Satsuma Rebellion

E18112

armed conflict civil war rebellion

The Satsuma Rebellion was an 1877 uprising of disaffected samurai against Japan’s rapidly modernizing Meiji government, marking the last major armed resistance to its centralizing reforms.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
commander	Beppu Shinsuke ⓘ Kirino Toshiaki ⓘ Saigō Takamori ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
describedAs	last major armed resistance to Meiji reforms ⓘ last major samurai uprising in Japan ⓘ
endDate	1877-09-24 ⓘ
hasCause	abolition of samurai privileges ⓘ centralization of political power by Meiji government ⓘ conscription-based national army ⓘ discontent of samurai class ⓘ economic hardship among former samurai ⓘ opposition to Westernization ⓘ rapid modernization of Japan ⓘ resentment over loss of domainal autonomy ⓘ
hasEffect	acceleration of military modernization ⓘ consolidation of Meiji government authority ⓘ end of large-scale samurai resistance ⓘ financial strain on Meiji government ⓘ increased centralization of Japanese state ⓘ strengthening of conscript army system ⓘ
leader	Saigō Takamori ⓘ
location	Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Satsuma Domain
militaryTechnologyUsed	Gatling guns ⓘ artillery ⓘ modern rifles ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Meiji government
partOf	samurai rebellions in early Meiji period ⓘ
precededBy	Shinpūren Rebellion ⓘ surface form: Akizuki Rebellion Hagi Rebellion ⓘ Shinpūren Rebellion ⓘ
relatedTo	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji Restoration abolition of the han system ⓘ creation of conscript army in Japan ⓘ
result	Meiji government victory ⓘ death of Saigō Takamori ⓘ defeat of Satsuma forces ⓘ
significantBattle	Battle of Shiroyama ⓘ Battle of Tabaruzaka ⓘ Siege of Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
socialGroupInvolved	former Satsuma retainers ⓘ samurai ⓘ
startDate	1877-01-29 ⓘ
timePeriod	Meiji period ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Kumamoto Castle → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Terauchi Masatake → conflict → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Boshin War → followedBy → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Kagoshima Prefecture → hasHistoricalEvent → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Emperor Meiji → notableEvent → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Siege of Kumamoto Castle → partOf → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Itō Sukeyuki → participantIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Ōyama Iwao → participatedIn → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ

Meiji era → significantEvent → Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