The Last Samurai is a film made by americans and tells the story of American Captain Algland's involvement with the Meiji government and Japanese samurai when he went to the United States to train a firearms army. In this drama, in addition to this American, the most popular person is the character of Japan's Katsumoto. Katsumoto represents the spirit of the Japanese samurai and can be said to be a representative of Japanese Bushido. In fact, Katsumoto is the last samurai Saigo Takamori.
Statue of Saigo Takamori
There is a reason why Saigo Takamori is considered by the film director to be Japan's last samurai. First of all, during the Reform of Japan, Saigo Takamori made a great contribution. In the curtain-down movement, Saigo Takamori was the one who was most actively plotting. His exploits were recognized by the Meiji government. After the fall of the curtain, the Meiji government granted Saigo Takamori a high official position and the largest number of rewards.
After the Fall Of the Curtain Movement, Japan was followed by the Meiji Restoration. In this movement, Saigo Takamori is also one of the main forces. Saigo Takamori very much hoped that Japan would become strong, so he was pleased to accept reforms that would enhance Japan's national strength. But the end of the Meiji Restoration also marked the end of Saigo Takamori's political career.
After the Meiji Restoration, Saigo Takamori held a high position, but his ultimate wish was not satisfied. Because Japan had failed to invade the Korean Peninsula twice, Saigo Takamori, who had a samurai spirit, saw this as a disgrace to Japan, so he strongly demanded that the government be able to invade the Korean Peninsula. The Meiji government, taking into account the overall situation in Japan, rejected Saigo Takamori's proposal. This made Saigo Takamori very angry, so he resigned.
Saigo Takamori's deeds are worthy of the title of Saigo Takamori, Japan's last samurai, because he has spent his life working hard for Japan's progress and shame.
How do Saigo Takamori characters evaluate
Portrait of Saigo Takamori
Among the civilians in Japan, Saigo Takamori's evaluation is very high, especially in the Three Masters of the Restoration, Japanese civilians have the most sincere love for Saigo Takamori. So why is that? What kind of contribution did Saigo Takamori make people respect him like this?
Saigo Takamori played a very important role in the Meiji Restoration and the Fall of the Curtain Movement. His actions in both movements made the Japanese feel that he was a national hero of Japan. His later administration of the shogunate and his eventual sacrifice for reform made the people of Satsuma clan feel that he was the representative of the commoners. So overall, among the Japanese people, Saigo Takamori has a high evaluation.
After the Meiji Restoration reform movement in Japan, the overall social and political landscape of Japan was very different, and the class was reformed completely differently from before. In addition to the highest-ranking Chinese, there are also four divisions of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants. And Saigo Takamori is in the class of scholars. There are also subdivisions in this class, and Saigo Takamori is still in the lower grade of this class. In fact, except for a very few warrior clans, most of the clans are not strong in power, and their status is relatively low, not to mention the three classes of agriculture, industry, and commerce that are not even comparable to the scholars.
Later, Saigo Takamori, after resigning, managed satsuma domain, and he distributed the land to the lower-ranking clans, which was recognized by the people. And his fair and honest attitude made the Japanese people love him even more. In the later Southwest War, he was very passive. Resistance from the shi clan was everywhere, and the samurai of Satsuma also rose up to resist, and when Saigo Takamori learned of it, he was powerless to stop it, and finally he had to stand up and fight with the representatives of the central government.
Unfortunately defeated, Saigo Takamori returned to Kagoshima with his wounds. He then committed suicide to appease the people's anger over the government. Saigo Takamori spent his life fighting for the progress of Japan and the lives of the people, but in the end he ended up with such a fate. When Japanese civilians learned of this, they were saddened by the news of Saigo Takamori's death. It is also because of Saigo Takamori's exploits to Japan that people will have such a high evaluation of Saigo Takamori.
Saigo Takamori did not buy the Mita incident for his descendants
Saigo Takamori obviously died in a failed rebellion, so why is the heart of Japanese civilians still so high? In fact, this is mainly because he rebelled for the sake of Japanese civilians, and his personal charm is also an important reason for him to be respected by the Japanese people. The fact that Saigo Takamori did not buy Mita for his descendants was published in Japanese newspapers expanded his following scope and was respected by more people.
At that time, the end of the Curtain Fall Movement made Saigo Takamori a hot figure in the Japanese government. Emperor Meiji gave him the most rewards among his courtiers. The gold borrowing culture that was popular among Japanese samurai at that time was that it was a very small thing to keep their belongings until the next day, so they often did things that were drunk in the present day and drunk in the present day. This is very similar to the advanced consumption in the United States.
The incident in which Saigo Takamori did not buy Mita for his descendants happened in this atmosphere and was praised by people. In today's terms, he did not buy Mita for his descendants, but he talked about taking out loans for the descendants of Saigo Takamori. In our eyes today, especially in the eyes of Chinese, this is simply harming their children and grandchildren, how can they still be respected by people because of it?
In Japanese culture, the samurai spirit has always been a respected culture and one of Japan's strongest national soft powers. Borrowing gold as a classic existence in the samurai spirit, whoever can pass on this culture to the next generation will be considered a great figure. And Saigo Takamori left a loan for his descendants, which is to pass on this spirit and culture, that is, to benefit future generations. That is one of the reasons why the Japanese people respect him.