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Satsuma, a once giant domain in Kyushu, had the daimyou's family married into the Tokugawa family so they were officially supporting the shogunate. The domain's leaders did not reflect the will of a prominent and influential resident samurai, Saigō Takamori. After the daimyou's disappointing display of leadership in the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War, Saigō threw in his lot with anti-shogunate parties and joined forces with local samurai nobles Komatsu Tatewaki and Ōkubo Toshimichi, welcoming an alliance with foreign parties through his contacts with Harry Parkes. The domain enjoyed wealth and healthy trade as exclusionists.

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rdfs:comment	Satsuma, a once giant domain in Kyushu, had the daimyou's family married into the Tokugawa family so they were officially supporting the shogunate. The domain's leaders did not reflect the will of a prominent and influential resident samurai, Saigō Takamori. After the daimyou's disappointing display of leadership in the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War, Saigō threw in his lot with anti-shogunate parties and joined forces with local samurai nobles Komatsu Tatewaki and Ōkubo Toshimichi, welcoming an alliance with foreign parties through his contacts with Harry Parkes. The domain enjoyed wealth and healthy trade as exclusionists.
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abstract	Satsuma, a once giant domain in Kyushu, had the daimyou's family married into the Tokugawa family so they were officially supporting the shogunate. The domain's leaders did not reflect the will of a prominent and influential resident samurai, Saigō Takamori. After the daimyou's disappointing display of leadership in the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War, Saigō threw in his lot with anti-shogunate parties and joined forces with local samurai nobles Komatsu Tatewaki and Ōkubo Toshimichi, welcoming an alliance with foreign parties through his contacts with Harry Parkes. The domain enjoyed wealth and healthy trade as exclusionists. Chōshu, west of the capital in modern day Yamaguchi Prefecture, became a cornerstone for the military extremist movement. It was home to the samurai scholar Yoshida Shōin, who famously taught and inspired several other samurai such as Katsura Kogorō, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Kusaka Genzui. When the shogunate made the controversial move to dissolve local authority in two of its major cities (Yamaguchi and Hagi), a vocal minority of the samurai within Chōshu decided to revolt. With skilled negotiations and discreet support from neighboring sympathizers, their numbers grew to an alarming rate. It is popularly believed that Sakamoto Ryōma and Nakaoka Shintarō were responsible for uniting the two groups by overseeing and arranging the negotiations. Both sides either agreed to topple the shogunate or overthrow the Ichijo branch of the Tokugawa family. Historians are currently arguing that it could have been one of many under-the-table agreements which has been given exaggerated importance due to folklore and fiction. Regardless, the pact was an agreement for either side to provide military arms. Satsuma supplied the Chōshu forces with upgraded firearms and the means to withstand the shogunate forces in 1866. The alliance is known to have lasted until the Meiji period.

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