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Żory

Żory [ˈʐɔrɨ] (German: Sohrau) is a town and city county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 59,351 inhabitants (2015). Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Katowice.

History

The settlement on the road from Cieszyn to Kraków was first mentioned in a 1258 deed. Żory is one of the oldest towns in Silesia, it was granted city rights according to Magdeburg Law on 24 February 1272 by Duke Władysław of Opole. It remained part of the Upper Silesian Duchy of Opole, since 1327 a Bohemian fief, until in 1532 it was incorporated into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. After the First Silesian War it was annexed by Prussia in 1742.

In the 18th century it was centre of cloth manufacturing, later of metal and machining industry. Upon the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, Sohrau fell to the Silesian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic, though 69.4% of the citizens had voted for Germany. Occupied by Nazi Germany during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, it was re-conquered in the Vistula-Oder Offensive of the Red Army in 1945 and the German population was expelled.

Narasaki Ryō

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.

Marriage and politics

Oryō is best known for saving the life of her future husband four years after the 1862 Teradaya Incident. While working at Kyoto's Teradaya Inn, taking a bath, Oryō overheard the arrival of the assassins from her bathtub and ran naked through the inn to warn Sakamoto and his allies. Sakamoto escaped with slight injuries, and they were married soon after.

Sakamoto's injuries during the attacks lead 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.

She was active in political affairs via her husband during the Late Tokugawa Shogunate and the Meiji Period.

Later years and death

After Ryōma's assassination, she married the merchant Nishimura Matsubē (西村松兵衛), and adopted her sister's child, who died while young. In her later years, Oryō suffered from alcoholism. Despite the fame of her first husband, Oryō died in poverty at the age of 64.