Looking at Shinsuke BEPPU who was injured and rode on a palanquin, SAIGO said that 'Shindon (Shisuke's pet name), Shindon, we already have done everything we should do, haven't we?' and, in front of those high-level samurai who kneeled down, SAIGO dropped to his knees, straightened up, and bent his head down towards a far place in the east.
西郷は、負傷して駕籠に乗っていた別府晋介を顧みて「晋どん、晋どん、もう、ここでよかろう」と言い、将士が跪いて見守る中、跪座し襟を正し、遙かに東方を拝礼した。