This polity established a namesake alliance with a more northern region following the Summer War, the second of two government expeditions against that more northern region. The British navy bombarded a major city in this sub-national region after the bodyguards of a regent of this polity killed the merchant Charles Lennox Richardson. (15[1])A leader of this (-5[1])polity established (-5[1])private military academies called shigakkō, graduates of which joined him during the siege of Kumamoto Castle. The abolition (15[1])of the han system led to the end of this region’s control over the (*) Ryukyu Islands. The Keio Reforms were created in response to a conflict named for this domain that ended with the Battle of Shiroyama. That conflict, named for this domain, was led (10[1])by Saigo Takamori. For 10 points, what southwestern Japanese domain (10[1])names a rebellion of samurai against the Meiji government? ■END■ (10[2])