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Created page with "*''Established: 1874/9/1'' *''Japanese'': 谷中霊園 ''(Yanaka reien)'', 谷中墓地 ''(Yanaka bochi)'' Yanaka Cemetery, located in the Ueno/Nippori area, is one of th..."
*''Established: [[1874]]/9/1''
*''Japanese'': 谷中霊園 ''(Yanaka reien)'', 谷中墓地 ''(Yanaka bochi)''
Yanaka Cemetery, located in the Ueno/Nippori area, is one of the most prominent cemeteries in [[Tokyo]]. Associated primarily with the neighboring [[Yanaka Tenno-ji|Yanaka Tennô-ji]], it contains the graves of over 75 prominent historical figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including those of Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and numerous ''daimyô'', artists, writers, actors, scholars, and statesmen.
Established as "Yanaka Graveyard" (''Yanaka bochi'') in [[1874]], the cemetery came to be administered by the City of Tokyo in [[1899]], and was then renamed "Yanaka Cemetery" (''Yanaka reien'') in 1935. Though most closely associated with Yanaka Tennô-ji, and containing the former site of that temple's pagoda within its grounds, the cemetery also contains many graves formally associated with several other temples, chief among them [[Kan'ei-ji]], including large sections of [[Tokugawa clan]] graves. The cemetery is also famous for its [[sakura|cherry trees]], which line the main path through the grounds.
==Famous Burials==
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] ([[1837]]-1913)
*[[Akai Kageaki]]<!--赤井景韶--> ([[1859]]-[[1885]]), [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] activist
*[[Asada Sohaku|Asada Sôhaku]]<!--浅田宗伯--> ([[1815]]-[[1894]]), Confucian scholar & [[kanpo|Chinese herbal medicine]] specialist
*[[Date Munenari]] ([[1818]]-[[1892]]), lord of [[Uwajima han]]
*[[Ezaki Reiji]]<!--江崎礼二--> ([[1855]]-[[1910]]), photographer
*[[Fukuchi Ochi|Fukuchi Ôchi]]<!--福地桜痴--> ([[1841]]-[[1906]]), aka Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, playwright and critic
*[[Hasegawa Kazuo]] ([[1908]]-1984), film actor
*[[Hatoyama Ichiro|Hatoyama Ichirô]] ([[1883]]-1959), former [[Prime Minister]]
*[[Inoue Randai]] ([[1705]]-[[1761]]), Confucian scholar
*Grave of four executed for plotting the [[1884]] [[Kabasan Incident]]<!--加波山事件-->
*[[Kaburaki Kiyotaka]] ([[1878]]-1972), [[Nihonga]] artist
*[[Kawakami Otojiro|Kawakami Otojirô]] ([[1864]]-[[1911]]), playwright
*[[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] ([[1827]]-[[1881]]), ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter
*[[Kikuchi Yosai|Kikuchi Yôsai]] ([[1788]]-[[1878]]), Nihonga artist
*[[Konakamura Kiyonori]] ([[1821]]-[[1895]]), ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholar
*[[Matsuda Hideo]] ([[1851]]-[[1906]]), first mayor of Tokyo
*Graves of [[Matsudaira clan]] lords of [[Takamatsu han]]
*[[Matsuura Sayohiko|Matsuura Sayôhiko]] ([[1865]]-[[1884]]), assistant to [[Edward Sylvester Morse]]
*[[Mizuno Toshikata]] ([[1866]]-[[1908]]), Nihonga artist
*[[Mitsukuri Shuhei|Matsudaira Shûhei]] ([[1825]]-[[1886]]), ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar
