The grave of Ōkubo Toshimichi

Toshimichi Okubo is a Japanese samurai and politician. The honors of the rank are the first prize of the gift. It is the former merit of the Meiji Restoration, and is called the "Three Great Nobles of the Restoration" along with Takamori Saigo and Takayoshi Kido. He is also one of the "Ten Jie of the Restoration". He was the leader of the Meiji politics before the inauguration of the cabinet system, including serving as the first Lord of Home Affairs. It is said that he is from Shimo Kajiya-cho, the same as Saigo, but he is actually from Korai-cho.

Aoyama cemetery is the largest area. There is a large ginkgo on the left side. The tombstone on the back of the turtle is meaningful. I visited the distressed area of ​​Kioicho last year, but I am glad that I came to this tomb today.

The tomb of Lord Okubo who built the cornerstone of Japan as a nation from the end of the Tokugawa period to the Meiji Period. In the midst of her mind, she was robbed of life in the form of assassination, and thought was not fulfilled, but its accomplishment can not speak. The present tombstone is in the back of the torii. In the tombstone on a stone statue of a huge turtle it is inscribed as "Gifts Minister Shoji Second Okubo Grave Tomb." By the way, this tortoise is said to be "Kame" (Kufu), the Japanese dictionary is described as "the stone stone carved in the form of the name of a turtle, turning to the monument of a monument." It seems that China originated, and in the old days, tortoise has been regarded as a spiritual animal that keeps a lifetime of 10 years. By building a turtle shape with a stone and placing a monument on the back of it, it was built by going around for the monument to remain forever in the future. In the Edo era it was mainly used as a tombstone above the lordship class. The fact that Toshimichi Okubo who was a lower-level samurai was put in such a grave tells us how much his achievement was great.

There is a huge tomb and a torii gate.

One of the largest graves in the cemetery. Enter the cemetery from the 246 side, walk while looking at the management office on your right, and in the section on the left side (opposite the management office) in the direction of travel. There are turtles, so I think you'll know immediately. It is interesting to take a walk in the cemetery and discover various things.