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The best early detailed description of the Nippon Club, its structure and membership appeared in January 1908 when the Club was located at 44 West 85th Street in New York City's Upper West Side. In the book "Japan in New York" [4] we are given: Large photos of the front of the Club, the Drawing Room and the Japan Room. The basic listing for the ...
Kanrin Maru (circa 1860) The three plenipotentiary members of the Japanese embassy: Muragaki Norimasa, Shinmi Masaoki, and Oguri Tadamasa.. On February 9 (January 19 in the Japanese calendar), 1860, the Kanrin Maru set sail from Uraga for San Francisco under the leadership of Captain Katsu Kaishū, with Nakahama "John" Manjiro as the official translator, carrying 96 Japanese men and an ...
First Baptist Church in the City of New York (near 2221 Broadway) Bretton Hall (2350 Broadway) The Belnord; Metro Theater (2626 Broadway) Hotel Marseilles (2689–2693 Broadway) Manhasset Apartments (2801–2825 Broadway) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (2880 Broadway) Barnard College (3009 Broadway) Audubon Ballroom (3940 Broadway) United ...
The Tokugawa Memorial Foundation (Japanese: 徳川記念財団) was established in late 2003. Its objective is to preserve and administer the historical objects, art, armor and documents that have been passed down in the Tokugawa family over the generations, display them for the general public and provide assistance to academic research on topics concerning historical Japan.
Ueno Tōshō-gū ca. 1920 A Visit to Ueno Tōshō-gū Shrine by Harada Naojirō (1863-1899). Ueno Tōshō-gū is said to have been built in 1627, by Tōdō Takatora. [4] It is known that in 1627 it was dedicated to the memory of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616), [3] the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in ...
The seated wooden statue of Tokugawa enshrined there has been designated an Important Cultural Property by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. [ 1 ] Located inside Shiba Park , just beside the Buddhist temple Zōjō-ji , an important Jōdo-shū temple and popular attraction, and close to Tokyo Tower , Shiba Tōshō-gū can be included in the ...
A Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is enshrined. [1] Tōshō-gūs are found throughout Japan . The most well-known Tōshō-gū is the Nikkō Tōshō-gū located in Nikkō , Tochigi Prefecture . [ 2 ]
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978.