆盛が見えるといって騒いだ。同時に火星の近くに位置した土星を，隆盛の参謀，桐野利秋の名により〈桐野星〉と呼んだ。そして西郷星を描いた錦絵が幾種も売り出されて人気を博したことは，大森貝塚の発見で有名な生物学者E.S.モースの当時の日記にも書かれている。…

※「桐野星」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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