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	Sakamoto Ryoma The Indispensable "Nobody" by Romulus Hillsborough
		Ryoma was not opposed to boasting, and he had a big ego, declaring to his sister: "It's a shame that there aren't more men like me around the country." For all his boasting, however, Ryoma was also a realist.
		Meanwhile, Ryoma continued to run guns for the revolutionaries, because he knew that the only way to convince the shogun to abdicate would be to demonstrate that his only alternative was military annihilation, which, of course, was no alternative at all.
		Sakamoto Ryoma was assassinated one month later, on November 15, his thirty-second birthday, in the second-story room in the house of a wealthy soy dealer in Kyoto which he used as a hideout.
	johnsmilitaryhistory.com /ryoma.html (1870 words)

	City Life News Online / Nankaido / Kochi
		Sakamoto Ryoma was born in 1835 in Kochi City (Kochi Prefecture was previously known as Tosa).
		In Ryoma's way of thinking, the unification of Japan could be brought about if the two strongest anti-Tokugawa clans of the time, Satsuma and Choshu (present-day Kagoshima and Yamaguchi prefectures, respectively) set aside their differences and formed an alliance, and in 1866 he succeeded in bringing the two former enemies together.
		Ryoma himself was assassinated in Kyoto in November 1867 at age 33, and thus did not live to see the full flowering of economic and political development which occurred in the Meiji Era.
	www.merit5.co.jp /citylifenews/tripout/nankaido_new/n_kochi.htm (1409 words)

	the story of ryoma sakamoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ryoma Sakamoto was a son of a merchant and a master of the sword.
		Ryoma was born in Kochi, in the feudal domain known as "Tosa," on the island of Shikoku.
		Ryoma was very influential then and came to believe that the best plan to avoid war would be to relinquish power to the emperor.
	eternity8.sempai.org /about/ryoma.php (2817 words)

	Airtools Store: Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai - $21.95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ryoma or `dragon horse' as his name reads in English, despite humble lineage in an age of strict social castes, was able to gain favor with highly placed Tokugawa chieftains, nobles of the Imperial court, as well as the influential leaders of the powerful domains of Choshu and Satsuma.
		Because Ryoma was constantly saying that he was working for the betterment of Japan as a whole, and not a particular Han, it was important to him that he was not tiеd down to one.
		Ryoma was one of the оnlу men with the keen sense of timing to see that a сivil war was not what they needed.
	www.airtools-store.info /good30393636373430313635.html (1976 words)

	www.japanesehistory.de - Personal Homepage of Sven Saaler
		His major effort was the mediation between the domains Satsuma and Choshu, which led to the Satsuma-Choshu alliance of 1866 and Satsuma support for Choshu in its fights against a Tokugawa punitive expedition.
		Sakamoto Ryoma is the hero of several historical novels of popular writer Shiba Ryotaro, written in the 1960s.
		Sakamoto is buried in Gokoku Shrine in Kyoto, next to Nakaoka.
	www.japanesehistory.de /cabinets/SakamotoRyoma.htm (135 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma
		This is the incredible true story of Sakamoto Ryoma, a Kendo activist in the mid-Nineteeth Century who played a key role and was a pro-imperial witness to the wars and struggles leading up to the Meiji Restoration.
		Ryoma himself is such a romantic and exciting figure that it is simply fun to read about him, but then in addition he is so central to the main currents of his period that as his tale unfolds, one is also encountering many of the most influential personages of that era.
		RYOMA is available through your favorite bookseller, such as Amazon.com, but readers of the KENYU may obtain it for a 15% discount with postage waived simply by contacting the publisher Ridgeback Press directly through the 1 (800) 832-6134 phone number.
	faculty.washington.edu /kendo/ryoma.html (719 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma 2
		Kaishu opened Ryoma's eyes to the futility of trying to defend against a foreign onslaught without first developing a powerful navy; and to this end Japan desperately needed Western technology and expertise.
		Ryoma now worked with Kaishu, whom he called "the greatest man in Japan," to establish a naval academy in Kobe, where he and his comrades studied the naval arts and sciences under their revered mentor.
		When Ryoma learned that the foreign ships that had bombarded Choshu were subsequently repaired at a Tokugawa shipyard in Edo, he was fighting mad.
	ikjeld.com /files/biographies/sakamoto_ryoma_2.html (340 words)

