The Belfry, Nishi Monzeki, Yedo [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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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 General view looking across a canal, with a boat moored in the foreground, towards the teahouse. Location unspecified, probably in Tokyo.
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of lighthouse-cum-memorial: 'A monument to those who fell in the late rebellion! Placed on high ground that commands one of the best views to be obtained in Yedo, it serves at once as a monument and a beacon. It is situated in Fujimi-cho, in the ver...
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...