No. Name Profile Grave site

13Akai　Kageaki

赤井　景韶1859-1885 甲　8号　6側 25

Inoue Randai

井上　蘭臺1705-1761 甲 10号 2側

1Amatsu Otome

天津　乙女1905-1980 甲　1号　1側 40

Ishihara Jun

石原　純1881-1947 乙 4号 4側

57Asada Sohaku

淺田　宗伯1815-1894 乙　8号 10側 26

Ishikawa Chiyomatsu

石川　千代松1861-1935 甲 10号 3側

64Baba Kocho

馬場　孤蝶1869-1940 乙 10号 左5側 53

Ito Keisuke

伊藤　圭介1803-1901 乙 8号 6側

65Baba Tatsui

馬場　辰猪1850-1888 乙 10号 左5側 48

Jono Saigiku

條野　採菊1832-1902 乙 7号 甲2側

60Date Munenari

伊達　宗城1818-1892 乙 8号 11側 12 甲 8号 2側

30Dewanoumi

出羽海1873-1922 甲 13号 2側 75

Kaburaki Kiyokata

鏑木　清方1878-1972 乙 13号 左3側

71Enchi Fumiko

圓地　文子1905-1986 乙 11号 5側 6

Kawakami Otojiro

川上　音二郎1864-1911

Stone monument

碑甲 2号 3側

8Ezaki Reiji

江崎　禮二1855-1910 甲 3号 2側 15

Kawakami Togai

川上　冬崖1827-1881 甲 8号 20側

4Fukuchi Ochi

福地　櫻痴1841-1906 甲 1号 12側 43

Kikuchi Dairoku

菊池　大麓1855-1917 乙 5号 2側

10Hanayagi Jusuke

花柳　壽輔1821-1903 甲 3号 7側 35

Kikuchi Yosai

菊池　容齋1788-1878 乙 3号 9側

19Hasegawa Kazuo

長谷川　一夫1908-1984 甲 9号 2側 74

Kishida Ginko

岸田　吟香1833-1905 乙 12号 7側

52Hatoyama ichiro

鳩山　一郎1883-1959 乙 8号 4側 42

Kishimoto Tatsuo

岸本　辰雄1852-1912 乙 4号 9側

72Hirano Tomiji

平野　富二1846-1892 乙 11号 14側 20

Konakamura Kiyonori

小中村　清矩1821-1895 甲 9号 8側

73Hirano Yoshitaro

平野　義太郎1897-1980 乙 11号 14側 22

Majima Fuyumichi

間島　冬道1825-1890 甲 9号 21側

54Hirotsu Kazuo

廣津　和郎1891-1968 乙 8号 10側 16

Matsuda Hideo

松田　秀雄1851-1906 甲 8号 10側

55Hirotsu Ryuro

廣津　柳浪1861-1928 乙 8号 10側 45

Matsuura Sayohiko

松浦　佐用彦1865-1884 乙 6号 2側

67Hozumi Nobushige

穂積　陳重1856-1926 乙 11号 2側 44

Mitsukuri Shuhei

箕作　秋坪1825-1886 乙 5号 2側

1883-1951 乙 11号 2側No. Name Profile Grave site

The graves of 75 prominent historical figures at Yanaka Cemetery

68Hozumi Shigeto

穂積　重遠

Top star of the Takarazuka Revue consisting exclusively of female members. Her real name is Torii Eiko.

Confucian scholar & Chinese herbal medicine specialist. Well known for cough drops named after him.

Writer & translator of Russian writers such as Tolstoy and Gorky. Baba Tatsui's younger brother.

Democratic rights activist, political scientist & essayist. He wrote some books to introduce Japan in English.

Count, politician. Representing the Japanese government, he signed the Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty.

The 19th grand champion sumo wrestler. He made a courtesy call on the President of the U.S. in 1908. aka Hitachiyama Taniemon.

Writer, who translated "The tale of Genji" into modern Japanese. Most of her works deal with female psychology and sexuality.

Photographer, who won a reputation for the act of taking a picture using photographic gelatin plate.

Journalist, who was a main writer for the TokyoNichi-nichi Shimbun newspaper. Playwright & author of Kabuki plays. aka Fukuchi Genichiro.

Activist in the democratic movement for freedom and people's rights.

Physicist, who studied the theory of relativity. Talented poet writing waka poems of working-class inspiration.

Biologist, who introduced theories of evolution to Japan. He experimented with breeding ayusuccessfully.

Physician, Franz von Siebold's student, who specialized in the study of medicinal plants and translated Thunberg's Flora Japonica.

Confucian scholar, who studied at the official shogunate school (the Shohei-ko) and fostered many disciples.

Years of birthand death

Classical Japanese dancer & choreographer. Founder of Hanayagi-ryu school of dance, which is considered

the largest and most popular school of dance.

