Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Sakamoto Ryōma across 2 places, from 1836 to 1858.
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was a Japanese samurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Sakamoto Ryōma was documented, and when
3 January 1836exact date
Kōchi, Kōchiattested“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.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
3 January 1836exact date
Tosa Domainattested“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.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
1858year
Tosa Domainattested“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.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
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Places Sakamoto Ryōma is documented in
Tosa Domain2 presences · 1836 to 1858
Kōchi, Kōchi1 presence · 1836
Other places tied to Sakamoto Ryōma in the record
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March 1854month
Japanmentioned“In March 1854, Perry pressured the Tokugawa to sign the Convention of Kanagawa, officially ending the sakoku policy but widely perceived in Japan as an "unequal treaty" and a sign of weakness.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
1862year
Tosa Domainmentioned“That same year, in 1862, Sakamoto returned to the Chiba Dojo, using it as a safe haven after running away from Tosa.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
1864year
Kagoshimamentioned“In 1864, as the Tokugawa shogunate began taking a hard line against dissenters, Sakamoto fled to Kagoshima in Satsuma Domain, which was developing as a major centre for the anti-Tokugawa movement.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
1866year
Kōchi, Kōchimentioned“Chōshū's subsequent victory over the Tokugawa army in 1866 and the impending collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate made Sakamoto a valuable commodity to his former masters in Tosa, and recalled to Kōchi with honours.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
1866year
Tosa Domainmentioned“Chōshū's subsequent victory over the Tokugawa army in 1866 and the impending collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate made Sakamoto a valuable commodity to his former masters in Tosa, and recalled to Kōchi with honours.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
March 1866month
Kyotomentioned“In March 1866, several agents of the shogunate attempted to assassinate Sakamoto Ryōma by ambushing him at the Teradaya ryokan in Kyoto.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
10 December 1867exact date
Kyotomentioned“Sakamoto was assassinated at the Ōmiya Inn (Omiya) in Kyoto on 10 December 1867, not long before the Meiji Restoration took place, at the age of 31.”source: Wikipedia: Sakamoto Ryōma
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