"In
a new article, free on KJ’s website (link in bio), Edward J. Taylor
follows the historical figure Sakamoto Ryoma through the city of his
birth."
https://www.kyotojournal.org/asian-encounters/reminiscing-ryoma/
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2 comments:
Many thanks for flagging up this article, Ted. By coincidence, I had just been reading about Sakamoto Ryoma in Christopher Harding's excellent "The Japanese: A history in twenty lives" (recommended), and your on-the-spot account helped to bring the story to life. Great stuff .... and, now, what about a series about historical figures along the same lines as this one?
I definitely plan to do a follow up piece on related sites in Kyoto. I may also do one on the Isshin no Michi, his escape route from Kochi...
For at least a decade I have a couple of books in mind, about walks done related to cultural figures. Eventually...
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