Mt. Fuji seen from the Hakone post town

Mt. Fuji seen from the Hakone post town

This photo captures Mt. Fuji with Lake Ashinoko and the post town of Hakone in the foreground. The two-storied house with a gentle sloped roof in the centre is Hafuya (present-day Hakone Hotel), the pyramid shaped roofs on the left of it are, from the right, Matahara, Kawada, Koma, and Ishiuchi Honjins (officially appointed inns for feudal lords). The peninsulas on the left sticking out to the lake are, from the foreground, Hatabikiyama, Mikuniyama, and Nagao Pass just before Mt. Fuji can be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number59‐46‐0]

Lake Ashi

Lake Ashi

The same negative as the photo numbered 26-6. Not known which is older. In the center of the photo is the former Hakone juku, but the building with a flat roof is the Hafuya hotel, which later became the Hakone Hotel. To the right corner of the houses, was the feared sekisho (guardhouse) of Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐8‐0]

The Hakone post town

The Hakone post town

With Mt. Fuji in the background, this is a picture of Lake Ashi and Hakone city. The pyramid-shaped roofs to the left are the Honjin, or lodgings of feudal lords during the Sankin Kotai of the Edo Era. From the right, they may be Matahara, Kawada, Koma and Ishiuchi, but this is not certain.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐6‐0]