Nakaoka Shintarō
Nakaoka Shintarō 中岡 慎太郎 | |||||
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| Born | May 6, 1838 | ||||
| Died | December 12, 1867 (aged 29) | ||||
| Cause of death | Assassination | ||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||
| Occupation | Samurai | ||||
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| Kanji | 中岡 慎太郎 | ||||
| Hiragana | なかおか しんたろう | ||||
| Katakana | ナカオカ シンタロウ | ||||
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Nakaoka Shintarō (
Biography
Nakaoka was born in
On December 10, 1867, Nakaoka traveled to Kyoto for discussions with Sakamoto Ryōma, but was mortally wounded together with Sakamoto when unknown assailants attacked their lodgings (i.e. the "Ōmiya Incident").[1] Sakamoto died soon afterwards, but the critically injured Nakaoka lingered for two days, although never regaining enough consciousness to identify the attackers, though he did mention hearing Iyo dialect among the killers. His grave is located at the Ryosen Gokoku Jinja in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. He was posthumously awarded with the court rank of 4th grade in 1891 by Emperor Meiji.
There is a large bronze statue of Nakaoka Shintarō at Murotomisaki lighthouse in Cape Muroto in his native Kochi Prefecture, and another (together with Sakamoto Ryōma) at Maruyama Park in Kyoto.
See also
- List of unsolved murders
Notes
- ^ a b c d National Diet Library (NDL), Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, Nakaoka, Shintaro
References
- Jansen, Marius B. (1961). Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 413111
- Miyaji, Saijiro. (1993). Nakaoka Shintaro: Ishin no shusenka. Tokyo: Chuo-Koronsha, ISBN 4-12-101146-5(Japanese)
External links
- National Diet Library
- Nakaoka Shintaro Museum (Japanese)
- Shotentai.com -About Nakaoka Shintaro (Japanese)
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