Monument to the site of the U.S.
"Harris, the first U.S. minister who was stationed in Japan at the opening of the port, opened a ministerial office in Zenpukuji Temple in Motoazabu 1.6, Minato-ku in 1859 (1859). By the way, in December 1875 (1875), a public hall was newly built in this area in the Tsukiji settlement, and the shape was adjusted for the first time.
Later, this became too small, and in March 20111, he moved to his current location in Akasaka (U.S. Embassy).
There are five monuments of Komatsu stone at the ruins of this ministerial hall. The size is 86-101 cm long, 84-118 cm wide, 18-34 cm thick, two of which are shields, the US national emblem of the time, stars, eagle and shields, and 2 are engraved with Goryo stars.
This monument is registered in the central ward Tangible Cultural Property as a valuable relic of the settlement period of Tsukiji.
March, 1996
Chuo-ku Board of Education
The birthplace of fingerprint research (8-1 Akashi-cho)
"The trace of the Henry Falls residence
This is the 18th place of Tsukiji Reservation in the early Meiji era, where the British doctor Henry Falls (1843-1930) lived during his stay in Japan from 1874 to 1886.
Falls came to Japan as a missionary of the Scotland Condensed Elders Church, opened Tsukiji Hospital in addition to Christianity missionary work, engaged in medical treatment, and worked with Japanese volunteers to educate the blind.
He was interested in the custom of fingerprinting in Japan and discovered the fingerprints of ancient people who were impressed by the pottery that happened to be excavated, and inspired by this, he studied scientific fingerprints for the first time here.
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In October 1880 (1880), his paper submitted by Japan to the British magazine "Neture" in October 1880 is said to be the world's first paper on scientific fingerprinting, among which he announced the experience of personal identification of criminals as soon as possible. April 1, 1911 (1911), which also mentions the genetic relationship of fingerprints, the first time since the 50 was adopted in Japan's.
The birthplace of Meiji Gakuin (7-16 Akashicho)
"The birthplace of Meiji Gakuin
Meiji Gakuin was founded in 1877 (Meiji 10).
It was opened here at 17 former Tsukiji.
Based on the Tokyo Matching Shrine
To commemorate this, we will build this monument."
Catholic Tsukiji Church Cathedral (5-26 Akashicho)
"The predecessor of the Catholic Tsukiji Church was the Inaribashi Church, which was opened in 1871 by Father Maran of the Paris Foreign Mission in 1871 by renting a merchant near Inari Bridge in the gunshot. In 1874 (1874), the priest rented Tsukiji Reservation No. 35 and 36 under the name of the missionary, and built a priest's house and a cathedral here. In 1878 (1878), a Gothic-style cathedral was dedicated here, which was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and the current cathedral was rebuilt in 1927. The cathedral looks stone, but it is actually a wooden building, and the mural is painted with mortar.
The bell used in the old cathedral was made in Renne, France in 1876 (Meiji 9), and was named "Janne Louise of Edo" by Father Mareshal, the priest at the time, and is still kept in the church.
The church cathedral and bells are registered as Chuo Ward Cultural Properties as valuable cultural properties left in Akashicho, where the foreign settlement was once located.
March, 2001
Chuo-ku Board of Education
Tsukiji Foreign Settlement Site (Akashicho 1-15 Akashi Elementary School)
In 1858 (1858), the Edo Shogunate signed the Osamu Yoshi Trade Treaty with five Western countries, and agreed to open five ports, including Yokohama and Kobe, and to open Edo and Osaka. The settlement was a special zone set up on the open and open land for the residence and commerce of foreigners in the treaty signing country.
Edo (Tokyo) opened in 1868 (1868) after the Meiji government became the Meiji government, and based on this treaty, the current Akashicho area was designated as Tsukiji settlement.
Unlike Yokohama and Kobe, where many commercial centers were located, Tsukiji Reservation is home to intellectuals such as missionaries, doctors, and teachers from overseas, including foreign ministerial embassies and consulates, and open many churches and schools to educate. Was. For this reason, the Tsukiji settlement formed a region that had a major impact on the modernization of Japan.
From the copperplate prints of Tsukiji Reservoir drawn in the Meiji era, you can see the state of a city full of exoticism with Western-style architecture.
March, 2003
Chuo-ku Board of Education
The land of Shuyo Gakuen's launch
"In virtue is pure
In a mandate
1909
SIMPLE DANS MA VERTU
FORTE DANS MON DEVOIR
Berceau de Futaba
1909 」
