- Zōshigaya cemetery
is a public cemetery in Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, founded by the
Tokyo Metropolitan government.The name Zōshigaya comes from the old name of the region. The cemetery welcomes people from any religion, and it has the graves of
Natsume Sōseki ,Lafcadio Hearn ,Kyoka Izumi ,Yumeji Takehisa ,Hideki Tojo andNakahama Manjiro among others in its 10 ha area. It is taken care of by the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association.History
Zōshigaya Cemetery was founded by the local government of Tokyo Prefecture in 1874 as a public graveyard following the policy of the new government of Meiji, which prohibited burial in the central part of Tokyo and
cremation in 1873 and designated 9 sites for new public graveyards in 1874. The local government of Tokyo prefecture established 6 cemeteries including Zōshigaya [The other sites were Aoyama, Tateyama, Yanaka, Kameido, Somei] . Its construction and administration works were entrusted to the Tokyo Chamber (the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry of today). In 1876, the administration works of the cemetery were taken into care by the Tokyo prefecture, and then by the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association since 1985.The name of the cemetery at first was nihongo|"Zōshigaya-Asahide-cho?(-machi?) bochi"|雑司ヶ谷旭出町墓地, "Zōshigaya-Asahide" was the name of the town it resides, and changed to nihongo|"Zōshigaya rei-en"|雑司ヶ谷霊園 in 1935.
See also
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Aoyama, Tokyo#Aoyama municipal cemetery Notes
References
* [http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/search/detail_soul/history.html The history of Zōshigaya cemetery] by Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association (Japanese)
* [http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/info071.html About Zōshigaya cemetery] by Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association (Japanese)
* [http://www.soumu.metro.tokyo.jp/01soumu/archives/sisiko_sigai_top.htm History of Tokyo City (東京市史稿 市街篇)] (Japanese)External links
* [http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index071.html The page on Zōshigaya cemetery] by Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association (Japanese)
* [http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/ Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association]
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