いずれ不可避に起こる不平士族の内乱を可及的早期に終結させるため、大久保利通にも西郷隆盛と同様に自ら非を負い、命を捧げる覚悟があったに違いありません。
As well as Takamori Saigo, it was highly likely that Toshimichi Ookubo had already decided to get the blame and to sacrifice his life to end the inevitable revolts of those frustrated ex-Samurai families as quickly as possible.
政府軍の兵数は西郷軍の倍でしたが、軍や兵の資質、訓練、経験、士氣、連携に鑑みた場合、西郷軍は政府軍に遜色ないほど非常に強かったと言えます。
Despite the fact that Government Troop had troops twice as more, in light of the troop’s and the troops’ aptitude, training, experience, morale, and teamwork, Saigo Troop was extremely strong enough to be able to fight against Government Troop.
そのため、攻勢に出ようと思えば、十分巻き返せたにもかかわらず、西郷隆盛が山中で自害することを選択したことにより西南戦争は大変早く終結しました。
So, if Takamori Saigo decided to take the offensive, he could still have fought back and won it yet, he chose to commit suicide in a mountain so he could finish the civil war very quickly.
そして、重要な政府高官であるにもかかわらず、一切の護衛をつけることを拒んでいた大久保利通は1878年に東京の紀尾井坂で何者かに暗殺されました。
In 1878, someone assassinated Toshimichi Ookubo, a significant senior official who kept refusing to put any bodyguard at all on Kioizaka Street in Tokyo.
