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In this situation，Saigo went on a visit to the forefront.
And he had convinced of the superiority of the new government.
He went back to Kyoto and reported so.
　
"Our troops victory."　
Such reports also arrived one after another from the forefront.
　
Evacuation of the Emperor to Hiei.
This agenda had disappeared at a stretch by it.
And aristocracy asked for a meeting to Saigo and Okubo.
　
Era was turning.　
　
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"We must more expand this dominance.
Tomorrow, we should set forth Imperial Flag on the forefront." 　
Saigo said to Okubo.
Okubo agreed.
　
This Imperial Flag called "Nishiki no Mihata".　
Since ancient times，this flag had been a symbol of the government forces.
　
However this flag did not actually exist.
It was only exist in the reading materials.
This flag therefore had a sense of the sacred.
(For example，King Arthur's Excalibur.)　
　
Iwakura made this flag secretly.
Of course it was fake.