opened in
Kōchi,
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...
, Japan in 2004. It is dedicated to the life and times of
Sakamoto Ryōma
was a Japanese ''samurai'', a '' shishi'' and influential figure of the ''Bakumatsu,'' and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.
Sakamoto was a low-ranking ''samurai'' from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an acti ...
and to the local area of Kami-machi and Kōchi more generally during the
Bakumatsu period
were the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, under foreign diplomatic and military pressure, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunat ...
.
Access
The museum can be accessed on foot from the
Kamimachi-itchōme tram station.
See also
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Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum
The opened in the grounds of the former Urado Castle in Katsurahama, Kōchi, Japan on 15 November 1991. The collection includes correspondence and other documents by Sakamoto Ryōma and his contemporaries and there is also a library of over t ...
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Kōchi Castle Museum of History
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Kōchi Prefectural Museum of History
opened in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1991. Located on the site of Okō Castle and the Chōsokabe clan residence, the collection relates to the archaeology, history, and folk customs of the area.
See also
* List of Cultural Properti ...
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The Museum of Art, Kōchi
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Kōchi Literary Museum
References
External links
Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial MuseumRyōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum
Kōchi, Kōchi
Museums in Kōchi Prefecture
Biographical museums in Japan
Museums established in 2004
2004 establishments in Japan
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