Aoyama Cemetery

Aoyama cemetery viewed from Roppongi Hills

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Aoyama Cemetery (青山霊園, Aoyama reien) is a cemetery in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The cemetery is also famous for its cherry blossoms, and at the season of hanami, many people visit.

History

The cemetery was originally the land of the Aoyama family of the Gujō clan (now Gujō, Gifu) in the province of Mino (now Gifu). This is Japan's first public cemetery.

The cemetery has an area of 263,564 m².

Japanese Section

The Japanese section includes the graves of many notable Japanese, including:

• Gotō Shōjirō
• Nakae Chōmin
• Nogi Maresuke
• Ōkubo Toshimichi
• Shiga Naoya
• Nishi Takeichi
• Sasaki Takayuki
• Yoshida Shigeru

Foreign Section

The cemetery includes a gaijin bochi (foreign cemetery) containing the remains of many noted foreigners.

• Francis Brinkley (1841–1912) Journalist and scholar.
• Edoardo Chiossone (1833–1898), engraver.
• Edwin Dun (1848–1931), American agricultural advisor.
• William Clark Eastlake (1834–87) "Dental Pioneer of the Orient"
• Hugh Fraser (1837–1894), British ambassador to Japan.
• Flora B. Harris, missionary and translator, wife of Merriman Colbert Harris.
• Merriman Colbert Harris (1846–1921) American Methodist missionary.
• Henry Hartshorne (1823–97), Quaker missionary and doctor, father of Anna Hartshorne.
• Joseph Heco (1837–1897), the first naturalized Japanese-American.
• Paul Jacoulet (1902–1960), French-born woodblock print artist in the Japanese style.
• Arthur Lloyd, English professor and translator
• Henry Spencer Palmer (1838–1893) British engineer and journalist.
• Julius Scriba (1848–1905), German surgeon.
• Guido Verbeck (1830–98), Dutch political advisor, educator, and missionary.
• Charles Dickinson West (1847–1908), Irish engineer.
• Anna Whitney (1834–1883), mother of diarist Clara Whitney.

Hachiko's Grave

One of the cemetery's most famous graves is that of Hachikō, the dutiful dog whose statue adorns Shibuya Station.

Tateyama Branch

The cemetery also has a Tateyama branch, where Nagata Tetsuzan, Kimura Heitarō, and Sagara Sōzō are buried.

See also

• Somei cemetery
• Zōshigaya cemetery
• Yanaka cemetery
• Yahashi cemetery
• Tama cemetery

References

• This article was originally translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article ja:青山霊園, accessed December 16, 2007
• Who is Buried in the Foreign Section?, The Foreign Section Trust.
• "Resting in Pieces", Metropolis, - Dead link.