坂本竜馬的手槍

Recently the Excite News reported the following:

幕末の志士高杉晋作が坂本竜馬に贈った拳銃と同型の拳銃が松山の個人宅で見つかり、１８日までに、高知市の坂本竜馬記念館に寄贈された。今月末から同館で展示する。拳銃は米Ｓ＆Ｗ社製の「モデル２アーミー」で、南北戦争の際に製造され日本にも輸入された。同館によると、高杉晋作は同型の拳銃を上海で購入し竜馬に進呈。寺田屋事件で捕り方に襲われた竜馬はこの拳銃で応戦し、危機を脱したとされる。
Regarding the gun presented to Ryoma Sakamoto by Takasugi the patriot warrior who lived at the end of shogunate, a gun of the same model was found in the personal residence of Matsuyama, and it was donated to the memorial pavilion of Ryoma Sakamoto in Kochi City on the 18th. It would be exhibited in the pavilion at the end of this month. The gun was the "Model 2 Army" made by S&W Company of the United States during the Civil War between the Northern and Southern states, and it was imported into Japan. According to the pavilion, this same model gun was bought in Shanghai by Susumu Takasugi and presented to Ryoma. In the Teradaya House incident, Ryoma used this pistol to fight with the attackers who were trying to capture him and Ryoma was successful in getting away.

Ryoma Sakamoto (1836-1867) was an important historical figure in Japanese history during the 1860s and this attack took place in January 1866. Things that have connection with him are fascinating to many people.