*[[Murata Tsuneyoshi]]<!--村田経芳--> ([[1838]]-1921), inventor of the [[Murata rifle]]
*[[Nakamura Nakazo III|Nakamura Nakazô III]] ([[1809]]-[[1886]]), [[kabuki]] actor
*[[Nanma Uho|Nanma Uhô]]<!--南摩羽峯--> ([[1822]]-[[1909]]), ''kokugaku'' scholar
*[[Odaira Namihei]] ([[1874]]-1951), founder of Hitachi
*[[Ohara Shigetomi|Ôhara Shigetomi]] ([[1801]]-[[1879]]), [[kuge|court noble]]
*[[Ono Azusa]]<!--小野梓--> ([[1852]]-[[1886]]), politician
*[[Saint Nicholas]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]]) of the Greek Orthodox Church
*Graves of [[Sakai clan]] lords of [[Himeji han]]
*[[Sakatani Yoshiro|Sakatani Yoshirô]] ([[1863]]-1941), Minister of Finance & Mayor of Tokyo
*[[Sasaki Nobutsuna]] ([[1872]]-1963), poet & ''kokugaku'' scholar
*[[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]] ([[1804]]-[[1872]]), ''Rangaku'' scholar, founder of [[Juntendo|Juntendô]]
*[[Sato Takanaka|Satô Takanaka]] ([[1827]]-[[1882]]), physician, adopted son of Satô Taizen
*[[Sawada Shojiro|Sawada Shôjirô]]<!--沢田正二郎--> ([[1892]]-1929), actor
*[[Shibusawa Eiichi]] ([[1840]]-1931), father of Japanese capitalism
*[[Takahashi Oden]]<!--高橋お傳--> ([[1850]]-[[1879]]), famous murderer
*[[Tamano Yofumi]] ([[1825]]-[[1886]]), first Supreme Court Chief
*[[Tsuda Mamichi]] ([[1829]]-[[1903]]), legal scholar & politician
*[[Washizu Kido|Washizu Kidô]]<!--鷲津毅堂--> ([[1825]]-[[1882]]), ''[[kangaku]]'' scholar
*[[Yoda Gakkai]]<!--依田学海--> ([[1833]]-[[1909]]), ''kangaku'' scholar
*[[Yokoyama Taikan]] ([[1868]]-1958), Nihonga painter
==References==
*Pamphlets available on-site.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%B0%B7%E4%B8%AD%E9%9C%8A%E5%9C%92&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.723956,139.771779&spn=0.009285,0.021136&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=9.315002,21.643066&t=h&hq=%E8%B0%B7%E4%B8%AD%E9%9C%8A%E5%9C%92&z=16 Yanaka Cemetery on Google Maps]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category;Geographic Locations]]
*''Japanese'': 谷中霊園 ''(Yanaka reien)'', 谷中墓地 ''(Yanaka bochi)''
Yanaka Cemetery, located in the Ueno/Nippori area, is one of the most prominent cemeteries in [[Tokyo]]. Associated primarily with the neighboring [[Yanaka Tenno-ji|Yanaka Tennô-ji]], it contains the graves of over 75 prominent historical figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including those of Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], and numerous ''daimyô'', artists, writers, actors, scholars, and statesmen.
Established as "Yanaka Graveyard" (''Yanaka bochi'') in [[1874]], the cemetery came to be administered by the City of Tokyo in [[1899]], and was then renamed "Yanaka Cemetery" (''Yanaka reien'') in 1935. Though most closely associated with Yanaka Tennô-ji, and containing the former site of that temple's pagoda within its grounds, the cemetery also contains many graves formally associated with several other temples, chief among them [[Kan'ei-ji]], including large sections of [[Tokugawa clan]] graves. The cemetery is also famous for its [[sakura|cherry trees]], which line the main path through the grounds.
