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Cultural Path
The Cultural Path (文化のみち, ''Bunka-no-michi'') is located between Naka-ku and Higashi-ku in the centre of Nagoya, Japan. It shows a number of historic buildings that are under heritage protection. The area was designated in 1999. The area's historic buildings range back from the Edo period to the Meiji era and Taishō era of the 1920s. Included in the list are mansions, government buildings, temples, and shrines. Many of them are registered as Tangible Cultural Property. List of such historic monuments Brick and concrete buildings * Nagoya City Hall main building, from 1933, Registered Tangible Cultural Property Important Urban Landscape Building * Aichi Prefectural Government Office, from 1938, Registered Tangible Cultural Property Important Urban Landscape Building * former Aichi Credit Unions Association hall, from 1933–38, today used as Aichi Prefectural Office Ōtsubashi branch * former Nagoya Court of Appeal district courthouse, from 1922, designated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya City Archives
Nagoya City Archives (名古屋市市政資料館) is a historic building located in the city of Nagoya, central Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... It was constructed in 1922 during the Taishō era, when western influences in architecture were increasingly fashionable in Japan. It was originally built as the Nagoya Court of Appeals building. It is designated today as an Important Cultural Property. External links Government of Nagoya Buildings and structures in Nagoya Government buildings completed in 1922 Important Cultural Properties of Japan Archives in Japan Tourist attractions in Nagoya City archives 1922 establishments in Japan {{Japan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Yoshinao
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Biography Born the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his concubine, Okame no Kata. His childhood name was Gorōtamaru (五郎太丸). While still a young child, he was appointed leader of first the fief of Kofu in Kai Province and later the fief of Kiyosu in Owari Province. In 1610, he was appointed leader of the Owari Domain (present-day Nagoya), one of the most important regions in the country, thus founding the Owari-Tokugawa house. A holder of the 2nd court rank, junior grade (''ju-ni-i''), he had the title of ''dainagon'' (major counselor). During the Kan'ei era (1624-44) he had a kiln constructed at the corner of the Ofuke enceinte (''Ofukemaru'') of Nagoya Castle and invited potters from Seto to make pottery there. This became known as Ofukei ware. Yoshinao began learning Shinkage-ryū from Yagyū Hyōgonosuke at age 16, and was named the 4th ''sōke'' at age 21. His remains were cremated and laid to rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the most important castle towns in Japan, Nagoya-juku, a post station on the Minoji road linking two of the important Edo Five Routes, the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō and the Nakasendō. Nagoya Castle became the core of the modern Nagoya and ownership was transferred to the city by the Imperial Household Ministry in 1930. Nagoya Castle was partially destroyed in 1945 during the bombing of Nagoya, Pacific War and the reconstruction and repair of the castle has been ongoing since 1957. ''Meijō'' (名城), another shortform way of pronouncing Nagoya Castle (名古屋城), is used for many Nagoya city institutions such as Meijō Park, the Meijō Line of the Nagoya Municipal Subway, and Meijo University, reflecting the cultural influence of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Garden
The Tokugawa Garden (徳川園 Tokugawa-en) is a Japanese garden in the city of Nagoya, central Japan. It is located next to the Tokugawa Art Museum. History In the early Edo period (1603-1867), Tokugawa Mitsutomo (1625-1700), the second lord of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan, established a vast residence called the '' Ōzone Shimoyashiki''. After his death, the property was passed on to the families of his three retainers Naruse, Ishiko, and Watanabe, until the Meiji Restoration of 1867, when ownership was returned to the Owari Tokugawa. In 1931, Tokugawa Yoshichika (1886-1976), the 19th head of the Tokugawa family, decided that "the time had come to present the property to the community", and donated the land of 23,000 m2 and buildings to the City of Nagoya. Included in the donation were family treasures and the establishment of the Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation. The City opened the garden in 1932, and the foundation opened the art museum in 1935. The garden how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Money Museum (三菱東京UFJ銀行貨幣資料館) is a numismatic museum located in Nagoya, central Japan. As "Tokai Bank Money Museum", it opened in 1961. After a name change due to bank mergers, the present name was adopted in 2006. In 2009, it relocated to its present location near the Akatsuka-shirakabe (赤塚白壁) bus stop on Dekimachi-dori. It contains 10,000 exhibits of world currency. Utagawa Hiroshige's Ukiyo-e, "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido", also owns. With the aim of contributing to society by preserving cultural properties and educating the public about them, this museum owns around 15,000 rare coins and bank notes and 1,800 ukiyo-e woodblock prints which are put on public display. The money exhibition room displays rare coins and notes from Japan and various countries around the world, including the world's oldest currency in the form of Shang dynasty cowrie shells. The Japanese currency features a gold coin called "Tensho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Migishi Setsuko