	Japan's Kochi airport named after samurai with six-shooter : Japan , Kochi : : ThingsAsian
		"Ryoma Sakamoto is a very romantic figure, I admired him for his bold spirit, and broad vision of the need for Japan to become international," Miyuki Kato told AFP after the naming ceremony at the airport 610 kilometres (380 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
		Sakamoto is celebrated as the first Japanese man to take his wife on honeymoon, establishing a practice for which the nation's tourism industry has reason to be thankful.
		Sakamoto's martial exploits have been celebrated in films, books and "manga" comic strip books, but his great achievement was to engineer an alliance between the powerful Satsuma and Choshu clans that led to end of the Tokugawa shogunate and Japan's 200 years of isolation from the outside world.
	www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/2718 (823 words)

	FightingArts.com - Sakamoto Ryoma — The Indispensable 'Nobody'
		Ryoma’s life is a tale of Shakespearian proportions -- a life of daring and personal triumph that helped mold a nation, but also a life lived without regard to personal gain or safety.
		Ryoma now worked with Kaishu, whom he called “the greatest man in Japan,” to establish a naval academy in Kobe (a seaport town near Osaka, close to Kyoto), where he and his comrades studied the naval arts and sciences under their revered mentor.
		Ryoma wrote: “Although those corrupt shogunal officials have a great deal of power now, I’m going to get the help of two or three daimyo (lords of feudal domains) and enlist likeminded men so we can start thinking more about the good of Japan, and not only the Imperial Court.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=309 (2199 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma -- Samurai
		Although he was a renowned swordsman who had served as head of an elite fencing academy in Edo, and was also a leader of the young samurai in Tosa who advocated the radical slogans Expelling the Barbarians, Imperial Reverence and Toppling the Shogunate, in the eyes of the power that were he was a nobody.
		Ryoma was not opposed to boasting, and he had a big ego, declaring to his sister: "It s a shame that there aren t more men like me around the country." For all his boasting, however, Ryoma was also a realist.
		Sakamoto Ryoma received more mention than any other historical figure, topping such giants as Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Saigo Takamori, Oda Nobunaga and the founders of NEC and Honda.
	www.judoinfo.com /ryoma.htm (2020 words)

	Kaori Miyake's Home Page
		As the Shogun accepted it in 1867 a bloodless transference of the reins of goverment was tentatively achieved though its aftermath, the Boshin Civil War,was far from bloodless.
		Ryoma was simply a bewildered observer at that time.
		Shoryo inspired Ryoma with a vision of modern Japan as a nation fortified against Western colonialism.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Pantheon/7197/students/899059.html (1014 words)

	Courage, valor, honor, bravery, strength, gallantry, cowardice, respect, admiration,
		After the emperor was restored to power Ryoma made a list of those whom he felt would be good for the new government.
		Ryoma was assassinated in November 1867 when he was only 33.
		Sakamoto Ryoma was mentioned more often than any other person.
	www.englishrobin.org /lesson/sakamotoryoma.htm (727 words)

	Ryoma Sakamoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ryoma Sakamoto, a patriot of Ishin (Restoration period), forged the alliance between Satsuma-han and Choshu-han that opened the door to the modernization of Japan.
		You may be able to meet with today's Ryoma Sakamoto in the streets, at the seaside, or on a mountain path.
		Inside the hotel are the famous hot baths where participants bathe and dress in the traditional garments of the time of Ryoma Sakamoto.
	www.shaku1.com /sakamoto.htm (182 words)

