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Tokyo in 1922

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken in 1922 shows Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo's Ueno district. The Matsuzakaya department store can be seen in the bottom right.

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Shinobazu pond in Tokyo

File photo taken Sept. 10, 2021, shows Shinobazu pond in Tokyo's Ueno area.

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Shinobazu Pond

Shinobazu Pond was constructed by the priest Tenkai when he built Kaneiji Temple in 1625, imitating the shape of Lake Biwa with a Bentendo in Chikubushima. The photo taken from around the middle of the approach towards the edge of the pond. To the right behind the pine trees stands the roof of the left edge of the Bentensha. Several large lotus flowers are in bloom, showing that this photo was taken during summer.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number6‐19‐0]

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Benten Pond,Zojoji Temple,Shiba

Shinobazu Pond at Ueno Park is viewed from the east. This location used to be a cove of Tokyo Bay. To the right is Nakajima where shrine to Benzaiten (deity of music and art) stands. This pond was famous for its lotus flowers, and it was a popular attraction for the people of Edo and later Tokyo.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐7‐0]

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Ueno Park

This photograph was taken at the same location as #3954. However, the work on the park seems to have progressed as the stone wall is complete and the slope has been turned into stairs. Shinobazu Pond is visible in the background, but the land is reclaimed around the pond. This must have been taken after 1884.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐29‐0]

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Lotuses on Shinobazu Pond and a teahouse

This photograph taken half way along the approach to Nakanoshima, the same location as in #4665. However, the length of the pine branches indicates that this photograph was taken later. The teahouse was built on a protruding point of Nakanoshima. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in a 1945 air raid on Tokyo, and this is now part of the pond.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐5‐0]

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Cherry trees at Ueno Park

Shinobugaoka, a hill at Ueno, is viewed from the racetrack at Shinobazu Pond. The Western-style building on the right is Ueno Seiyoken Restaurant, which opened in 1876 as a branch of Kyobashi Seiyoken. It was a hotel and a restaurant frequented daily by many people.==Date:unknown, Place:Ueno, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐11‐0]

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Cherry trees at Ueno Park

Shinobugaoka, a hill at Ueno, is viewed from the racetrack at Shinobazu Pond. The Western-style building on the right is Ueno Seiyoken Restaurant, which opened in 1876 as a branch of Kyobashi Seiyoken. It was a hotel and a restaurant frequented daily by many people.==Date:unknown, Place:Ueno, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐29‐0]

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Cherry trees by Shinobazu Pond

Nakanoshima is an artificial islands in Shinobazu Pond built by Mizutani Isenokami Katsutaka using a small existing island and enlarging it with soil from a hill in Ueno. The Buddhist priest Tenkai built Benten-do to worship Benzaiten of Chikubushima at Lake Biwa, and it was visited by many people over the years. The shrine was destroyed in a 1945 air raid on Tokyo.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐30‐0]

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Cherry trees at Ueno Park

This is a teahouse on the east bank of Shinobazu Pond. Most of the customers were people coming to see the cherry blossoms, and many writers and artists also frequented the teahouses. A rickshaw is parked at the right side of the photograph and next to it stands an electric lamp, giving a sense of the period. The man drawing water from the well may be the owner of the teahouse.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐16‐0]

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Teahouses at Ueno Park

Shinobugaoka, a hill at Ueno, is viewed from the racetrack at Shinobazu Pond. The Western-style building on the right is Ueno Seiyoken Restaurant, which opened in 1876 as a branch of Kyobashi Seiyoken. It was a hotel and a restaurant frequented daily by many people.==Date:unknown, Place:Ueno, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐24‐0]

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The approach to Benzaiten,Shinobazu Pond

Deai-jaya (teahouses for dating) lined the approach to Nakanoshima until 1877. The circumference of Shinobazu Pond was filled in in 1868. The fact that this work is yet to be completed in this photograph indicates that it was taken before that year. The torii gate of Toshogu Shrine is visible in the centre back.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐24‐0]

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The racecource in Ueno Park

The horse race track was built at Ueno Park in 1884 by filling in the area surrounding Shinobazu Pond. The left side of the fence next to the cherry trees is a one mile stretch. Horse racing was conducted not for gambling but for sheer entertainment. It is said that the Emperor's Cup started at this race track. The torii gate visible in the centre is part of Toshogu Shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐51‐0]

