DescriptionGrave of Yokoi Shōnan (横井小楠) in Nanzenji (南禅寺), Kyoto. Note in Griffis's hand says: "No. 1 (larger picture) [this photograph]. The graveyard in Nanzenji (a Buddhist temple) Nan=South,...
DescriptionScene of Yokoi Shōnan (横井小楠)'s assassination in 1869. Shōnan, an influential philosopher who advocated for opening of Japan to the West, was assassinated in Kyoto, Japan, by a radical...
DescriptionWilliam E. Griffis photographed with his students whom he took with him from Fukui when he moved to Tokyo in 1872. Griffis's note on the back reads: "My Fukuwi boys who live with me," and identifies...
DescriptionRemains of the Fukui Castle (福井城). Griffis's note on the back reads: "Ramparts and towers gone. Moat and walls of the great castle area within which lived the samurai or knights." The castle was...
DescriptionThe old Fukui Castle (福井城) with a view of its moat. Griffis's note on the back reads: "Old castle and moats. Ramparts and towers removed and interior spaces since 1880 given up to mulberry...
DescriptionView of Matsudaira Experimental Farm (松平試農場) in Fukui. Griffis's note on the back reads: "Farm of Marquis Matsudaira son of former feudal lord."
DescriptionThis is a photograph of Yōkōkan (養浩館), a garden created in the early Edo period (1603-1868) centered around a large pond and by a sukiya-style villa that belonged to the Matsudaira, the daimyo...
DescriptionCherry blossoms located at the Sakae Shrine (佐佳枝廼神社) in Fukui. Griffis's note on the back reads: "In spring, cherry blossoms time at Fukui--Otani's [?] delight."
