Satsuma, a once giant domain in Kyushu, had the daimyou's family married into the Tokugawa family so they were officially supporting the shogunate. The domain's leaders did not reflect the will of a prominent and influential resident samurai, Saigō Takamori. After the daimyou's disappointing display of leadership in the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War, Saigō threw in his lot with anti-shogunate parties and joined forces with local samurai nobles Komatsu Tatewaki and Ōkubo Toshimichi, welcoming an alliance with foreign parties through his contacts with Harry Parkes. The domain enjoyed wealth and healthy trade as exclusionists.