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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama, great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, pays a floral tribute at a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014, in front of a memorial for the Kobe Naval Training Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, opened under Katsu's initiative 150 years ago.

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama (L), great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, and Masuo Fujimoto, head of a group of descendents of the men of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steamship that Katsu captained on a visit to the United States in 1860, attend a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014 in Kobe, western Japan, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Kobe Naval Training Center.

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Lady Mary Howard (1823 - 1892)

Portrait of Lady Mary Howard (1823 - 1892), Youngest Daughter of the 6th Earl and Countess of Carlisle. Painting by John Jackson (1778 - 1831) Date: circa 1830

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Enoshima Island

This photograph, titled Yenoshima, is said to have been taken by Shimooka Renjo (1823-1914). It captures the view from the pine forest at Katase at low tide. The sand dune stretches to Enoshima, and what seem like bridge beams are faintly visible. Chayamachi, the inn street, is in the centre of the island with Higashi-machi to the left. This may have been taken at the beginning of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐52‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

The entrance to the cave called Iwaya number one at Enoshima, a view similar to that in #2242 and #4874. The cave eroded by the sea was called Oniwaya, Hongu Iwaya, or Okunomiya. There is a wooden passageway with railing to the right. Said to have been taken by Shimooka Renjo (1823-1914), this photograph bears the note Cave of Yenoshima.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐42‐0]