Migishi Setsuko (三岸節子, January 3, 1905 – April 18, 1999) was a Japanese ''yōga'' (Western-style) painter. Known for employing vivid colors and bold strokes for still-life and landscape, Migishi contributed greatly to the establishment and elevation of the status of female artists in the Japanese art scene. Early years Born Setsuko Yoshida in Nakashima-gun (later Oniishi, now Ichinomiya), Aichi Prefecture, into a wealthy family who built a textile factory in Owari, she was the sixth of ten children. Her birth family was a wealthy landowner who ran a woolen cloth manufacturing business. Due to a congenital dislocation of the hip joint, Migishi had a major operation during her infant times at a hospital in Nagoya. After attending Koshin Nakajima Elementary School, she enrolled in Kihatsu Elementary School in 1915 and graduated from the school in 1917. She entered Shukutoku High School for Girls in Nagoya. While at school, her roommate at the school's dorm, Suzu Toda, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hōsa Library
The Hōsa Library (蓬左文庫) is a library located on the compound of the ''Ōzone Shimoyashiki'' in Nagoya, central Japan. History Tokugawa Yoshinao, the first lord of the Owari Domain, established it as an official archive. It was transferred from the Tokugawa family to Nagoya City in 1950. Presently the library has about 110,000 items including classic literature. In 1978 it became a branch of the Nagoya City Museum. The library cooperates closely with the neighbouring Tokugawa Art Museum and the Tokugawa Garden. External links Homepage of the Hōsa Library Libraries in Nagoya Owari Tokugawa family {{japan-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokugawa Art Museum
The is a private art museum, located on the former '' Ōzone Shimoyashiki'' compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368). History Unlike many private museums in Japan, which are based on collections assembled in the modern era by corporations or entrepreneurs, the Tokugawa Art Museum houses the hereditary collection of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan, which ruled the Owari Domain in what is now Aichi Prefecture. The museum is operated by the Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, which was founded in 1931 by Yoshichika Tokugawa (1886–1976), 19th head of the Owari clan, in order to preserve the clan's priceless collection of art objects, furnishings, and heirlooms. Building architecture The architectural plan for the museum main building and southern archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Chikaramachi Church
The is one of the oldest Christian churches in the city of Nagoya, central Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... The official name is . History The church was established in 1888 by the French Catholic missionary Fr. Augustin Tulpin, thus making it the oldest church in Aichi. The present chapel was constructed in 1904 in a fusion of Western and Japanese architecture, and underwent various extensions and renovations since then. The presbytery was constructed in 1930. It is constructed in a fusion of Western and Japanese architecture. The chapel was constructed in 1904; it is still in use after several renovations. As part of the '' Cultural Path'' of Nagoya, it is an important historic building of the city. References External links {{Subject bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sada Yacco
Sada Yacco or was a Japanese geisha, actress and dancer. Early life Sadayakko Kawakami was born July 18, 1871, the youngest of twelve children. "My grandfather on my mother's side was an assistant magistrate and rather famous, I hear. Our house was in Nihonbashi, right where the Bank of Japan is now." "For generations her family had run the Echizen-ya, a large store that incorporated a currency exchange and a bookshop." According to Leslie Downer's biography of her, "Sada's mother, Otaka oguma was a notable beauty. In her youth she had worked for a time in the mansion of a , a provincial lord. There she acquired airs and graces and an aristocratic style. Sada's father, Hisajiro Koyama, was such a placid, saintly man that he was nicknamed 'Buddha.' When he married Otaka, he moved into the family house and eventually inherited the business." The many industrialization projects undertaken by the Meiji government would be financed by heavy taxes and caused soaring inflation, lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
