Editing Kuroda Kiyotaka (section)

===As a Satsuma samurai===
Kuroda was born to a [[samurai]]-class family serving the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Kagoshima]], [[Satsuma Domain]], in [[Kyūshū]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=黒田清隆｜近代日本人の肖像 |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/datas/71/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=近代日本人の肖像 National Diet Library |language=ja}}</ref>

In 1862, Kuroda was involved in the [[Namamugi incident]], in which [[Satsuma domain|Satsuma]] retainers killed a British national who refused to bow down to the ''daimyo's'' procession. This led to the [[Anglo-Satsuma War]] in 1863, in which Kuroda played an active role. Immediately after the war, he went to [[Edo]] where he studied gunnery.

Returning to Satsuma, Kuroda became an active member of the [[Satchō Alliance|Satsuma-Chōshū]] joint effort to overthrow the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Later, as a military leader in the [[Boshin War]], he became famous for sparing the life of [[Enomoto Takeaki]], who had stood against Kuroda's army at the [[Battle of Hakodate]].