薩さつ摩ま閥ばつ

noun

Satsuma clan; Satsuma faction

Historical term referring to the powerful political and military clique from the former Satsuma domain (modern Kagoshima) that dominated the early Meiji government.

• 明めい治じ政せい府ふの初しょ期きは薩さつ摩ま閥ばつと長ちょう州しゅう閥ばつが実じっ権けんを握にぎっていた。

  In the early Meiji government, the Satsuma and Chōshū cliques held real power.