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Ueno Park

This photograph was taken at the same location as #3954. However, the work on the park seems to have progressed as the stone wall is complete and the slope has been turned into stairs. Shinobazu Pond is visible in the background, but the land is reclaimed around the pond. This must have been taken after 1884.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐52‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Shinobasu Pond and Nakanoshima, where Benten-do is located, are viewed from the top of the hill at Ueno. The area between the fences, which stretches right to left, is the racecourse. The overpass, which is the approach to Benten-do, was built between 1661 and 1673. Before that, people used boats to visit Benten-do.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐24‐0]

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Ueno Park

The boy standing in the centre facing the camera wears a hat like those issued to students. The scenery visible behind could be Shinobazu Pond and Benten-do. This seems to have been taken from the area of present-day Ueno Seiyoken Restaurant.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐90‐0]

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Ueno Park

The road on the east side of Shinobazu Pond is viewed facing north. Ueno Toshogu is visible in the woods in the centre. This still photograph shows the importance of the road and captures many scenes of everyday life.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐3‐0]

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Ueno Park

Shinobazu Pond is seen from the top of the stone steps at Shinobazuguchi at Toshogu. The bench of the teahouse across the road is visible along with a rickshaw. This is a part of present-day Ueno Zoo. Nakajima, site of Benten-do and the pond with lotuses, can also be seen.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐2‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Benten-do on Nakanoshima and the path to it are seen at Shinobazu Pond. The Buddhist priest Tenkai modeled the pond after Lake Biwa and built the shrine to worship the deity Benzaiten of Chikubushima. The stone bridge was built between 1789 and 1801. Numerous dead lotus stems remain in the water, indicating that the season is winter.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐1‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Lake Shinobazu had a Bentendo on Chikubu Island which was built by the priest Tenkai, forming a miniature of Lake Biwa, when he built Kanei Temple in the second year of Kanei (1625). Mt. Ueno provides a bird's eye view from the Kiyomizuzaka. There are tea houses along the approach. Further on, there is a Bentendo in the center, with the Kijiin to the right. A photo before Mt. Ueno was designated as a park in the 1873.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Suzuki Shin-ichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number41‐6‐0]

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Teahouses at Ueno Park

A teahouse in Ueno Park during the cherry blossom season. This tea house is located by Shinobazu Pond. Many calligraphers and novelists assembled at this house. In the right corner can be seen a bicycle in the newest style of the time and a man dressed in Western clothes.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐68‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Shinobazu Pond was built in the shape of Lake Biwa, with a Bentendo in the Chikubujima, when Kaneiji was built in the second year of Kanei (1625) by the monk Tenkai. This is a bird's eye view from the Kiyomizuzaka. Teahouses line the approach. Ahead are the Bentendo in the centre, Ikujiin in the fore right. A photo taken before Mt. Ueno was designated as a park in 1873.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐31‐0]

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Lotus pond

There are many photos in this collection of lotus ponds. In comparison to the picture numbered 15-29 ( Shinobazu Pond(2)), this photo is probably that of Shinobazu Pond. The vast size of the pond is emphasized by the comparison of the great lotus flower in the front and the trees in the distance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number25‐10‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

Shinobazu Pond was made by the monk Tenkai in the shape of Lake Biwa with the Bentendo in Chikubujima, at the time Kaneiji Temple was built in the second year of Kanei. Beyond the lotus pond can be seen the roof of the Bentendo. To the left corner is the Chojatei (or the Kijiin).==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number22‐4‐0]

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Shinobazu Pond

This is almost the same structure as the photo numbered 6-19. In comparison to 6-19, the camera is further back and the lake is taken from a wider angle. In the background are houses and trees on the other side of the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐49‐0]

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Ueno Park

The same torii is shown in the photo numbered 2-29. A vendor holds his merchandise. Bentendo of Shinobazu Lake can be seen. Above the steps behind the camera is Ueno Shimizudo, a copy of the Shimizudo in Kyoto.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐29‐0]

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Benten Pond,Zojoji Temple,Shiba

The temples in Ueno and Shiba, Kaneiji and Zojoji, both enshrine tombs of the Tokugawa family. Benten Pond and Nakanoshima correspond to Shinobazu Lake and to Bentenjima. Worship was carried out by crossing the stone bridge over lotus flowers to the Bentensama of Nakanoshima.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐21‐0]

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Lotus flower at Shinobazu Pond, Ueno, Tokyo

Lotus flower at Shinobazu Pond, Ueno, Tokyo==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Tokyo's temperature drops below zero

TOKYO, Japan - Waterfowl walk on the frozen Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo's Ueno Park on the morning of Jan. 28 as central Tokyo experienced its coldest spell this winter. The temperature fell below zero for the first time this winter, to minus 0.7 C at 6:22 a.m.