Deaths in the 1860s

Sagara Sōzō

1839–1868 (age 29)

Aoyama Cemetery

Otokichi

1817–1867 (age 50)

Mihama

A Japanese sailor whose maritime career spanned the transformative final decades of the Edo period.

Iwase Tadanari

1818–1861 (age 43)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Oguri Tadamasa

1827–1868 (age 41)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

A politician of the late Edo and early Meiji periods who contributed to Japan's political transformation.

Nukina Sūō

1778–1863 (age 85)

Kōdai-ji Temple

Ichikawa Kodanji IV

1812–1866 (age 54)

Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple

A celebrated kabuki actor of the late Edo period who exemplified the artistry and tradition of Japanese theater.

Hirano Kuniomi

1828–1864 (age 36)

Kyoto Ryōzen-Gokoku Shrine

Emperor Kōmei

1831–1867 (age 36)

Tsuki no wa no misasagi

The 121st Emperor of Japan whose reign encompassed the nation's dramatic transition from feudalism to modernity.

Oda Kaisen

1785–1862 (age 77)

Ōbai-in

San'yūtei Enshō II

1806–1862 (age 56)

Zenshō-an Temple

A master rakugoka whose performances exemplified the classical Japanese storytelling tradition of the late Edo period.

Maki Yasuomi

1813–1864 (age 51)

Mount Tennōzan

Charles Lennox Richardson

1834–1862 (age 28)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

British businessperson in Yokohama who died in 1862.

Henry Edward Hoey

d. 1869

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

George Walter Baldwin

1864–1864 (age 0)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Military personnel buried in Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery.

Robert Nicholas Bird

1841–1864 (age 23)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Nakayama Tadamitsu

1845–1864 (age 19)

Nakayama Shrine

Japanese individual who lived from 1845 to 1864.

Kiyokawa Hachirō

1830–1863 (age 33)

Denzū-in Temple

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo

1830–1866 (age 36)

Moto-Asakusa

Japanese painter (1830-1866) buried at Moto-Asakusa.

Takashima Shūhan

1798–1866 (age 68)

Daien-ji Temple

Yokoi Shōnan

1809–1869 (age 60)

Tenju-an

Japanese politician (1809-1869) who influenced reform during the Meiji transition.

Kayano Gonbei

1828–1869 (age 41)

Tennei-ji Temple

Tanaka Tosa

1820–1868 (age 48)

Tennei-ji Temple

Japanese samurai (1820-1868) buried at Tennei-ji Temple.

Kawai Tsuginosuke

1827–1868 (age 41)

Odayama

Fujita Kishirō

1842–1865 (age 23)

Tokiwa Public Cemetery

Japanese individual (1842-1865) buried at Tokiwa Public Cemetery.

Frank Toovey Lake

1849–1868 (age 19)

Hiroshima

Ninomiya Keisaku

1804–1862 (age 58)

Kōtai-ji Temple

Japanese physician (1804-1862) buried at Kōtai-ji Temple.

Kusumoto Taki

1807–1869 (age 62)

Kōtai-ji Temple

Miura Gomon

1808–1860 (age 52)

Honren-ji Temple

Japanese painter (1808-1860) interred at Honren-ji Temple.

Takasugi Shinsaku

1839–1867 (age 28)

Tōgyō-an Temple

Hirosada Itō

1820–1869 (age 49)

Eiryō-ji Temple

Japanese individual (1820-1869) buried at Eiryō-ji Temple.

Itō Hiromitsu

1781–1864 (age 83)

Eiryō-ji Temple

Koyama Zengen

1827–1869 (age 42)

Eiryō-ji Temple

Koyama Zengen was a Buddhist priest at Eiryō-ji Temple who lived through Japan's dramatic historical transformation.

Anegakōji Kintomo

1840–1863 (age 23)

Shōjōke-in Temple

Hori Toshikata

1864–1864 (age 0)

Genkaku-ji Temple

Hori Toshikata was a Buddhist priest at Genkaku-ji Temple during nineteenth-century Japan.

Tokugawa Nariaki

1800–1860 (age 60)

Zuiryūsan

Nagasaki Kōsai

1799–1864 (age 65)

Zuiryū-ji Temple

Nagasaki Kōsai was a Kampo physician whose medical practice served his community from 1799 to 1864.

Tada Yatarō

1826–1864 (age 38)

Kyōō-ji Temple

Taki Zenzaburō

1837–1868 (age 31)

Nōfuku-ji Temple

Taki Zenzaburō was a samurai who lived during Japan's pivotal transition from the Edo to Meiji period.

Sakuma Shōzan

1811–1864 (age 53)

Renjō-ji Temple

Ii Naosuke

1815–1860 (age 45)

Gōtoku-ji Temple

Ii Naosuke was an influential politician and daimyo whose leadership shaped Japan's response to foreign contact in the m...

Utagawa Yoshikata

1841–1864 (age 23)

Yanaka

Sakamoto Ryōma

1836–1867 (age 31)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Sakamoto Ryōma was a visionary samurai and political reformer whose legacy profoundly shaped modern Japan.

Kijima Matabei

1817–1864 (age 47)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Yoshimura Toratarō

1837–1863 (age 26)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Yoshimura Toratarō was a samurai who lived during Japan's transformative mid-nineteenth century.

Yamada Tōkichi

1848–1867 (age 19)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Takagi Motoemon

1833–1864 (age 31)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Takagi Motoemon was a samurai whose life spanned Japan's revolutionary transformation in the mid-nineteenth century.

Inoue Den

1789–1869 (age 80)

Tokuun-ji Temple

Henry Heusken

1832–1861 (age 29)

Kōrin-ji Temple

Henry Heusken was a Dutch-American interpreter whose linguistic skills facilitated early Western-Japanese diplomatic rel...

Kobayashi Denkichi

1850–1860 (age 10)

Kōrin-ji Temple

Takashima Yūan

1821–1868 (age 47)

Hōon-ji Temple

Takashima Yūan was a Kampo physician whose traditional medical practice served his community throughout the nineteenth ...