Hirano Kuniomi, who saved Saigo from drowning by jumping into the water - Fukuoka Domain cosplayer is a renegade of the late Edo period

Saigo Takamori worked behind the scenes as Shimazu Nariakira's right-hand man to make Tokugawa Yoshinobu the Shogun. When his wish was not granted, he famously threw himself into Kagoshima's Kinko Bay with the monk Gessho, who was also a member of the Hitotsubashi faction, and this is the climax of the first half of various Saigo dramas, including "Saigo Don." As a result, Gessho drowned and died, while Saigo came back to life. What on earth hap…