Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Shirogawa (Satsuma Rebellion).

Fought September 24, 1876, when the last remnants of the rebels, under Saigo, were defeated by the Imperial army, under Prince Taruhito. The rebels were practically annihilated, and most of the leaders of the revolt killed. Saigo, after the defeat, committed Hara-kiri on the field.