After bowing to the far place finished and preparations for suicide by disembowelment were made, Beppu assisted the suicide by beheading SAIGO as soon as he yelled 'Forgive me !'
遙拝が終わり、切腹の用意が整うと、別府は「ごめんなったもんし（お許しください）」と叫ぶや、西郷を介錯した。