The mysterious death of Ryoma Sakamoto

Ryoma Sakamoto is one of the most famous Japanese unsolved crime. He is historical person and he is famous with rebelling against in the Edo period. 

He was born in the family of the Tosa state. After leaving the state, he worked as a priest and formed Kameyama Shrine, which doubled as a trading company and a political organization.  He was involved in the defeat and the Meiji Restoration, including cooperating with the formation of the Satcho Alliance.There is also evidence that he was a good swordsman. He repeated terrorist acts to defeat the Edo Shogunate and create a strong Japan.

December 10, 1867 When Ryoma and Nakaoka were talking, several men calling themselves Totsugawa Goji visited and asked for a visit.  When Fujiyoshi took over, the visitor went upstairs, slashed Fujiyoshi, and broke into the room where Ryoma and his friends were.

On the other hand, there is also such a theory.  It is said that he was killed by a man of the Tosa state who was his companion until then. These are just one theory, and there are other theories that various people have killed him, and the truth is in the dark.

Posted for Masato, after reading The Mysterious Death of Charles Bravo