Narasaki Ryō (楢崎 龍, July 23, 1841 – January 15, 1906) was a Japanese woman and the wife of Sakamoto Ryōma, an architect of the Meiji Restoration. She is commonly called Oryō (お龍 ) in Japan. After the death of her first husband, she married the merchant Nishimura Matsubē and was renamed to Nishimura Tsuru (西村 ツル ).
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Oryō is best known for saving the life of her husband Sakamoto Ryōma from an assassination attempt during the Teradaya incident.[1] She worked at Kyoto's Teradaya Inn, and while taking a bath in the evening in March 9, 1866, from her bathtub Oryō heard one of the assassins outside, who immediately thrust his spear through the bathroom window right by her shoulder. She grabbed the spear with one hand and confronted him in a loud voice. She then quickly jumped out of the bathtub and, putting on her robe without a sash, ran out into a garden and went up the second floor of the inn to warn Sakamoto, who was in his room with his bodyguard Miyoshi Shinzo.[2] Sakamoto and Miyoshi soon fought their way out and escaped with slight injuries.
Sakamoto's injuries during the attacks led them to visit several hot springs in Kagoshima that were believed to have healing properties, in what has been said to be the first Japanese honeymoon.[3]
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In her later years, Oryō suffered from alcoholism.[5] Despite the fame of her first husband, Oryō died in poverty on January 15, 1906 at the age of 64. She was buried at Shigaraki-ji, Ōtsu, Yokosuka, in Kanagawa Prefecture. Eight years later, with assistance from Mitsuaki Tanaka and Kagawa Keizō, and her younger sister Nakazawa Mitsue, her widower Nishimura Matsubē and his colleagues managed to erect a tombstone for her in August 1914.
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