The Belfry, Nishi Monzeki, Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the bell tower of the Monzeki Temple, destroyed in the fire of April 1872: 'the stonework is all that now remains of it.'
Genre: Architectural Photography View of torii gateway, with temple buildings beyond: 'The picture ... represents the To-rii and smaller temple of An-koku-den, Shiba, which is dedicated as a shrine to Iyeyas, the founder of the Tokugawa line of Shoguns...'
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the wall of the Imperial Palace towards one of the gateways: 'All the gates of Japan are more or less of the same design. That depicted ... is one of the gates of the Castle, not unfrequently visited by foreigners; as from it there is a remark...