The times changed, and the statue that was erected at Shiroyama Park in Kagoshima Prefecture portrays him standing at attention in the full dress of a full general, which is the statue that his wife was originally expected to see from the point of view of the restoration of Saigo's Honor.
時代が下って鹿児島県の城山公園に建てられた銅像が、陸軍大将の正装で直立不動の姿勢であるのは、西郷の名誉回復という観点からすれば、未亡人が本来期待した銅像の姿に近いといえよう。