In October, when Takamori SAIGO left the government in the political disturbancere in the sixth year of the Meiji (as is commonly said, the dispute over the subjugation of Korea), he submitted his resignation and returned to his home.
10月ぼ明治六年の政変（俗にいう征韓論）で西郷隆盛が下野するや、辞表を提出して帰郷した。