The army of the former Edo Bakufu had been disgraceduntil the postwar period, but people concerned in the Seinan War promptly took an effort to redeem their honor.
ただ、戦後になるまで汚名をかぶっていた旧幕府軍に対し、西南戦争関係者の名誉回復は比較的早かった。