	Moonscape Ranch
		Sakamoto Ryoma was born in Kochi, of Tosa han.
		Once the United States forced Japan to open its borders samurai throughout the country were up in arms, but Ryoma Sakamoto had a better grasp of the superiority of the Western technology and spent years preparing Japan for the Meiji Restoration.
		Ryoma officially was a low-ranking samurai, but he managed to make ties with some of the most influential daimyo and samurai.
	moonscaperanch.bizland.com /thethingswehide/id38.html (295 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma: The Indispensable "Nobody"
		To answer the second question first, and to put it quite simply, Ryoma was a lover of freedom—the freedom to act, the freedom to think, and the freedom to be.
		These were the ideals that drove Ryoma on his dangerous quest for freedom—which, of course, was nothing less than the salvation of Japan.
		The scene is a very famous one, as is the ensuing battle, during which Ryoma wielded a Smith and Wesson revolver and his bodyguard wielded a lethal spear to fend off their assailants and escape through the back door.
	www.jadedragon.com /archives/history/ryoma2.html (742 words)

	The Heroic Exploits of Sakamoto Ryoma
		Sakamoto Ryoma, one the most important leaders in 19th century Japan, is Kochi's most famous historical figure.
		The Public Memorial Hall of Sakamoto Ryoma is a museum with exhibits centered on the life of Ryoma.
		She was good at both kendo and swimming; a spunky young woman who was referred to as the Sakamoto's “guardian goddess.” She brought Ryoma up strictly and severely but with great understanding and tenderness.
	www.renkeijiku.net /roman/english/roman/kochi/ko_m03.html (493 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma - the Indispensable "Nobody"
		But how could Ryoma – who had plunged from the status of "nobody," to that of outlaw, and one of the most wanted men on a long list of Tokugawa enemies – be of sufficient consequence to force the abdication of the generalissimo of the 267-year-old samurai government?
		To answer the second question first, and to put it quite simply, Ryoma was a lover of freedom – the freedom to act, the freedom to think, and the freedom to be.
		These were the ideals that drove Ryoma on his dangerous quest for freedom – which, of course, was nothing less than the salvation of Japan.
	www.koyagi.com /Hillsborough1.html (1805 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma 5
		Rather than merely saying that Ryoma was once again "blowing hot air," or that he was "crazy," there were now some among his comrades who felt betrayed.
		These men advocated complete annihilation of the shogunate to assure it would never rise again, and felt that Ryoma was a traitor.
		But Ryoma convinced one of his more level-headed friends, Goto Shojiro, who was a close aide to Yamanouchi Yodo, the influential Lord of Tosa, to urge Yodo to endorse the plan.
	ikjeld.com /files/biographies/sakamoto_ryoma_5.html (451 words)

	Amazon.com: Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration: Books: Marius B. Jansen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sakamoto was one among many who called for the government to expel these foreign interlopers.
		This proves to be one of the better books on the Meiji Restoration movement and Sakamoto Ryoma who was the one of the primary movers of that movement as Japan moved to a more modern government and society.
		Ryoma, as he is affectionately known by his adoring cult of fans in Japan, is a true legend in Japan, a sort of "Daniel Boone" of Japan, if you will.
	www.amazon.com /Sakamoto-Ryoma-Restoration-Marius-Jansen/dp/0231101732 (1553 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma - crucial in creation of a modern Japan navy
		Sakamoto Ryoma (坂本龍馬 1835-1867) was born in Kochi, of Tosa han.
		Once the United States forced Japan to open its borders samurai throughout the country were up in arms, but Ryoma Sakamoto had a better grasp of the superiority of the Western technology and spent years preparing Japan for the Restoration.
		Ryoma officially was a lowly samurai, but he managed to make ties with some of the most influential daimyo and samurai.
	www.japan-101.com /history/sakamoto_ryoma.htm (395 words)

