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Yamate Park

Yamate Park

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:about 1885, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐89‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐22‐0]

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The city of Yokohama

The city of Yokohama

View of the Yamashita foreign settlement from the top of Motomachi Hyakudan (one hundred steps). The neighbourhood on this side of the Horikawa Waterway is Motomachi. Zotokuin Temple is visible on the right. The white-coloured light house was built in 1896 during improvements to Yokohama harbour facilities. This photograph was probably taken the following year.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐16‐0]

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

Motomachi, located at the foot of the Yamate area, was established when the residents of Yokohama Village moved here at the time of the opening of the port. Zotokuin Temple was located at the end of the main street (present day Motomachi-Dori). The building in this photograph is the Yakushi-do next to the main hall. The Yakushi-do was later moved to the Horikawa Waterway from its original location and still stands there today.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐2‐0]

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Zotoku-in Temple,Yokohama

Zotoku-in Temple,Yokohama

Motomachi, located at the foot of the Yamate area, was established when the residents of Yokohama Village moved here at the time of the opening of the port. Zotokuin Temple was located at the end of the main street (present day Motomachi-Dori). The building in this photograph is the Yakushi-do next to the main hall. The Yakushi-do was later moved to the Horikawa Waterway from its original location and still stands there today.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐63‐0]

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Motomachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

Motomachi-dori Avenue,Yokohama

View of Motomachi Street from the grounds of Zotokuin Temple. Located at the foot of the hill, Motomachi was created when displaced residents of the old Yokohama Village moved here after the opening of the port. Motomachi prospered as a commercial centre catering to foreign residents of the settlement. Sengen Shinto Shrine is visible on the hill to the left, at the top of the Motomachi steps (Motomachi Hyakudan).==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐10‐0]

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Motomachi and Tanido-bashi Bridge seen from the foreign settlement

Motomachi and Tanido-bashi Bridge seen from the foreign settlement

View of Motomachi from No. 109 Settlement. Horikawa Waterway in the foreground was dug in 1860 and served as a border between the foreign settlement and Motomachi. The expansion and embankment works were conducted according to R.H. Brunton's design in 1868. The large roof in the centre is Motomachi Zotokuin Temple.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐4‐0]

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The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

The Yokohama foreign settlement seen from Yamate

View from the Motomachi Hyakudan. The neighbourhood beyond the Horikawa Waterway is the Yamashita Settlement. The Yakushi-do of Zotokuin Temple is at the right edge and the large two-story Western-style building in the far left is the new Grand Hotel. Probably taken around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐2‐0]

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The Kannai foreign settlement seen from the hundred steps of Motomachi,Yokohama

The Kannai foreign settlement seen from the hundred steps of Motomachi,Yokohama

Looking down from the Motomachi Hyakudan (100 steps). In the foreground is Motomachi with the Yamashita Settlement on the other side of the Horikawa Waterway. Zotokuin Temple is visible on the right with next to its left the new Grand Hotel built in 1887. Panoramic photographs have often been taken since the end of Edo Period from the top of the Motomachi Hyakudan, which was a point of reference for the Yamashita Settlement.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐138‐0]

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The Kannai foreign settlement seen from the hundred steps of Motomachi,Yokohama

The Kannai foreign settlement seen from the hundred steps of Motomachi,Yokohama

Looking down from the Motomachi Hyakudan (100 steps). In the foreground is Motomachi with the Yamashita Settlement on the other side of the Horikawa Waterway. Zotokuin Temple is visible on the right with next to its left the new Grand Hotel built in 1887. Panoramic photographs have often been taken since the end of Edo Period from the top of the Motomachi Hyakudan, which was a point of reference for the Yamashita Settlement.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐78‐0]

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The settlement along YOKOHAMA canal

The settlement along YOKOHAMA canal

The direction of Zotokuin of Motomachi from the settlement over the Hori River. The Yato Bridge can be seen in the distance over the canal. The streets in the settlement and area near Zotokuin are photographed.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number23‐23‐0]

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Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

Yakushi-do Temple,Motomura,Yokohama

The Yakushido at Zotokuin Temple in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐2‐0]

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Hall of worship of yakushido temple at YOKOHAMA honmura

Hall of worship of yakushido temple at YOKOHAMA honmura

The main hall of Zotokuin Temple in Motomachi, Yokohama.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number20‐3‐0]

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View in front of the gate of YOKOHAMA sotokuin temple

View in front of the gate of YOKOHAMA sotokuin temple

A view in front of the gate of Zotokuin in Motomachi, Yokohama. The roof on the left of the main building is the Yakushido.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number16‐36‐0]

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Horikawa canal and zotokuin temple

Horikawa canal and zotokuin temple

The caption reads Canal, Yokohama in English, but this is the Hori River in Yokohama. The view of Zotokuin in Motomachi from the opposite side of the Hori River, from around lot No. 109 of the foreign settlement. In the foreground are carriages pulling freights.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number10‐6‐0]

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Yakushido temple at motomachi

Yakushido temple at motomachi

The caption reads Temple, Yokohama, in English, but this is a photo of the Yakushido within the premises of Zotokuin in Motomachi, which was a temple standing next to the foreign settlement across the River Hori. The stone wall is the earth bank of Horikawa, and the photo was taken from the other side of the river.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐7‐0]

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