Map

In 2015, Chuo-toshokan held a "Transition of Yokohama by Map" exhibition (Date: June 19-July 20, 2015). Based on the contents of this exhibition, we will introduce some of the maps included in the digital archive. Click each image on the map to see high-definition images on the digital archive.

Digital Archive Yokohama's Memory URL: https://archive.lib.city.yokohama.lg.jp/museweb/ (external site)

Tamaransaibashi Honken
Around 1860 (1860)
Size: 60×152ｃｍ

It depicts the city of Yokohama just after the opening of the port by Gountei Sadahide (Hashimoto Gyokuransai), a representative of Yokohama Ukiyo-e artist. Sadahide uses the issue of Hashimoto Tamaransai (Tamaransaibashi Motoken) when drawing maps, and specializes in bird's-eye maps. There are only ukiyo-e artists, the color use is beautiful, and it can be said that it is a work of art beyond just a map.

Tamaransaibashi Honken
Around 1866 (1866)
Size: 60×152ｃｍ

This is a re-enhancement, and it seems like searching for mistakes almost the same as the composition of "Okai Port Yokohama Nozen Map". Smoke rises from the steelworks, and a long temporary bridge with a width of 3 and a length of 280 (approximately 510m) is built from Shukanjima to Nogeura. This temporary bridge was built in 1863 (1863) and decayed in 1867 (1867).

Sadahide Hashimoto Tamaransai
Around 1868 (1868)
Size: 66.8×101.1ｃｍ

Due to the great fire of 1866 (1866), the Miyozakicho Yukaku moved to Yoshiwara-cho in Yoshidashinden, and the open space later became Yokohama Park. The temporary bridge from Zogahana to Nogeura, which was depicted in "Okai Port Yokohama Nozen Map Replenishment Reprint", has already disappeared. The foreign wharf has a bent tip and is shaped like an "elephant's nose".

Goyosha Manju Elderly
1870 (1870)
Size: 103.0×129.5ｃｍ

It depicts the rapidly changing city of Yokohama immediately after the Meiji Restoration. Although it is not an accurate map based on actual measurements, it is a full-fledged map showing the concept of scale, the foreign settlement has a lot number, and the east, west, north and south are also shown. If you look at the "Extract of Foreigners in Port", you can find out the residence of foreigners living in Yokohama. Hebbon, a doctor famous for his Hebbon romaji, is described as "Hebbon", lives in No. 39, and photographer Bearto was written as "Beat", indicating that he lived in No. 17. Gohasha Manju (elderly) is another issue of Tomi Goro Ozaki.

Sadahide Hashimoto Tamaransai
1871 (1871)
Size: 70.0×210.0ｃｍ

Gountei Sadahide (Hashimoto Tamaransai) This work was drawn at the age of 65. The symbols of Civilization and enlightenment, such as Yokohama Station, railway bridges, gas lamps and steelworks, are depicted. The iron bridge was Yoshidabashi Bridge, and at that time it seemed shocking to be an iron bridge, so I drew it as a separate figure.

Ozaki Tomigoro (Ozaki)
1890 (1890)
Size: 36.3×50.0ｃｍ

The municipal system was enforced on April 1, 1889 (1889), and Yokohama will develop further. If you look at the "Kyoryuchi Town Name Table", you can see that there were town names that took place names from various parts of Japan, such as Satsuma Town, Hakodate Town, Nagasaki Town, and Kobe Town. However, these street names were abolished when the settlement was abolished in 1899 (1899). In the upper and lower margins of the figure, there are 12 pictures of famous places in Yokohama. When folded, it becomes compact, so at that time, I would have visited tourist attractions using such a map as a guide map.

Tomi Goro Ozaki
1891 (1891)
Size: 54×75ｃｍ

In the town of Noge, Tomi Goro Ozaki was a person who actively published and sold. In addition to pictorial maps, he published English guidebooks and textbooks called "traffic objects", and also sold pictures (e) Sojishi. This picture map is a work of Tomigoro late years, and when you read the instructions, you can see that you painted the scenery of Yokohama as if you saw the city from above the balloon. The ships and bridges floating on the river are depicted with careful brush-carrying, and the details of what the center of Yokohama was like at that time.

Taro Oka
1913 (1913)
Size: 53.7×78.9ｃｍ

Yokohama City expanded its first city area in 1901 (1901), and Kuragi-gun Tota-cho, Honmoku-mura, Nakamura, Negishi-mura, Tachibana-gun Kanagawa-cho, Hodogayacho A part was merged. Furthermore, in 1911 (1911), the second city area was expanded, and a part of Hodogayacho, Tachibana-gun, a part of Koyasu-mura, a part of Byobugauramura, Kuragi-gun, and a part of Ooka Kawamura merged.

Sayoyoshi Osawa
1914 (1914)
Size: 73.5×104.5ｃｍ

Most of them have now been reclaimed, but at that time it can be seen that rivers flowed vertically and horizontally through the city. The streets of Isezakicho were lined with a lot of playhouses, vaudeville and movie theaters, making it the best downtown area in Yokohama. On April 28, 1919 (1919), this area was hit by a large fire that originated in Chitose-cho and was severely damaged.

Taro Matsunobu
1929 (1929)
Size: 55×78ｃｍ

On April 1, 1927 (1927), the third city area was expanded, and Tsurumicho, Tachibana-gun, Asahimura, Otsuna-mura, Jogo-mura (Shirosatomura), Hodogayacho, Nishitani-mura, Tsuzuki-gun, Ookagawa-mura, Kuragi-gun, Kusaka-mura, and Folding Ura-mura were merged. On October 1 of the same year, the 5 wards of Tsurumi Ward, Kanagawa Ward, Naka Ward, Hodogaya Ward and Isogo Ward were born.

Tokyo Kotsusha
1936 (1936)
Size: 64×94ｃｍ

This map was published in 1936 (1936) by Naka Ward (including some of the current Nishi Ward and Minami Ward) and Isogo Ward. A detailed map showing the locations of companies, shops, banks, government offices, etc., as shown in today's housing map, allows you to find some shops that are still operating in the same location at that time. Also, although not seen now, it can be seen that there were many ranches in Honmoku.

Jibunsha
1940 (1940)
Size: 53×75ｃｍ

The fourth city area was expanded on October 1, 1936 (1936), and Kanazawa-cho, Kuraki-gun, Rokuura-so-mura, and Nagano-mura, Kamakura-gun were merged. The following year, on April 1, 1937 (1937), the fifth city area was expanded, and a part of Hiyoshi Village, Tachibana-gun was merged. Totsuka Ward, Nakasatomura, Kawawacho, Shin-Tamura, Nakagawa, Sannaimura, Tsuzuki-gun, Shinji-mura, Tana-mura, Nakasatomura, Kawawacho, Shin Tamura, Nakagawa-mura, Sannai-mura, Miyako Okamura, Futamatagawa-mura, Toyota-Taisho, Nakagawa-mura, Kawakami-mura, Kamakura-gun, Kohoku Ward-mura, Kawakami-mura, Kawakami-mura, and Kawakami-mura, and Kawakami-mura, and Kawamura, and Kawakami-mura, and Kawamura, Tokyo. As a result, it became a city with a population of about 950,000.