After returning to his hometown, it is said that Naoo told his old friend Tota TANIGUCHI, 'I will stop SAIGO (Takamori) even if it means we both get stabbed.'
帰郷した尚雄は旧知の谷口登太に「自分は刺し違えてでも西郷（隆盛）を止める」といったと言われる。