Zōshigaya cemetery
The Zōshigaya Cemetery ( Jap. 雑司ヶ谷霊園 , Zōshigaya reien ) is a municipal cemetery in the district of Minami- Ikebukuro in Toshima , Tokyo . The 106,110 m² site is known for many famous personalities who have found their final resting place here.
history
The cemetery was opened by continuing the former Zōshigaya-Asahide cemetery on September 1, 1874 in response to the Meiji government's 1873 ban on private cremation. From 1876 the Tokyo Prefecture was responsible for the administration. After the establishment of the city of Tokyo , it took over the task, after its dissolution the Park Society of Tokyo Prefecture ( Tōkyō-to kōen kyōkai ) is responsible today . The resting place was given its current name in 1935.
Famous tombs
Politician
- Tōjō Hideki , Prime Minister in the Pacific War (1884-1948)
- Nakahama Manjirō , member of the first US mission (1827–1898)
Artist
- Lafcadio Hearn , writer (1850-1904)
- Shunrō Oshikawa , science fiction pioneer (1876-1914)
- Natsume Sōseki , writer (1867-1916)
- Takehisa Yumeji , painter and poet (1884–1934)
- Murayama Kaita , writer and painter (1896-1919)
- Raphael von Koeber , musician and philosopher (1848–1923)
- Izumi Kyōka , writer (1873-1939)
- Nagai Kafu , writer (1879-1959)
- Tōgō Seiji , painter (1897–1978)
scientist
- Ogino Ginko , first western female doctor (1851–1913) of the Meiji period.
Others
- Rudolf Lehmann (1842–1914), German engineer, lecturer in foreign languages and Japan pioneer
Graves
Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn)
Natsume Soseki
Ogino Ginko
Nagai Kafu
Takehisa Yumeji
Tōgō Seiji
Zōshigaya in literature
- Before Natsume Sōseki himself was buried in the cemetery, he chose Zōshigaya as the final resting place for the friend of the Sensei in his novel Kokoro (1914).
- In his book "Grave of Memories", Barry Eisler lets his protagonist meet his chief officer in a conspiratorial manner.
Remarks
- ↑ The first female medical doctor in Japan to be trained in the west was Kusumoto Ine (1827–1903), the daughter of Philipp Franz von Siebold .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronology of the cemetery on the official website ( memento of the original from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Tokyo-to rekishi kyoiku kenkyukai (ed.): Tokyo-to no rekishi sampo (chu). Yamakawa Shuppan, 2000, ISBN 978-4-634-29630-5 , p. 160.
- Zōshigaya reien kanri jimusho (Ed.): Zōshigaya reien annai-zu. December 2014.
Web links
See also
Coordinates: 35 ° 43 ′ 20 ″ N , 139 ° 43 ′ 10 ″ E