The Tokaido between Yokohama and Fujisawa
Photograph
The Tokaido between Yokohama and Fujisawa
From the album Photographic Views and Costumes of Japan
ca. 1868
Albumen silver print
23.6 x 28.7 cm.
Purchase
1979.0059.0010
Inscriptions (applied label, printed, opposite page):
THE TOKAIDO, BETWEEN YOKOHAMA AND FUJISAWA.
FROM KANAGAWA to FUJISAWA is a pleasant ride of five Japanese Ri, or about twelve and a half English miles, along the Tokaido, portions of the road are strikingly picturesque, and some beautiful views are obtained.
At TOTSKA, a long straggling village about half way between the two places, there are some extraordinary Caves to be seen. Human labour has been in some places considerably used to alter and add to the originally natural form, and on the walls are some very peculiar frescoes of, it is said, very ancient date. These caves are about a mile from the road, and the villagers are always willing for a small consideration to act as guides to visitors, and provide torches for illuminating purposes.
At FUJISAWA there is a Buddhist Temple well worth a visit. It is kept in remarkably good order, and supports a numerous staff of well conditioned Bonses or Priests, who reside in large and comfortable houses within the precincts of the Temple grounds. It is said to be about the finest of the sort accessible to foreigners. There are two noticeable entrances-one on the right of the town about half way down the hill, the other by a long flight of steps gently ascending from the town itself. Numbers of sacred fowls may be observed near the latter, so tame that they will scarcely move for a passer-by, and whose plumpness not only testifies to the frequent contributions offered by visitors, but must be, one would fancy, a constant temptation to those of the attendant priests, who are fond of good living.
THE TOKAIDO, BETWEEN YOKOHAMA AND FUJISAWA.
FROM KANAGAWA to FUJISAWA is a pleasant ride of five Japanese Ri, or about twelve and a half English miles, along the Tokaido, portions of the road are strikingly picturesque, and some beautiful views are obtained.
At TOTSKA, a long straggling village about half way between the two places, there are some extraordinary Caves to be seen. Human labour has been in some places considerably used to alter and add to the originally natural form, and on the walls are some very peculiar frescoes of, it is said, very ancient date. These caves are about a mile from the road, and the villagers are always willing for a small consideration to act as guides to visitors, and provide torches for illuminating purposes.
At FUJISAWA there is a Buddhist Temple well worth a visit. It is kept in remarkably good order, and supports a numerous staff of well conditioned Bonses or Priests, who reside in large and comfortable houses within the precincts of the Temple grounds. It is said to be about the finest of the sort accessible to foreigners. There are two noticeable entrances-one on the right of the town about half way down the hill, the other by a long flight of steps gently ascending from the town itself. Numbers of sacred fowls may be observed near the latter, so tame that they will scarcely move for a passer-by, and whose plumpness not only testifies to the frequent contributions offered by visitors, but must be, one would fancy, a constant temptation to those of the attendant priests, who are fond of good living.
