Japan: Statue of Sakamoto Ryoma
Sunday 6 February 2011 By Thomas Humeau, in Japan -# 504
Japan: Statue of Sakamoto Ryoma
Statue of Sakamoto RyÅma in Katsurahama, Kochi on the Shikoku Island in Japan.Sakamoto RyÅma (å‚本 é¾é¦¬, January 3, 1836 – December 10, 1867) was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. RyÅma used the aliasSaidani UmetarÅ (æ‰è°· 梅太郎)Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Ry%C5%8Dma