After Hisatake KATURA died of a gunshot wound and others continued to commit suicide with guns, and Saigo also shot his crotch and belly in front of the gate of Kuno Okichi SHIMAZU.
桂久武が被弾して斃れると、弾丸に斃れる者が続き、島津応吉久能邸門前で西郷も股と腹に被弾した。