Japan's foremost actor of the prewar period, who was known for his outstanding good looks.

Politician. As prime minister in 1955, he rebuilt diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union.

Industrialist, "The Gutenberg of Japan," who created the first Japanese typesetting system and founded the Tsukiji Type Foundry.

Economic theorist, writer, peace movement activist. Grandson of printing pioneer HiranoTomiji.

Novelist, literary critic and translator, son of novelist Hirotsu Ryuro.

Novelist, who was credited with the creation of the tragic novel genre in Japanese literature.

Jurist, legal scholar, doctorate of law. One of the founders of the English Law School, the forerunner of Chuo University.

Dutch scholar, illuminator, founding member of the Meirokusha(Japan's first academic society).

Jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court specializing in civil law. Son of Nobushige Hozumi.

Playwright, journalist, one of the founders of the Tokyo Nichi-nichi Shinbun(presently Mainichi Shinbun).

The Mt. Kaba Incident is one of Freedom and People's Rights Movement taking place in 1884. Four were sentenced to death by hanging.

Painter & leading master of the bijin-ga(images of beautiful women). He illustrate the titles of popular novels. Jono Saigiku's son.

Actor, who became popular with the Oppekepe song aiming at satirizing current events. First promoter of modern theater in Japan.

Mathematician, president of Tokyo Imperial University, Minister of Education, director of the Physics and Chemistry Research Institute.

Painter most famous for his monochrome portraits of more than 500 historical figures.Registered as cultural heritage.

Newspaper journalist. He helped J. C. Hepburn compile his Japanese-English dictionary and made a sale of the first liquid eye lotion in Japan.

One of the founders and president of Meiji University. Legal scholar and government official during the Meiji era.

Scholar of ancient Japanese thought and culture, member of Kizokuin(the House of Peers).

Poet, one of the six best poets in the Meiji period. Manager of the 15th National Bank.

First mayor of Tokyo, member of the House of Representatives.

Zoologist, Tokyo Imperial University student. Assistant of Edward Sylvester Morse, who discovered the Omori shell mound.

Western-style painter. He worked at the institute for Western studies.

