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120 years after his death A tour of Chuo-ku related to Yukichi Fukuzawa
Yukichi Fukuzawa appeared as the face of the 10,000 yen bill in 1984 (1984), and has been the longest record since the war for 37 years since then. (The first Prince Shotoku was 26 years old). Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) has a deep connection between Kojunsha and Chuo-ku in Ginza, the monument of Keio's birthplace in Akashicho. This year, 120 years after his death, let's trace the place related to Chuo-ku.
"Egi Photography Shop" took a reference photo used in the 10,000 yen bill. In 1891, Shimbashi Maruyacho, Kitazume Tsuchihashi, was located at the site of the Shizuoka Shimbun Tokyo branch office building. It is said to be taken around 1891, so it was shortly after the Egi Photography Branch, which was called "Fukuyamakan" at that time. Opened by the Egi Matsushiro and Yasuo brothers, this photo shop is a prominent building with a six-story tower and has a deep connection with Keio University, and seems to have been photographed in that regard. The wife of Yasuo Egi's eldest son, Sadao, is "Egi Masuko", famous as a model of that "Tsukiji Akashicho" by Kiyokata Kaburagi. At this photo shop, Soseki Natsume is also taking a matchmaking picture. Below is the "List of door-to-doors near Ginza, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo" published in 1902.
Yukichi Fukuzawa's three major projects are Keio University, Kojunsha, and Jiji Shimpo, but there is no need to explain the birthplace monument, Kojunsha, and everyone knows well. "Jiji Shimpo" was a daily newspaper launched in 1882, which was one of the five major newspapers before the war, but was discontinued and reprinted due to poor management, but was absorbed by the Sankei Shimbun in 1955 and was renamed "Sankei Jiji" in 1958. On the map below, you can see the name of "Jiji Shimpo" on a large site adjacent to Kojunsha.
Don't forget the "Meiji Kaido Ruins" behind Kabukiza. Completed in 1881 (1881), Yukichi Fukuzawa and Keio University's political association public hall was built by a political association group. It seems that there was a cafeteria that bought the property with mansion of Yuri Fair, the former Governor of Tokyo, and could accommodate 200 people in a speech venue with about 3,000 people. With the launch of a vocational school (later Senshu University), this Meiji Kaido annex is provided.
“Keio University Birthplace Monument” 11 Akashicho
"Kojunsha" Ginza 6-8-7
3-14-15 Ginza, "Meiji Kaido Site" "The Birthplace of Senshu University"
