Sakamoto Ryōma

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Sakamoto Ryōma 坂本龍馬
Ryoma c. 1860s
Born	(1836-01-03)3 January 1836 Kōchi, Tosa Province, Japan
Died	10 December 1867(1867-12-10) (aged 31) Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, Japan
Cause of death	Assassination
Other names	Imina Naokage, Naonari
Occupation(s)	Samurai, politician
Spouse	Narasaki Ryō
Parent(s)	Hachihei (Naotari), Sachi
Japanese name
Hiragana	さかもと りょうま
Katakana	サカモト リョウマ
Kyūjitai	坂本 龍馬
Shinjitai	坂本 竜馬
Transcriptions Romanization Sakamoto Ryōma

Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬 or 坂本竜馬, 3 January 1836 – 10 December 1867) was a Japanese samurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.

Sakamoto was a low-ranking samurai from the

Sakamoto Ryōma was born on 3 January 1836 in Kōchi in the han (domain) of Tosa, located in Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture) on the island of Shikoku. By the Japanese calendar, Sakamoto was born on the 15th day of the 11th month, of the sixth year of Tenpō. The Sakamoto family held the rank of country samurai or gōshi [ja], the lowest rank in the samurai hierarchy, which previous generations had purchased by acquiring enough wealth as sake brewers. Unlike other Japanese domains, Tosa had a strictly-enforced separation between the joshi (high-ranking samurai) and kashi (low-ranking samurai). The ranks were treated unequally and residential areas were segregated; even in Sakamoto Ryōma's generation (the third in the Sakamoto family), his family's samurai rank remained kashi.

At the age of twelve, Sakamoto was enrolled in a

Early Bakumatsu

In 1853, the

In 1858, Sakamoto returned to Tosa after completing his studies, and became politically active in the local Sonnō jōi, the anti-Tokugawa movement arose in the aftermath of the Convention of Kanagawa.

In 1862, Sakamoto's friend

He appears as a major supporting character in Rise of the Rōnin and as a secondary character in Inazuma Eleven Go Chrono Stones.

In the 2018 NHK Taiga drama Segodon, Ryoma is portrayed by Shun Oguri.

He is also the inspiration and basis for the character of Sakamoto Tatsuma in the manga and anime series Gintama created by Hideaki Sorachi.

Sakamoto Ryōma is a character in the "Shura no toki" manga.

Games

Sakamoto Ryōma is a playable character in the "Infiltrator" chapter of

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  Sakamoto Ryōma in 1867
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  Narasaki Ryō (Oryō), born in Kyoto, Ryōma's wife
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  Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma, in Ryōzen Gokoku Jinja (京都霊山護国神社), Kyoto.
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  Tomb of Sakamoto Ryōma (detail).
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  Flag of Kaientai
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  Sakamoto family crest, Kikyōmon (Chinese bellflower)

See also

• Nakahama Manjirō
• Shūsui Kōtoku
• List of unsolved murders
• Ryoma Ansatsu: 1974 film depicting Ryoma's last three days.
• The Top 100 Historical Persons in Japan

Citations

General references

• OCLC 579232
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• OCLC 12311985
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• Jansen, Marius B. (1961). Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  OCLC 413111
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• The Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum in Kochi (in Japanese)
• Hokkaidō Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum (in Japanese)
• Nagasaki Kameyamashachū Memorial Museum (in Japanese)
• Kyōto National Museum 2005 - Sakamoto Ryōma exhibitions
• 2010 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Ryōmaden" (in Japanese)
  • Edo-Tokyo Museum 2010 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Ryōmaden"
  • The Museum of Kyoto 2010 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Ryōmaden"
  • Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History 2010 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Ryōmaden"
  • Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture 2010 NHK Taiga drama exhibitions "Ryōmaden"
• Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture "Ryōmaden Kan 2010" (in Japanese)
• National Diet Library electronic library "Kanketsu senri no koma" Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
• National Diet Library biography & photo
• National Diet Library Shin seifu koryō hassaku
• Japan Mint: Sakamoto Ryōma 2007 Proof Coin Set (in Japanese)
• Shotentai.com -About Sakamoto Ryoma (in Japanese)