Takanawa tozenji temple

Takanawa tozenji temple

Taken by Beato. Written The temple in Matsuami near Kanazawa road where Major Bordwan and Lieutenant Bird were killed . This is the gate of Tozenji in Takanawa where the British Consulate was temporally established.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐21‐0]

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

Sanmon gate of Tozenji Temple viewed from the temple grounds (opposite from photograph #3420). Since one of the leaning pines has been cut down, this photograph was taken after #3420, probably at the beginning of the Meiji Period. The sea coast came up to the gate at that time. At present, due to landfill, the coast is located at a greater distance. According to Tokyo Annai (Tokyo Information), Tozenji Temple belongs to the Myoshinji School of Rinzai Zen Buddhism and was built in 1610. Built initially built above the reservoir as Reinan-an by the Buddhist priest Reinan, it was moved to Takanawa in 1636 and the name was changed to Tozenji.==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐2‐0]

Gower and samurai in the garden of the British Legation (Tozenji Temple)

Gower and samurai in the garden of the British Legation (Tozenji Temple)

Gower and samurai in the garden of the British Legation (Tozenji Temple)==Date:1859, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

This stereograph bears the caption View taken from the United States Legation, at Yedo and is said to depict Tempukuji Temple in Azabu, but this is incorrect. The temple is actually Tozenji, located in present-day Takanawa 3-chome. The Shogunate concluded a treaty pact with Great Britain (Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce) in 1858, and Tozenji Temple was designated as the site of the British Legation. This was taken by Swiss Pierre Rossier at the end of the Edo Period. This is a side view of the sanmon gate, also seen in photographs #3420 and #3443.==Date:1859, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐7‐0]

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple,the British Legation

Tozenji Temple became the site of the British Legation in 1859 and Sir Rutherford Alcock was the first envoy. The legation was attacked on May 28th, 1861by Mito Clan samurai demanding the expulsion of foreigners, and several people were killed or injured (Tozenji Incident). Bullet holes and sword marks still remain in the study and the entrance of the temple. This was taken around the same time as photograph #3421.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐6‐0]

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple, the British Legation

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple, the British Legation

The gate to Takanawa Tozenji Temple, the British Legation ==Date:1863, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)