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Charles Wolff

1840–1919 (age 79)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

American missionary who served in Yokohama during Japan's modernization era.

Mary Eddy Kidder

1834–1910 (age 76)

Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery

Nakajima Buzan

1829–1911 (age 82)

Kōmyō-ji Temple

Buddhist monk and spiritual leader at Kōmyō-ji Temple during the Meiji era.

Mishima Chūshū

1831–1919 (age 88)

Fuji Cemetery

Itagaki Taisuke

1837–1919 (age 82)

Shinagawa Shrine

Influential Meiji-era politician who championed democratic reform and constitutional government.

Muichi Inui

1897–1918 (age 21)

Shinagawa Shrine

Kazan Takahashi

1882–1915 (age 33)

Dairen-ji Temple

Military officer whose service reflected Japan's early twentieth-century modernization efforts.

Tatsuno Kingo

1854–1919 (age 65)

Joen-ji Temple

Sumako Matsui

1886–1919 (age 33)

Bentenchō

Pioneer of modern Japanese music and performance during the early twentieth century.

Inoue Masaru

1843–1910 (age 67)

Tōkai-ji Temple

Nagase Tomirō

1863–1911 (age 48)

Somei Cemetery

Businessman whose enterprises contributed to Japan's economic modernization.

Okakura Kakuzō

1863–1913 (age 50)

Somei Cemetery

Yamada Bimyō

1868–1910 (age 42)

Somei Cemetery

Meiji-era writer whose literary works contributed to the development of modern Japanese prose.

Shimooka Renjō

1823–1914 (age 91)

Somei Cemetery

Fukuoka Takachika

1835–1919 (age 84)

Somei Cemetery

Samurai who lived through Japan's transformation from feudal to modern society.

Takamine Hideo

1853–1910 (age 57)

Somei Cemetery

Hijikata Hisamoto

1833–1918 (age 85)

Somei Cemetery

Meiji-period politician who contributed to Japan's modern political development.

Shimose Masachika

1860–1911 (age 51)

Somei Cemetery

Tsuboi Shōgorō

1863–1913 (age 50)

Somei Cemetery

Meiji-era educator who contributed to Japan's development of modern education.

Kenshi Okumiya

1857–1911 (age 54)

Somei Cemetery

Sugi Kōji

1828–1917 (age 89)

Somei Cemetery

Sugi Kōji was a pioneering statistician who advanced statistical science in Meiji-era Japan.

Kajita Hanko

1870–1917 (age 47)

Somei Cemetery

Shōmin Unno

1844–1915 (age 71)

Somei Cemetery

Shōmin Unno was a distinguished painter whose works reflected the artistic traditions of late Meiji Japan.

Naohiko Kumagai

1829–1913 (age 84)

Somei Cemetery

Sakutarō Fujioka

1870–1910 (age 40)

Somei Cemetery

Sakutarō Fujioka was a literary scholar whose work advanced Japanese literary criticism.

Muraoka Ryōsuke

1845–1917 (age 72)

Somei Cemetery

Shihōda Sakamoto

1873–1917 (age 44)

Somei Cemetery

Shihōda Sakamoto was a haiku poet whose verses exemplified the refined traditions of Japanese poetry.

Tokugawa Akitake

1853–1910 (age 57)

Zuiryūsan

Eliza Talcott

1836–1911 (age 75)

Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery

Eliza Talcott was a missionary who dedicated her life to education and service in Japan.

Edward Hazlett Hunter

1843–1917 (age 74)

Kobe Municipal Foreign Cemetery

Takuboku Ishikawa

1886–1912 (age 26)

Cape Tachimachi

Takuboku Ishikawa was an influential writer and poet whose works shaped modern Japanese literature.

Kōgyō Terasaki

1866–1919 (age 53)

Sōsen-ji Temple

Prince Arisugawa Takehito

1862–1913 (age 51)

Toshimagaoka Cemetery

Prince Arisugawa Takehito was a military leader and imperial family member who served Japan during its modernization.

Inoue Kaoru

1836–1915 (age 79)

Chōkoku-ji Temple

Sasaki Tōyō

1839–1918 (age 79)

Tennō-ji Temple

Sasaki Tōyō was a physician whose medical practice advanced healthcare in nineteenth-century Japan.

Chūichirō Ueda

1848–1914 (age 66)

Sōryū-ji Temple

Shiina Hidetane

1851–1912 (age 61)

Seijima

Shiina Hidetane was a ship-owner whose business ventures advanced Japan's maritime industry.

Kimura Shōnosuke XVI

1849–1912 (age 63)

Gyokusen-in Temple

Daniel Crosby Greene

1843–1913 (age 70)

Nyakuoji Cemetery

Daniel Crosby Greene was an American teacher whose educational work advanced learning in Japan.

Mary Jane Forbes Greene

1845–1910 (age 65)

Nyakuoji Cemetery

Hasegawa Yoshimichi

1850–1924 (age 74)

Tokyo

A Tokyo-born military officer who served Japan during the Meiji era's modernization period.

Sachiko, Princess Hisa

1927–1928 (age 1)

Bunkyō-ku

Hitachiyama Taniemon

1874–1922 (age 48)

Yanaka Cemetery

A prominent rikishi in early twentieth-century professional sumo wrestling.

Kinoshita Rigen

1886–1925 (age 39)

Yanaka Cemetery

Masaharu Yoshida

1852–1921 (age 69)

Yanaka Cemetery

A journalist who contributed to the development of modern Japanese media during the Meiji period.

Shunichi Shimamura

1862–1923 (age 61)

Yanaka Cemetery

Satake Eison

1845–1922 (age 77)

Yanaka Cemetery

A painter who contributed to Japanese visual arts during the late Meiji and early Taishō periods.

Murata Tsuneyoshi

1838–1921 (age 83)

Yanaka Cemetery

Terukata Ikeda

1883–1921 (age 38)

Yanaka Cemetery

A painter active in early twentieth-century Japan during the Taishō period.

Shōjirō Sawada

1892–1929 (age 37)

Yanaka Cemetery