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Sakamoto Ryoma
Born into a low-ranking samurai family in Tosa, he abandoned his domain at twenty-six. He bound the rival domains of Satsuma and Choshu together and opened the way to the return of power to the Emperor. Just thirty-one days later he was killed at the Omiya inn. On what kind of spacetime did the man who bound his age together live?
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Sakamoto Ryoma — Late-Edo activist; founder of the Kaientai
- Period analysed
- 1836–1867
- Three pillars
- Day 庚子 / Month 戊子 / Year 乙未
- Void branches
- 辰巳 (Dragon–Snake)
- Destiny area
- 0.11 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 14 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- His destiny carries a structure that brings scattered things together into one.
- From 1862, the year he left his parents' place, a rising decade began.
- In 1866, the binding force of his destiny tied Satsuma and Choshu together.
- In the phase from 1866, the values for work and results fell outwardly and inwardly at the same time.
- On 10 December 1867, on a day that struck the centre of his heart all at once, he fell.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- How could a masterless samurai bind two rival domains together?
- Why did the phase of his greatest achievement leave him no results of his own?
- What was upheaval to this destiny?
- What overlapped on 10 December 1867?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1853 | 癸丑 | Trains in swordsmanship in Edo; the Black Ships arrive |
| 1862 | 壬戌 | 22 Apr — leaves the Tosa domain; becomes a disciple of Katsu Kaishu |
| 1865 | 乙丑 | Founds the Kameyama Shachu in Nagasaki |
| 1866 | 丙寅 | 7 Mar — Satsuma–Choshu Alliance; 9 Mar — attacked at the Teradaya inn |
| 1867 | 丁卯 | Founds the Kaientai; the Eight-Point Plan |
| 1867 | 丁卯 | 9 Nov — return of power to the Emperor |
| 1867 | 丁卯 | 10 Dec — assassinated at the Omiya inn |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- Composite numerical table
- Leaving the domain
- Binding together
- A phase that kept no results
- Chaos all around
- The four layers of 10 December 1867
- Bonds and lineage
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii