Kyoto in Nakagyo-Ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan — 日本国 (East Asia)
Ryoma Sakamoto and Shintaro Nakaoka Assassinated Here
(the site of the Omiya store)
Photographed by Luke Raymond Swiderski, November 5, 2017
1. Ryoma Sakamoto and Shintaro Nagaoka Assassinated Here Marker
This is where the shop of the soy sauce dealer Omiya once stood, the site of the assassination on November 15th, 1867 of Ryoma Sakamoto (1835-1867), among the greatest contributors to the Meiji Restoration, with his sworn friend Shintaro Nakaoka (1838-1867), both from the Tosa domain, present day Kochi Prefecture. Sakamoto was head of the Kaientai organization, while Shintaro was leader of the militaristic Rikuentai. Kaientai, a trading firm with Western dealers founded in Nagasaki by Sakamoto, was a kind of private sea force.On the evening of November 15th, Nakaoka visited his friend Sakamoto at the Omiya soy sauce shop where he was boarding. Absorbed in discussion on the future course of Japanese politics after the Return of Political power to the Emperor (Taiseihokan), the young patriotic royalists were suddenly assaulted by an armed group who named themselves "Totsugawa warrior".
Sakamoto, then 33, was killed on the spot, while Nakaoka, 30, died two days later.
It was a turbulent era of transition in which the more than 260-year-long feudalistic Tokugawa Shogunate was terminated, putting an end to the days
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Both Sakamoto and Nakaoka are buried at the present Kyoto Ryozen-Gokoku-jinja (shrine).
Chinese:
此处是一八六七年十一月十五日，明治维新的功臣土佐藩海援队长坂本龙马(一八三五～一八六七)与盟友陆援队长中冈慎太郎(一八三八～一八六七)被刺客暗杀的酱油商近江是旧址。
十一月十五日傍晚,慎太郎前来拜访寄宿在近江屋的龙马，二人讨论大政奉还后的政局。 入夜，二人還到自称十津川乡士的男子的袭击，龙马当场死亡，慎太郎也于两天之后去世。当时龙马三十三岁，慎太郎三十岁。
当时是一个剧烈动落的时代，随着持续了260年的德川幕府的结束，武士的时代也宣告结東，历史正在走向明治时代。
龙马与慎太郎被安葬在现在的京都灵山护国神社。
京都市
Korean:
Photographed by Luke Raymond Swiderski, November 5, 2017
2. Ryoma Sakamoto and Shintaro Nagaoka Assassinated Here Marker
이 곳은 1867년 11월 15일 메이지유신의 공로자인 도사번 가이엔타이 대장 사카모토 토마(1835~1867)가 절친한 동지 리쿠엔타이 대장 나카오카 신타로(1838~1867)와 더불어 자객에게 암살된 오우미야(간장가게)가 자리하던 곳이다.
11월 15일 저녁 료마가 하숙하고 있던 오우미야를 신타로가 방문하여 대정봉한 후의정국에 대하여 논하고 있었는데 밤이 깊어 도츠가와 항사라고 칭하는 사내들이 습격해 왔다. 료마는 그 자리에서 숨을 거두고 신타로도 이를 후에 세상을 떠났다. 료마 33세, 신타로 30세였다.
260년간 이어져 온 도쿠가와 막부의 증언에 의해 무사시대가 막을 내리고 메이지시대로 이행하는 격동의 시대였다.
로마와 신타로는 현재 교토 료젠호국신사에 매장되어 있다.
교토시
Erected by Kyoto City.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Patriots & Patriotism. A significant historical date for this entry is November 15, 1867.
Location. 35° 0.456′ N, 135° 45.57′ E. Marker is in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, in Nakagyo-Ku. It is on Kawaramachi-dori, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Kawaramachidori Takoyakushi Sagaru, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 604-8027, Japan. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Asia, specifically in East Asia, in the Pacific Ocean, in North Pacific, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, and in the Western World.
Also see . . . Sakamoto Ryōma (Wikipedia). "Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本 龍馬, January 3, 1836 – December 10, 1867) was a Japanese prominent figure in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate in bakumatsu Japan." (Submitted on February 4, 2018.)
Additional keywords. Meiji Restoration
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2018, by Luke Raymond Swiderski of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 3,004 times since then and 210 times this year. Last updated on February 4, 2018, by Luke Raymond Swiderski of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 3, 2018, by Luke Raymond Swiderski of Richmond, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
