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Important Cultural Property
Letter from Sakamoto Ryoma to Nagaoka Kenkichi on the 5th Day of the 8th Month of Keio 3 (1867)
坂本龍馬関係書状 慶応三年八月五日 長岡謙吉あて
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)
- Held by
- Kyoto National Museum
- Location
- Higashiyama, Kyoto
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-39
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This letter written by Sakamoto Ryôma (1835-67) is addressed to captain of naval rescue troops, Nagaoka Kenkichi (1834-72). It informs him of Ryôma's arrival at the port of Susaki in the domain of Tosa (present day Kôchi Prefecture) and his plans to travel to Kyoto via Nagasaki.
— 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-39 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-39
- 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 Nagaoka Kenkichi on the 5th Day of the 8th Month of Keio 3 (1867)（坂本龍馬関係書状 慶応三年八月五日 長岡謙吉あて）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-39. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/letter-from-sakamoto-ryoma-to-nagaoka-kenkichi-on-the-5th-day-of-the-8th-month-of-keio-3/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- Genre: History
- 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
- 種別: 歴史資料:文書・記録類
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