Saigo destroyed the Edo shogunate, and he tried have 'Tohoku War' with North Government, which was established with domain of Sendai (Date clan) as a leader.
江戸幕府を滅亡させた西郷は、仙台藩（伊達氏）を盟主として樹立された北部政府（奥羽越列藩同盟）との「東北戦争」に臨んだ。