The postwar grant of honors was greater to officers, native to Kagoshima Prefecture who were targets of criticism and smaller to those from other domains who fought bravely, which caused one officer to commit seppuku for protest.
戦後の論功行賞は、非難の的だった鹿児島出身将校に厚く、勇戦した他藩出身者に薄かったため、1人の将校が抗議の切腹をした。