Back معركة شيروياما Arabic شیرویاما دؤیوشو AZB Batalla de Shiroyama Catalan Bitva o Širojamu Czech Schlacht von Shiroyama German Batalla de Shiroyama Spanish نبرد شیرویاما Persian Bataille de Shiroyama French Pertempuran Shiroyama ID Battaglia di Shiroyama Italian
| Battle of Shiroyama | |||||||
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| Part of the Satsuma Rebellion | |||||||
 Battle of Shiroyama, Unknown artist | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Japan |
 Satsuma Domain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Yamagata Aritomo |
Saigō Takamori † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000[1] | 500 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 30 killed[2] | 500 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan.[3] It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi. The battle culminated in the annihilation of Saigō and his army, marking the end of the Satsuma Rebellion. The Imperial Army's victory consolidated their power, and the Satsuma Rebellion was the last instance of internal mutiny seen in the Empire of Japan.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hickmanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mounsey, Augustus. The Satsuma Rebellion: An Episode of Modern Japanese History. p. 215.
- ^ "Satsuma Rebellion: Satsuma Clan Samurai Against the Imperial Japanese Army". Military History Magazine. 12 June 2006.