Deaths in the 1870s - BurialMap

Shimada Ichirō

1848–1878 (age 30)

Yanaka Cemetery

Shimada Ichirō was a samurai of the late Edo period whose life reflected the martial traditions of his class.

1803–1874 (age 71)

Yanaka Cemetery

1820–1872 (age 52)

Yanaka Cemetery

Ikeda Tachū was a physician whose medical practice served his community during the nineteenth century.

Ikebe Kichijūrō

1838–1877 (age 39)

1795–1872 (age 77)

Haruki Nammei was a painter whose artistic legacy contributed to Japanese cultural heritage.

Ōkubo Toshimichi

1830–1878 (age 48)

Aoyama Cemetery

1832–1877 (age 45)

Aoyama Cemetery

Koga Sadao was a Meiji period bureaucrat whose administrative service supported Japan's modernization.

Chiba Sadakichi

1812–1879 (age 67)

Zōshigaya Cemetery

Kawakami Gensai

1834–1872 (age 38)

Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple

Kawakami Gensai was a samurai whose life reflected the martial traditions and honor of his class.

1801–1878 (age 77)

Tōzen-ji Temple

Tokugawa Yoshiyori

1828–1876 (age 48)

Kan'ei-ji Temple

A samurai who lived through the end of the Edo period and the beginning of modern Japan.

1840–1871 (age 31)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

1833–1872 (age 39)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

A military officer who served in Yokohama during Japan's period of international engagement.

William Marshall

1827–1873 (age 46)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

1840–1870 (age 30)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

A missionary who worked in Yokohama during the early years of Japan's modernization.

François Perregaux

1834–1877 (age 43)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

1854–1875 (age 21)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

A teacher who served in Yokohama during Japan's early modernization period.

1805–1870 (age 65)

Saigō Takamori

1828–1877 (age 49)

A legendary samurai leader and key figure in Japan's Meiji Restoration who led the final samurai rebellion.

1856–1874 (age 18)

Shinagawa Shrine

1804–1872 (age 68)

Tokiwa Public Cemetery

A physician who practiced during Japan's period of medical modernization in the nineteenth century.

Moriyama Einosuke

1820–1871 (age 51)

Honmyō-ji Temple

Iwasaki Yajirō

1808–1873 (age 65)

A figure from the late Edo and early Meiji periods who lived through Japan's transformation.

Hirosawa Saneomi

1834–1871 (age 37)

Kayama Eizaemon

1821–1877 (age 56)

A figure who lived through the end of the Edo period and the beginning of modern Japan.

Nagasaki Masakuni

1826–1874 (age 48)

Zuiryū-ji Temple

Murakami Norimune

1808–1872 (age 64)

A figure from the late Edo and early Meiji periods who witnessed Japan's modernization.

Hashimoto Natsuko

1856–1873 (age 17)

Toshimagaoka Cemetery

Wakamitsuteru-hiko no Mikoto

1873–1873 (age 0)

Toshimagaoka Cemetery

An aristocrat of the early Meiji period whose brief life coincided with Japan's modernization.

Nagayama Gaiken

1815–1879 (age 64)

1833–1877 (age 44)

Ryōzen Cemetery

Kido Takayoshi was a Meiji statesman and oligarch instrumental in Japan's modernization and constitutional development.

Yoshino Kinryō

1803–1878 (age 75)

Tennō-ji Temple

Shimazu Keijirō

1857–1877 (age 20)

Tōboku-ji Temple

Shimazu Keijirō was a Meiji-era educator who dedicated his brief life to advancing learning in Japan.

Shimosone Nobuatsu

1806–1874 (age 68)

Tōboku-ji Temple

1823–1876 (age 53)

Genkū-ji Temple

Tani Bunchū was a skilled Japanese painter whose artistic contributions enriched the cultural landscape of nineteenth-c...

1795–1878 (age 83)

Tengen-ji Temple

1797–1870 (age 73)

Sakurayama Shrine

Hayashi Oen was a samurai who lived through Japan's transition from the Edo to Meiji period.

Torajirō Kurakake

1834–1871 (age 37)

1832–1874 (age 42)

Honden-ji Temple

Sentarō was a sailor whose maritime service contributed to Japan's naval development during the Meiji period.

Yamauchi Toyoshige

1827–1872 (age 45)

Shinmon Tatsugorō

1800–1875 (age 75)

Shinmon Tatsugorō was a youxia dedicated to righteous action and chivalry in nineteenth-century Japan.

1826–1877 (age 51)

Sōzen-ji Temple

Komatsu Kiyokado

1835–1870 (age 35)

Komatsu Kiyokado was a samurai who lived through Japan's Bakumatsu period and early Meiji Restoration.

1804–1877 (age 73)

Hōzō-ji Temple

1804–1878 (age 74)

Hōzen-ji Temple

Saitō Gesshin was a historian whose scholarly work preserved and illuminated Japan's cultural and political heritage.

Kimura Shōnosuke XIII

1808–1879 (age 71)

Gyokusen-in Temple

1799–1872 (age 73)

A 19th-century Filipino writer whose works contributed to Philippine literary heritage.

1835–1872 (age 37)

1837–1872 (age 35)

A Filipino writer whose literary voice emerged during the late colonial period.

Dan Beach Bradley

1804–1873 (age 69)

Bangkok Protestant Cemetery

A pioneering American missionary and physician who spent nearly seven decades advancing medicine, education, and Christi...