Sujet

Sketches in Japan: the grave of Will Adams, near Yokoska, Japan, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Sketches in Japan: the grave of Will Adams, near Yokoska, Japan, 1873. Adams was an Englishman lived in Japan in the service of the Emperor of Japan at the beginning of the seventeenth century. 'Adams, or Anjin-Sama...died at Hemi-Mura...the grave of Adams and his Japanese wife...is on a hill not far from the village, and was overgrown with vegetation. The monument is that of a Hatamoto, a rank which Adams held under Gongen Sama...on the monument of his wife could be traced the words "Kan-jiu-ichi-nen, 7th month, 16th day" - equal to our a. d. 1633, or 239 years ago. From this it is supposed that the wife survived him thirteen years, for his will, which is still preserved in the archives of the India House in London, is dated Dec. 7, 1620...[A] Kentish pilot...he had learned to read and write the Japanese language...It is said that he selected the spot for his grave, and it is evident that it must have been a favourite haunt of his. It is a prominent knoll among the wooded hills and undulating valleys about Yokoska...Mr. J. Walter...has been at considerable expense in having it repaired and put in order, so as to preserve it for the future. The stone platform, stone rail, and stairs were all erected by him'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A12_448

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24,3Mo (2,7Mo) / 30,3cm x 20,1cm / 3581 x 2370 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel nature tree unusual people male man men religious architecture plant plants arts country religion Buddhist Buddhism art guy steps British Japan Japanese death tomb step mausoleum location century grave graves burial Britain first newspapers press print concept B&W tourist attraction 17th century engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W Monument nineteenth century trees tourism seventeenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News wood engraving ILN newspaper buddhists Unknown William Adams 19th-century The Illustrated London News William Adams Miura Anjin