	Ryoma Sakamoto: The Indispensable Nobody Part 1
		Quite a transformation in just fifteen years, and much of the credit goes to a lower ranking samurai from the Tosa domain named Sakamoto Ryoma.
		Romulus Hillsborough is the author of RYOMA - Life of a Renaissance Samurai (Ridgeback Press, 1999) and Samurai Sketches: From the Bloody Final Years of the Shogun (Ridgeback Press, 2001) RYOMA is the only biographical novel of Sakamoto Ryoma in the English language.
		Samurai Sketches is a collection of historical sketches, never before presented in English, depicting men and events during the revolutionary years of mid-19th century Japan.
	www.foreignwivesclub.com /pages/articles/ryoma1.html (687 words)

	FightingArts.com - Katsu Kaishu: The Man Who Saved Early Modern Japan
		Ryoma was an outlaw and leader of a band of young rebels.
		Kaishu was the commissioner of the shogun’s navy, who took the young rebels under his wing at his private naval academy in Kobe, teaching them the naval sciences and maritime skills required to build a modern navy.
		Like Ryoma, Kaishu was an adept swordsman who never drew his blade on an adversary, despite numerous attempts on his life.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=331 (2851 words)

	The Story of Ryoma Sakamoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Sakamoto family originated in Saitani (Nankoku city) here their main occupation was that of farmer.
		The name Saitani is one that Ryoma would later use as an alias to protect himself from those trying to arrest or kill him.
		In 1771, the seventh family head petitioned for and received goshi status (middle samurai) This was allowed because of new han regulations that allowed families of merchant descent to by goshi titles newly announced.
	www.baobab.or.jp /~stranger/kochi/ryoma/ryosto3.htm (115 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sakamoto Ryoma was born on March 7, 1834 in Tosa, now called Kochi, on the island of Shikoku.
		The name "Ryoma," was given to him after his sister, Otome, saw Halley's Comet while her mother was giving birth to Ryoma.
		Sakamoto Ryoma received kendo (traditional Japanese sword technique) lessons and literature lessons by teachers.
	members.cox.net /seijisaisho/life2.html (154 words)

	Midnight Eye review: Hitokiri (1969, Hideo GOSHA)
		Though officially fighting on the side of such revered modernist reformers as Saigo Takamori and Ryoma Sakamoto (played here by former Nikkatsu star Yujiro Ishihara), Takechi followed his own agenda, using a squad of stealthy samurai assassins as his main weapon to eradicate his enemies, which included those who were officially his allies.
		One of his most effective servants to this scheme was Izo Okada, a ronin of Tosa stock, and childhood friend of Sakamoto, who joined Takechi's private army to escape poverty.
		Throughout, he is defined through the contrast he forms with Ryoma Sakamoto: clumsy, boorish, unkempt country boy versus the latter's unwavering air of determined sophistication.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/hitokiri.shtml (698 words)

	Sakamoto Ryoma: The Indispensable "Nobody"
		With the overthrow of the corrupt and decrepit Tokugawa regime, the "nobody" from Tosa had made good on his vow to "clean up Japan"—although, unfortunately for his country, he would pay for it with his life.
		Romulus Hillsborough is the author of RYOMA - Life of a Renaissance Samurai (Ridgeback Press, 1999) and Samurai Sketches: From the Bloody Final Years of the Shogun (Ridgeback Press, 2001).
		RYOMA is the only biographical novel of Sakamoto Ryoma in the English language.
	www.jadedragon.com /archives/history/ryoma3.html (526 words)

	SAKAMOTO RYOMA, Kochi Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		You'd have to be blind to miss the scowling features of Sakamoto Ryoma on posters and other memorabilia around Kochi.
		Born in 1835 to a half- samurai, half-farmer family, Sakamoto directly challenged the rigid class structure of the Shogunate years by leaving Kochi to start a trading company in Nagasaki (samurai never normally dirtied their hands in business).
		Although he was just 33 at the time, his writings included an enlightened plan for a new political system for Japan, aspects of which were later embraced by the Meiji government.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/Asia/Japan/Kochi/71802.htm (178 words)

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