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- February 2023 Issue Viewing Yokohama and Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period from old photographs
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February 2023 Issue Viewing Yokohama and Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period from old photographs
Yokohama has the sea, port, greenery, history, region, people, and various attractions. We will deliver the color of this town as "Yokohama Aya Discovery". This time, I will talk about the unknown scenery of Yokohama and Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period.
Last update date February 1, 2023
As for publication contents of "public information Yokohama" February, 2023 issue "Yokohama Aya discovery", please see link.
Yokohama Archives of History Special Exhibition "Phantom Photographer Charles Weed: The Unknown Japanese Scenery of the late Tokugawa Period"
At Yokohama Archives of History in Nihon Odori Avenue, a photo exhibition by Charles Weed, an American photographer who took pictures of Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period until March 12, 2023. This time, in addition to the space of the February 2023 issue of "Public Information Yokohama", "Yokohama Aya Discovery", we will introduce old photos of Weed.
1 Photographed from Negishi Fudozaka 1867-68, Yoji Okayama
On the way down from the current Negishi Forest Park to Negishi Station, there is a long slope called Fudozaka. This is a photo taken from Fudozaka at the end of the Tokugawa period. The sea on the right is Negishi Bay, and the village along the coast is Negishi Village. Now the sea has been reclaimed and the Metropolitan Expressway is running, the scenery has changed a lot.
2 Wade overlooking Nojima from Kurantei in the eight scenic spots of Kanazawa 1867-68
There is a temple called Kinryuin Temple near Kanazawa Hakkei Station in Keihinkyuko Line. The hill behind it was an "observatory" overlooking the eight views of Kanazawa in the Edo period. The hill on the left in the photo is Nojima (now Nojimakoen). The right hand is now Muronogi in Yokosuka City. This area, which used to be an inland area, is now mostly reclaimed.
3 "Road to Mount Fuji" Photographed by Weed 1867-68, owned by Yoji Okayama
In English, it has a caption called "Fusi Yama" (Mt. Fuji) ". It looks like a suburb of Yokohama, but I don't know the shooting points well. Most of the Yokohama city area during the Edo period, such a sight spread. Is there anyone who knows where the film was taken?
4 Photographed by the Oura Settlement and Dejima Weed in Nagasaki 1867-68
Weed photograph not only Yokohama but also the scenery of Nagasaki. In Nagasaki, a "foreign settlement" was also created in Nagasaki. The area where the Western-style buildings are lined up on the right is the Oura Settlement. From the center of the back to the left is Dejima, where Dutch people lived in the Edo period.
5 Edo Weed as seen from Atagoyama 1867-68 Collection of Yoji Okayama
Atagoyama, where the NHK Broadcasting Museum is located. In the Edo period, it was a spectacular view point overlooking Edo. The front left is Shinfukuji Temple. It is a temple where foreign envoys also stayed. In the photo, the mansion of Daimyo and Hagimoto are endlessly spread. Nowadays, even if you climb to the top of the mountain, the surrounding buildings are higher, and you can't see it at all.
Yokohama Archives of History Special Exhibition "Phantom Photographer Charles Weed: The Unknown Japanese Scenery of the late Tokugawa Period"
Dates (5) From Saturday, January 28, 2023 to Sunday, March 12, 2023 ※
※ Closed days: Monday (However, open on public holidays and closed the following Tuesday)
Opening hours 9:30-17:00 (entrance until 16:30)
Location 3, Nihonodori, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
(2 minutes on foot from Nihon Odori Avenue Station in Minato Mirai Line, about 15 minutes on foot from Kannai Station on the JR Kannai Station (South Exit) and Kannai Station on the Municipal Subway.)
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