Years of birthand death

Graves of those concerned in the Mt. Kaba Incident

加波山事件の墓

No. Name Profile Grave site No. Name Profile Grave site

28Mizuno Toshikata

水野　年方1866-1908 甲 10号 6側 66

Shibusawa Eiichi

澁澤　榮一1840-1931 乙 11号 1側

63Motoori Nagayo

本居　長世1885-1945 乙 10号 左4側 47

Shigeno Yasutsugu

重野　安繹1827-1910 乙 6号 5側

62Motoori Toyokai

本居　豊穎1834-1913 乙 10号 左4側 23

Shishi Bunroku

獅子　文六1893-1969 甲 9号 22側

49Murata Tsuneyoshi

村田　經芳1838-1921 乙 7号 1側 50

Taguchi Ukichi

田口　卯吉1855-1905 乙 7号 6側

36Nakajima Utako

中島　歌子1841-1903 乙 3号 9側 5

Takahashi Oden

高橋　お傳1850-1879

Stone monument

碑甲 2号 1側

3Nakamura Nakazo

中村　仲藏1809-1886 甲 1号 11側 21

Tamano Yofumi

玉乃　世履1825-1886 甲 9号 17側

2Nanma Uho

南摩　羽峯1822-1909 甲 1号 7側 58

Tanaka Yoshio

田中　芳男1838-1916 乙 8号 10側

32Nicholas of Japan

ニコライ1836-1912 乙 2号 新1側 38

Tanomogi Keikichi

頼母木　桂吉1867-1940 乙 3号 18側

33Obana Sakusuke

小花　作助1829-1901 乙 3号 3側 37

Toyama Masakazu

外山　正一1848-1900 乙 3号 10側

17Odaira Namihei

小平　浪平1874-1951 甲 8号 12側 61

Tsuda Mamichi

津田　真道1829-1903 乙 10号 左3側

46Ohara Shigetomi

大原　重徳1801-1879 乙 6号 5側 24

Tsukada Shukyo

塚田　秀鏡1848-1918 甲 9号 26側

11Ono Azusa

小野　梓1852-1886 甲 6号 10側 76

Tsunenohana

常の花1896-1960 乙 13号 右4側

9Osada Shuto

長田　秋濤1871-1915 甲 3号 6側 27

Ueda Bin

上田　敏1874-1916

The 1st cinerarium

第1立体埋蔵施設

59Sakai family's grave

酒井家の墓乙 8号 10側 70

Ueda Kazutoshi

上田　萬年1867-1937 乙 11号 5側

69Sakatani Yoshiro

阪谷　芳郎1863-1941 乙 11号 2側 56

Washizu Kido

鷲津　毅堂1825-1882 乙 8号 10側

14Sasaki Nobutsuna

佐々木　信綱1872-1963 甲 8号 乙7側 29

Yatabe Ryokichi

矢田部　良吉1851-1899 甲 11号 1側

31Sato Taizen

佐藤　泰然1804-1872 甲新 16号 24側 34

Yoda Gakkai

依田　學海1833-1909 乙 7号 5側

18Sato Takanaka

佐藤　尚中1827-1882 甲 9号 1側 51

Yokoyama Taikan

横山　大観1868-1958 乙 8号 4側

乙 4号 7側1894-1956Miyagi Michio

宮城　道雄41 7

Sawada Shojiro

澤田　正二郎1892-1929 甲 3号 1側

Painter, disciple of Okakura Tenshin. He organized the Japan Fine Arts Academy and was best known for his monochrome paintings.

Senior bureaucrat and industrialist. He helped to found some 500 companies and was called "the father of Japanese capitalizm."

Years of birthand death

Blind composer. He wrote works for koto and shakuhachi showing some Western influence and invented a 17-string koto.

Japanese-style painter, who worked on historical paintings, portraits of beautiful women,and newspaper illustrations.

Military officer. He developed the first domestically produced gun, the Murata Gun of 1880.

Poet. She founded the school of Haginoya for training women of the upper and middle class.Novelist Higuchi Ichiyo attended the school.

Nakamura Nakazo Ⅲ . Kabuki actor, dancer, excelling in villain roles.

Scholar of classical Japanese and Chinese studies, educator, feudal retainer of the former AizuDomain.

Russian Orthodox archbishop. He had the Orthodox cathedral of Tokyo built in 1884.

Served as the first governor of Ogasawara islands during the Meiji regime. Registered as cultural heritage.

Entrepreneur who founded Hitachi, multinational corporation specializing in high-technology.

Court noble, active in the movement to restore the monarchy

with a political slogan of "Revere the Emperor, Expel the

Barbarians." Registered as cultural heritage.

Scholar of social science, jurist, who went to study to the U.S. and England. He founded the TokyoSenmon Gakko(current Waseda University).

Author, translator, who best known work is "Princess Camellia."

Statesman, mayor of Tokyo. As the Minister of Finance he

played an important role in the finance of the Russo-Japanese

War and the postwar financial management.

Poet and scholar of Japanese literature noted for his studies of classics such as Man'yoshu and waka.

Scholar of Dutch Studies, medical expert, founder of the Juntendo in Sakura(present Chibaprefecture).

Scholar of Dutch Studies, medical expert, who founded Japan's first private hospital in Tokyo named Juntendo Hospital. Taizen's adopted son.

Actor, who specialized in heroic roles and historical tragedies. He created the Shinkokugeki(New National Theater) company.

Historian, scholar in Chinese studies. He founded the Society of History and became its first president.

Author, playwright and founding member of the Bungakuza Theater. His real name is Iwata Toyoo.

Economist, historian, who founded an economics journal, in which he advocated adoption of a liberal

economy. A member of the House of Representatives.

First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan.

Naturalist, civil servant. He contributed to the establishment of the Ueno Museum and UenoZoological Park.

Statesman. He was elected Mayor of Tokyo in 1939 and died while in office.

President of the University of Tokyo, Minister of Education. He tried to have kanji characters replaced by a romanized alphabet.

Statesman, legal scholar, who wrote the first Japanese work devoted to Western laws in 1866.

Artist, metal engraver. The title of "Imperial Court Artist" was bestowed upon him in 1913.

Poet, known for his work Kaichoon(The Sound of the Tide), a collection of translations from French and German poets.

Linguist. He founded the modern scientific study of the Japanese language. Father of novelist Enchi Fumiko.

Botanist, who is famous for introducing Western botany to Japan. He was active in newstyle poetry and

the improvement of the Japanese language.

Scholar of the Chinese classics, playwright who was engaged in the movement of the theatrical play reformation.

Composer known for children’s songs. He tried to revitalize traditional Japanese music by utilizing elements of Western music.

Scholar of Japanese classical literature, tankapoet. Grandfather of renowned composer Motoori Nagayo.

The Sakai was a powerful feudal lord, who ruled Himeji-han(today Hyogo Prefecture). One of the chief retainer families of the Tokugawa clan.

Commoner. Arrested for murder, she was sentenced to death and decapitated. Inspired by her death, many

novelists and playwrights made use of her story.

The 31st grand champion sumo wrestler, head of the Sumo Association. He made efforts to construct the Kuramae Sumo Hall.

Scholar of classical Chinese. Grandfather of novelist Nagai Kafu.

Years of birthand death