Ryoma Sakamoto Speaking of Mr., he is the one who has been featured in many books and TV, and is competing for the 1st and 2nd place among the popular historical figures.
I know the name, but "Isn't he the one who wore boots and talked fluently?" I think there are some people. If you know this, you're fine ...
This time, I would like to introduce Ryoma Sakamoto, who is a popular hero at the end of the Edo period, in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
In fact, Ryoma-san has only become popular since modern times, and it seems that most people didn't even know it existed during the Edo period.
Ryoma Sakamoto, easy profile!
Birth and death 1836-1867 (In 1853, Perry Kurofune arrived in Uraga, Yokosuka. From this time, the "end of the Edo period" begins.)
0 years old Around the day before his birth, his mother "dragon" Dream of.
"Horse" on the back of the born baby Mane Hair like.
Name decision. It's a cartoon-like story.
17 years old Around that time, he practiced Edo swordsmanship for a year. Perry Kurofune arrives in Uraga.
20 years old Around that time, he practiced Edo swordsmanship for the second time.
26 years old Around that time, the Tosa domain (currently Kochi prefecture) was dappan . .. Dappan is a felony and causes a great deal of trouble to his family. It's like going abroad without a passport.
Great man of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Katsu Kaishu Become a disciple of.
The founder Katsu Kaishu made Ryoma very interested in foreign countries.
29 years old Around that time, the first trading company in Japan " Kameyamashachu " Established in Nagasaki.
30 years old Around that time, he was in charge of the Satsuma Domain (currently Kagoshima Prefecture) and the Choshu Domain (currently Yamaguchi Prefecture), which he had a bad relationship with. Is established.
Immediately after that, Kyoto Fushimi Teradaya Attack on officials with And seriously injured in the hand. That's why you hide your hands in the photo?
31 years old Around that time, "Kameyama Shachu" was " Kaientai " Change to and start again.
" Taisei Hokan Establishment of. Taisei Hokan means returning the real power of politics from the imperial court to the shogunate to the emperor. The shogunate is gone.
Kyoto Omiya , A soy sauce shop. Ryoma Assassination Will be done. He died.
Who assassinated Ryoma Sakamoto?
Shinsengumi theory
Shinsengumi sword sheath Was falling .. So how did you get home? Bare sword !?
The thug is "Konazuso!" Said Iyo dialect (Ehime dialect). Shinsengumi 10th Captain from Iyo, Sanosuke Harada
Was suspected.
Shinsengumi Director, Isami Kondo
Firmly denies.
Kishu Domain Theory
Kaientai steamship Iroha Maru ni Kishu Domain (currently Wakayama Prefecture) warship Meiko Maru Is collision ..
Ryoma claimed that the sunken Iroha Maru was loaded with guns and gold nuggets, and the Kishu domain was to pay compensation. Now about 2.5 billion ..
Ryoma was assassinated a week after the money was paid. Didn't the Kishu domain have it in its roots?
Currently, when Iroha Maru is investigated, no guns or gold nuggets have been found. What do you mean? Ryoma's lie?
Satsuma Domain Theory
Mr. Ryoma, who was in charge of the Choshu clan in the Satsuma Alliance, is "Taisei Hokan" for the Satsuma clan who wanted to defeat the shogunate by force. The theory that Ryoma-san, who made the above, got in the way.
Did your opinion on the new system after the absence of the Shogunate not match Ryoma-san?
"Yesterday's friend is today's enemy".
Even the theory of foreigners
The theory is that if a war broke out, a lot of weapons would have been sold, but that intention disappeared with the "Taisei Hokan". I don't think this alone will kill one Japanese person.
The theory of Shintaro Nakaoka, who was assassinated together
They were from the same Tosa domain as Ryoma and continued to run together for the Satsuma Alliance, but Nakaoka also said that he wanted to defeat the shogunate by force like the Satsuma domain.
Was it used to assassinate Ryoma of the Satsuma Domain, and was killed together in the end with a mouth seal?
Contrary to the previous ones, Ryoma, who happened to be with the thug who came to kill Nakaoka, was also killed. "Theory" There is also. The theory that Ryoma was actually a supporting character. I'm lonely if it's true ...
Mr. Nakaoka is "the first person in Japan to be photographed with a smile" What is it?
There is still a photo of a big smile.
I don't feel anything when I look at it in a modern way, but when I look at the photos while imagining those days, I think it's pretty amazing. There is no other person like that.
Kyoto Mimawarigumi
This is the current leading candidate theory.
Former Mimawarigumi after the Meiji era Soldier Nobuo Imai Testifies.
"I wasn't told what Ryoma Sakamoto was doing and what kind of person he was, just a thug . I was only told that it was.
After entering the room on the second floor of Omiya, I don't know which is Ryoma or Nakaoka, so I used to hide myself Umetaro Saiya . I called the name of.
" Saiya It's been a long time since the teacher.
"Where was it?"
Immediately cut the answer
After that, since the beginning of the Taisho era, another former Mimawarigumi member has given a different testimony from Mr. Imai. This is not a confirmation.
Humanity called the hero of the end of the Edo period!
・ Ryoma's letters are over 100 Has been confirmed, and all of them are very humorous.
When I became a disciple of Katsu Kaishu, it was unusual at that time to use katakana "Ehen, Ehen" It is proudly written down.
Famous Ryoma-san's quote, "I made Japan once again Declaration
.. Is a sentence of a letter sent to his sister. The analogy is very fashionable, isn't it?
・ At that time, samurai usually wore swords and sandals, but at that time Ryoma had a gun and wore boots.
・ In a conversation with a friend, when a long sword was popular, "a short sword is easier to use" Say.
The next time I meet, "The sword is useless in front of the gun" Say.
When a friend buys a gun and meets again "I have to know the world" Said while holding a foreign book.
The friend says he realized he couldn't catch up with Ryoma-san.
Ryoma ran a half-round the world in just five years from becoming a disciple of Katsu Kaishu to his death . Is called. He was in an era when there were no trains or planes.
・ There are many female relationships, such as his first love with his childhood friend and his love with a geisha in Nagasaki.
The most famous of these is the marriage partner O Dragon . Sanako Chiba Mr. is.
When Ryoma was surrounded by officials at Teradaya, Ryō took a bath and came to inform him as if he were naked . The story is famous.
Immediately after the incident, Ryoma and Ryu were the first in Japan to honeymoon . I did.
In his later years, drinking alcohol "I was Ryoma's wife" Is a habit, and just before his death "Ryoma, Ryoma!" It seems that he kept saying.
Sanako Chiba of Chiba Dojo met when Ryoma came to Edo to practice swordsmanship. She is said to have been engaged.
However, the two never met again, and Sanako kept her single sleeve for the rest of her life, using her Ryoma's sleeve as a keepsake.
"Ryoma Sakamoto Room" at Sanako's grave It seems that it is engraved. She's sad but nice.
Summary
The mystery of the assassination of Ryoma Sakamoto, which has not been clarified yet.
The ability to open up new things and the ability to act unparalleled.
The text of a humorous letter.
Leadership that is relied on by colleagues and humanity that is thought of by direct women even if they die.
Isn't this the reason why it is so popular over time?