==Famous Burials==
*Shogun [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] ([[1837]]-1913)
*[[Akai Kageaki]]<!--赤井景韶--> ([[1859]]-[[1885]]), [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] activist
*[[Asada Sohaku|Asada Sôhaku]]<!--浅田宗伯--> ([[1815]]-[[1894]]), Confucian scholar & [[kanpo|Chinese herbal medicine]] specialist
*[[Date Munenari]] ([[1818]]-[[1892]]), lord of [[Uwajima han]]
*[[Ezaki Reiji]]<!--江崎礼二--> ([[1855]]-[[1910]]), photographer
*[[Fukuchi Ochi|Fukuchi Ôchi]]<!--福地桜痴--> ([[1841]]-[[1906]]), aka Fukuchi Gen'ichirô, playwright and critic
*[[Hasegawa Kazuo]] ([[1908]]-1984), film actor
*[[Hatoyama Ichiro|Hatoyama Ichirô]] ([[1883]]-1959), former [[Prime Minister]]
*[[Inoue Randai]] ([[1705]]-[[1761]]), Confucian scholar
*Grave of four executed for plotting the [[1884]] [[Kabasan Incident]]<!--加波山事件-->
*[[Kaburaki Kiyotaka]] ([[1878]]-1972), [[Nihonga]] artist
*[[Kawakami Otojiro|Kawakami Otojirô]] ([[1864]]-[[1911]]), playwright
*[[Kawakami Togai|Kawakami Tôgai]] ([[1827]]-[[1881]]), ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter
*[[Kikuchi Yosai|Kikuchi Yôsai]] ([[1788]]-[[1878]]), Nihonga artist
*[[Konakamura Kiyonori]] ([[1821]]-[[1895]]), ''[[kokugaku]]'' scholar
*[[Matsuda Hideo]] ([[1851]]-[[1906]]), first mayor of Tokyo
*Graves of [[Matsudaira clan]] lords of [[Takamatsu han]]
*[[Matsuura Sayohiko|Matsuura Sayôhiko]] ([[1865]]-[[1884]]), assistant to [[Edward Sylvester Morse]]
*[[Mizuno Toshikata]] ([[1866]]-[[1908]]), Nihonga artist
*[[Mitsukuri Shuhei|Matsudaira Shûhei]] ([[1825]]-[[1886]]), ''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar
*[[Murata Tsuneyoshi]]<!--村田経芳--> ([[1838]]-1921), inventor of the [[Murata rifle]]
*[[Nakamura Nakazo III|Nakamura Nakazô III]] ([[1809]]-[[1886]]), [[kabuki]] actor
*[[Nanma Uho|Nanma Uhô]]<!--南摩羽峯--> ([[1822]]-[[1909]]), ''kokugaku'' scholar
*[[Odaira Namihei]] ([[1874]]-1951), founder of Hitachi
*[[Ohara Shigetomi|Ôhara Shigetomi]] ([[1801]]-[[1879]]), [[kuge|court noble]]
*[[Ono Azusa]]<!--小野梓--> ([[1852]]-[[1886]]), politician
*[[Saint Nicholas]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]]) of the Greek Orthodox Church
*Graves of [[Sakai clan]] lords of [[Himeji han]]
*[[Sakatani Yoshiro|Sakatani Yoshirô]] ([[1863]]-1941), Minister of Finance & Mayor of Tokyo
*[[Sasaki Nobutsuna]] ([[1872]]-1963), poet & ''kokugaku'' scholar
*[[Sato Taizen|Satô Taizen]] ([[1804]]-[[1872]]), ''Rangaku'' scholar, founder of [[Juntendo|Juntendô]]
*[[Sato Takanaka|Satô Takanaka]] ([[1827]]-[[1882]]), physician, adopted son of Satô Taizen
*[[Sawada Shojiro|Sawada Shôjirô]]<!--沢田正二郎--> ([[1892]]-1929), actor
*[[Shibusawa Eiichi]] ([[1840]]-1931), father of Japanese capitalism
*[[Takahashi Oden]]<!--高橋お傳--> ([[1850]]-[[1879]]), famous murderer
*[[Tamano Yofumi]] ([[1825]]-[[1886]]), first Supreme Court Chief
*[[Tsuda Mamichi]] ([[1829]]-[[1903]]), legal scholar & politician
*[[Washizu Kido|Washizu Kidô]]<!--鷲津毅堂--> ([[1825]]-[[1882]]), ''[[kangaku]]'' scholar
*[[Yoda Gakkai]]<!--依田学海--> ([[1833]]-[[1909]]), ''kangaku'' scholar
*[[Yokoyama Taikan]] ([[1868]]-1958), Nihonga painter
==References==
*Pamphlets available on-site.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E8%B0%B7%E4%B8%AD%E9%9C%8A%E5%9C%92&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.723956,139.771779&spn=0.009285,0.021136&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=9.315002,21.643066&t=h&hq=%E8%B0%B7%E4%B8%AD%E9%9C%8A%E5%9C%92&z=16 Yanaka Cemetery on Google Maps]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category;Geographic Locations]]