Ueno's #1 Samurai

After a botched suicide of attempted disembowelment, Saigo Takamori is seen here walking his dog.

Long story short: he messed up.

S.T. loyally fought and supported the Meiji govt. and when the Meiji govt seized power it stripped most of the clout that the samurai community once had. So ashamed was our samurai over this fiasco, he tried to kill himself, but it didn't take.

A sad story, that I will humbly respect.