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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

With Mt. Fuji topped with white snow in the background, a rickshaw, people and aged person appear on the wooden bridge over Numa River. The boat has one mast, and a square sail is placed in the middle. This is probably a cargo boat of the time called Bezai boat. The bay with Mt. Fuji in the background is a very popular scene in Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐15‐0]

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The trademark of Yokohama Photo Studio

The Yokohama Photograph Company was established at No.16 in the foreign settlement in 1884 by Usui Shuzaburo (an apprentice of Shimooka Renjo)and his partner David Welsh. Usui seems to have been in charge of taking the photographs while Welsh took care of marketing. The name of art dealer Deakin Brothers is written on the sail of the boat in the centre. The two companies were located next to each other on the same lot.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number65‐1‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

A pine grove and Mt.Fuji is used for the background of a wooden bridge built over the Numa River. There was beautiful white sand and green pine trees on the beach at Tagonoura, a scenic spot where Mt.Fuji casts a reflection over Suruga Bay.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐29‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

The boat is probably the cargo vessel of the time, the Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored with a straw matting. Tagonoura was a port of the Edo era for Sengokubune (junk boats with capacity for one thousand koku of rice) of the Shogunate that came in and out from Kashima, a territory of the Shogunate. The shadow of the wooden bridge is beautiful. * A photo taken from the same angle is included in the book edited by Ozawa Kenji The End of the Bakufu and Meiji in Pictures , entitled Mt.Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei album ( p.67).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number14‐1‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

This is a old-fashioned cargo boat, or Bezai boat. The sail has been folded, and the boat is anchored. Tagonoura was a port where boats used to come and go during the Edo period with rice from the Bakufu territory of Kashima. The wooden bridge casts a beautiful shadow on the surface of the water. * A photo taken from the same angle entitled Fuji from Tagonoura 1880s Kinpei Album is included in the End of the Bakufu Era and Meiji in Photos edited by Ozawa Kenji (p.67).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐17‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

A sand delta developed on the north bank of Suruga Bay with the sand carried by the Fuji River and Kano River. A lagoon was formed, and further sand accumulation created the peculiar Ukishimagahara. The boat in the photo is a flat bottom river boat. The river boats had a simple structure with boards stuck together in the shape of boxes.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐28‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Kashiwabara

Kashiwabara is located on the left bank of the mouth of Katsumata River, which pours into Suruga Bay. This may be the low wetlands near the mouth of the river. A sailing boat can be seen to the left and Mt. Fuji in the centre. The cameraman may have taken the photo from a boat. In the Morse Collection at the Salem Peabody Museum, there is a photo which is believed to be developed from the same negative as this photo. ( Japan as seen by Morse , published by Shogakkan).==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number11‐29‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Yokohama

The caption reads Fuji, Yokohama in English. This may be the Nakamura River in Yokohama. Mt. Fuji can be seen in the distance. Japanese boats carry cargo towards the sea on the Nakamura River.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number9‐1‐0]

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FUJIGAWA river and Mt. FUJI from iwabuchi,tokaido

Iwabuchi was a Bakufu territory located on the left bank of Fuji River. In the foreground is a boat which may have been used to cross the Fuji River. From1603 the role of commuter boats was designated, and 10 boatmen administered the commuter boats. A wooden bridge can be seen in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number7‐25‐0]

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Tagonoura Bridge and Mt. Fuji

A rickshaw stands at the center of Tagonoura Bridge over the Numa River. It may have been taken by the same person as No. 10-15 (both from the Kazuma Ogawa album). A cargo boat is seen to the left of the photo, but what cargo it contains is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐7‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from the Fuji River

Fuji River, which is known as one of the three fastest rivers in Japan, has many branches and has troubled travelers from the early days. A wooden bridge stands on the other side of the inner island (should be confirmed). A boat might have been necessary to cross the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐29‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Numakawa,Tagonoura

Mt.Fuji viewed from the mouth of the Numa River in the port of Tagonoura. Numa River starts flowing from Miyauchi (presently Fujinomiya city) and flows into the sea at Tagonoura. The white sail of a boat is seen. The boat may be a ferry, since passengers can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐21‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from Kawai-bashi Bridge,Suzukawa

The former shogunate territory located on the left bank of the River Usui, with the Suzu River facing Suruga Bay. The photo is beautifully structured with Mt.Fuji and a pine boulevard, wooden bridge, thatch-roofed house, boat in the river and boatsman. Another picture of Mt.Fuji with the same features and angle, is introduced on p.69 in the Shashin De Miru Bakumatsu Meiji (The End of the Tokugawa Era and Dawn of Meiji Era in Pictures) edited by Ozawa Kenji, as a photo entitled Mt.Fuji and Fasari Company from the Street .==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Mizuno Hanbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number4‐20‐0]

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Mt. Fuji seen from the Fuji River

Fuji River, which at present runs through Shizuoka, Nagano and Yamanashi prefectures is known to be one of the three fastest rivers in Japan and a difficult route for transport since olden times. Maritime transport on the Fuji River, which thrived during the Edo Period, connected Iwabuchi near the mouth of the river with the banks of Akisawa in Kai, Aoyagi and Kurosawa.==Date:unknown, Place:Shizuoka, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐44‐0]