On February 9, Vice Admiral Sumiyoshi KAWAMURA, a relative of SAIGO, came by warship to see SAIGO but had no chance to see him, then met prefectural governor Tsunayoshi OYAMA on the warship in Kagoshima Bay.
2月9日、西郷の縁戚川村純義中将が軍艦に乗って西郷に面会に来たが、会うことができず、県令大山綱良と鹿児島湾内の艦船上で会見した。