NHK's Taiga drama series "Yae no Sakura" broadcast on TV has started.
In the first part, there was a scene where my brother Kakuma Yamamoto visited Shozan Sakuma Juku in Kibiki-cho to learn Western artillery. I would like to introduce some of the people I met during Kakuma Yamamoto's stay in Edo.
Please see here for the explanation board of Shozan Sakuma Juku, which was introduced at the time of Ryoma Den earlier. http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/ginza/ginza_18.html
At the same time, Kaishu Katsu and Sakamoto Ryoma also attended Shozan Sakuma Juku.
Kaishu Katsu later became the president of Tsukiji's warship training center.
http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/tsukiji/tsukiji_09.html
http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/tsukiji/tsukiji_03.html
Please see here for the ruins of a prison in Temmacho, where Yoshida Shoin was trapped, dreaming of flying abroad.
http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/guide/spot/nihonbashi/nihonbashi_08.html
Through this Taiga drama series, I would like not only to learn about the history of late Tokugawa shogunate in the Edo period, but also to think about the people of the Aizu clan who are involved in the rejection of the Emperor and the flow of defeat.
In the Ryomaden aired a few years ago, Sakamoto Ryoma, who was from a lower-class samurai, heard that in the United States, he was able to choose the president directly in the election, and in order to realize Japan ideal for the United States, he participated in the movement if there was only a defeat in cooperation with the male clan such as Satsuma. For more information about historical sites related to Ryoma, please refer to my blog report.
http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/2010/06/post-367.html
At the Fukushima Prefecture Yaesu Tourist Exchange Center, an antenna shop in Fukushima Prefecture on Sotobori-dori St., there was also a poster explaining Yae Niijima. Please drop in.
http://www.chuo-kanko.or.jp/blog/2013/01/post-1511.html
