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坂本龍馬関係資料 詠草三 俚謡
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Important Cultural Property
Letter from Sakamoto Ryoma to his Sister Otome on the 4th Day of the 12th Month of Keio 2 (1866)
坂本龍馬関係書状 慶応二年十二月四日 坂本乙女あて
At a glance — Historical Material · Edo period · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Sakamoto Ryoma.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Historical Materials
- Period
- Edo period
- Date
- 1801–1900
- Creator
- Sakamoto Ryoma (坂本龍馬、坂本竜馬)
- Dimensions
- Height25cm:Width169.1cm
- Held by
- Kyoto National Museum
- Location
- Higashiyama, Kyoto
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-33
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This letter-sent to his sister, Otome, in Tosa, on the fourth day of the twelfth month of 1866 (Keiô 2)-informs her of the year's events. It covers a multitude of subjects, including descriptions of the disaster at Teradaya, his honeymoon in Kagoshima, the war between the shogunate and Chôshû, and the statesman from Satsuma, Saigô Takamori (1828-77). The section containing Ryôma's illustrations of his ascent of Mount Kirishima is particularly famous. This is the best-known of Sakamoto Ryôma's letters.
— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-33 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-33
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyoto National Museum
- Photograph: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Letter from Sakamoto Ryoma to his Sister Otome on the 4th Day of the 12th Month of Keio 2 (1866)（坂本龍馬関係書状 慶応二年十二月四日 坂本乙女あて）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-33. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/letter-from-sakamoto-ryoma-to-his-sister-otome-on-the-4th-day-of-the-12th-month-of-keio-2/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- Genre: History
- Size: Height25cm:Width169.1cm
- Category: Historical materials:Historical records
- 員数: 1通
- 分類: 歴史
- 時代世紀: 江戸時代 末期・19世紀
- 法量: 縦25cm:横169.1cm
- 種別: 歴史資料:文書・記録類
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