Saga Domain
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Saga Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate. It encompassed most of what are now Saga and Nagasaki Prefectures and was ruled from Saga Castle in what is now the urban center
Shachinomon Gate of Saga Castle 1
Nabeshima Naomasa, the daimyo of the Saga Domain (1830–1861).
The 1943 painting of the Ryōfūmaru noted by Naomitsu Nabeshima, the grand-children of Naomasa.
Nabeshima Naohiro (Saga), the last daimyo of Saga Domain
Saga Rebellion
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The Saga Rebellion was an 1874 uprising in Kyūshū against the new Meiji government of Japan. It was led by Etō Shinpei and Shima Yoshitake in their native domain of Hizen.
Saga Domain
…samurai of the domain, disillusioned with the Meiji government over the disputes over invading Korea and their loss of status and stipends, launched the Saga Rebellion in 1874, which was quickly suppressed. As with most domains in the han system, Saga Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated…
An ukiyo-e of the Saga Rebellion
Etō and Shima on the run as fugitives
Head of Etō Shinpei on public display after his execution