Aoyama cemetery
The Aoyama Cemetery ( Japanese 青山 霊 園 , Aoyama reien , colloquially 青山 墓地 , Aoyama bochi ) is the celebrity cemetery in Tokyo 's Minami-Aoyama district in Minato district .
history
After the Meiji Restoration , the area of the third residence of the royal family Aoyama became the property of the city. After the site was initially used as a Shinto burial site, it became a general, public cemetery on September 1, 1874. Not only are many well-known Japanese buried in the cemetery, but also foreigners who worked in Tokyo during the Meiji period in a separate section . Due to the space requirements, this department has been greatly reduced in size by the cemetery administration in recent years, so that only the most important graves are preserved.
The largest cemetery with 263,564 m² (the main axis is 750 m long) in downtown Tokyo is crossed by two motorways today. The picture shows the location on a flat, stretched hill. During the cherry blossom season , the cemetery is a popular place for hanami . Under the old cherry trees on the main avenue and on the side streets, people eat and drink peacefully and happily.
Known Japanese
- Okubo Toshimichi , Meiji Restoration politician (1830–1878)
- Nishi Amane , reformer and administrator of the Meiji period (1829-1897)
- Sano Tsunetami , politician, founder of the Japanese Red Cross (1823–1902)
- Gotō Shimpei , politician (1857–1926)
- Kitasato Shibasaburō , physician, bacteriologist (1853–1931)
- Hidesaburō Ueno , professor at the University of Tokyo, master of Hachikō (1871-1925)
- Okada Saburōsuke , painter (1869–1939)
- Count Yoshii Isamu , poet and playwright (1886–1960)
- Komura Jutarō , politician and diplomat (1855-1911)
- Soejima Taneomi , politician (1828–1905)
- Makino Nobuaki , politician and diplomat (1860–1949)
Gravesites of foreigners
German
- Karl Anton Bruck , (* 1839, † 1880 )
- Vera Eckert , († 1909 )
- Udo Eggert , (born June 19, 1848, † March 1, 1893 )
- Karl Flaig , (* May 7, 1865, † August 28, 1907 ), manager of the Imperial Hotel
- Wilhelm Heise , (* 1846, † April 23, 1895 )
- Carl Jacob Hess , (* May 7, 1838, † November 13, 1897 )
- Caesar Junghenn , (born February 1, 1853, † May 19, 1904 )
- Erwin Kaufmann , (* 1847, † February 11, 1889 )
- 2nd daughter of Oskar Korschelt , August 1882
- Lucius Langguth , (* March 10, 1854, † April 25, 1906 )
- Adolph Lubowsky , (born September 13, 1833, † September 22, 1897 )
- Emil Nissl , (* October 28, 1856, † January 2, 1903 )
- Frieda Fumi Ohli , b. Matsuno (born October 12, 1877, † July 9, 1901 )
- Friedrich Putzier , (born August 17, 1851, † May 21, 1901), teacher
- Emil Scriba
- Fritz Scriba
- Julius Scriba , surgeon (1848–1905)
- Gottfried Wagener , engineer and university professor (1831-1892)
Other foreigners (selection)
- Guido Verbeck , Dutch lawyer and missionary (1830–1898)
- Edoardo Chiossone , Italian graphic artist (1830–1898)
- Frederick W. Eastlake , American language teacher (1859-1905)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ In Edo, the feudal princes usually owned a main residence (Japanese 上 屋 敷 , kamiyashiki ), a secondary residence (Japanese 中 屋 敷 , nakayashiki ) and a third residence (Japanese 下 屋 敷 , shimoyashiki ), the latter mostly a garden area with a few buildings.
- ↑ The Aoyama led the Gujō -han , who lived in the province of Mino (now Gifu Prefecture ) . The district of Aoyama is named after this family.
- ↑ a b 概要 . In: 都 立 霊 園 公式 サ イ ト . Retrieved December 20, 2012 (Japanese).
- ↑ Own notes, pretty complete
Web links
- Tokyo Prefectural Administration , Construction Department ( kensetsu-kyoku ): Prefectural Cemeteries (Japanese)
- Tōkyō-to kōen kyōkai (foundation that operates parks, green spaces and cemeteries on behalf of the building department of the Tokyo Prefecture Administration): Aoyama Cemetery (Japanese)
- Meiji portraits
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ 56 ″ N , 139 ° 43 ′ 21 ″ E