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.
Edmund Morel
1840–1871 (age 31)
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
Jean Marlin
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
Edward Cornes
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
Albert Bates
1854–1875 (age 21)
Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery
A teacher who served in Yokohama during Japan's early modernization period.
Rekisai Abe
1805–1870 (age 65)
Minowa
Saigō Takamori
1828–1877 (age 49)
Nanshū Shrine
A legendary samurai leader and key figure in Japan's Meiji Restoration who led the final samurai rebellion.
Itagaki Sei
1856–1874 (age 18)
Shinagawa Shrine
Honma Genchō
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)
Somei Cemetery
A figure from the late Edo and early Meiji periods who lived through Japan's transformation.
Hirosawa Saneomi
1834–1871 (age 37)
Shōin Shrine
Kayama Eizaemon
1821–1877 (age 56)
Somei Cemetery
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)
Mount Zao
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)
Mount Noda
Kido Takayoshi
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
Tani Bunchū
1823–1876 (age 53)
Genkū-ji Temple
Tani Bunchū was a skilled Japanese painter whose artistic contributions enriched the cultural landscape of nineteenth-c...
Tōjō Kindai
1795–1878 (age 83)
Tengen-ji Temple
Hayashi Oen
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)
Hongen-ji
Sentarō
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)
Ōi Park
Shinmon Tatsugorō
1800–1875 (age 75)
Seiun-ji
Shinmon Tatsugorō was a youxia dedicated to righteous action and chivalry in nineteenth-century Japan.
Tezuka Ryōsen
1826–1877 (age 51)
Sōzen-ji Temple
Komatsu Kiyokado
1835–1870 (age 35)
Yoshitoshi
Komatsu Kiyokado was a samurai who lived through Japan's Bakumatsu period and early Meiji Restoration.
Sekine Untei
1804–1877 (age 73)
Hōzō-ji Temple
Saitō Gesshin
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
Nakayama Miki
1798–1887 (age 89)
Tenri
Nakayama Miki (中山 みき; 18 April 1798 – 26 January 1887 by the Japanese calendar) was a nineteenth-century Japan...
Saitō Gigi
1816–1889 (age 73)
Tamamura
Ukai Gyokusen
1807–1887 (age 80)
Yanaka Cemetery
Ukai Gyokusen was a pioneering Japanese photographer who documented his era during Japan's early adoption of photographi...
Azusa Ono
1852–1886 (age 34)
Yanaka Cemetery
Mitsukuri Shūhei
1826–1886 (age 60)
Yanaka Cemetery
Mitsukuri Shūhei was a Meiji-period historian whose scholarly contributions shaped modern Japanese historical studies.
Washizu Kidō
1825–1882 (age 57)
Yanaka Cemetery
Nakazō Nakamura III
1809–1886 (age 77)
Yanaka Cemetery
Nakazō Nakamura III was a renowned kabuki actor of the Meiji era who upheld the traditions of classical Japanese theate...
Satō Takanaka
1827–1882 (age 55)
Yanaka Cemetery
Tsuneki Kurushima
1860–1889 (age 29)
Yanaka Cemetery
Tsuneki Kurushima was a young Meiji-era activist whose passionate advocacy for social reform left a lasting impact despi...
Egi Takatō
1849–1880 (age 31)
Yanaka Cemetery
Tatsui Baba
1850–1888 (age 38)
Yanaka Cemetery
Baba Tatsui (馬場 辰猪; 24 June 1850 – 1 November 1888) was a Japanese legislative reformer during the Meiji perio...
Albert du Bousquet
1837–1882 (age 45)
Aoyama Cemetery
Narushima Ryūhoku
1837–1884 (age 47)
Zōshigaya Cemetery
Narushima Ryūhoku was a Meiji-era writer whose literary works bridged traditional and modern Japanese literary forms.
Chiba Jūtarō
1824–1885 (age 61)
Zōshigaya Cemetery