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About Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyMeiji Maru Maritime Museum

It consists of the National Important Cultural Property "Meiji Maru", the 2th Anniversary Museum, the Meiji Maru Memorial Hall, and the two oldest existing astronomical observatories in Japan (Observatory No. XNUMX and No. XNUMX (Registered Tangible Cultural Properties)). In addition to playing a role as a place to learn about the history and culture of Japan as a maritime nation, it also integrates with the rich natural environment created by the waterfront and greenery of the Etchujima Campus, and is a place for diverse cultural exchanges open to the community. We aim to create

【3.25 Update】
Announcement of the 20th Meiji Maru Symposium "150 Years of Meiji Maru - History, Success, Restoration and Future of Meiji Maru" (July 6, 7 (Monday/Marine Day)) 　　　　　　

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*Contents will be updated from time to time. (Please also see Official X.)

　　　　　

【3.25 Update】
The engine of Japan's first LNG-fueled tugboat "Saki" owned by NYK Line was donated. 　　　　　　

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【1.29 Update】
Announcement of photo/painting contest (Application period: Thursday, February 2024, 2 - Friday, August 1, 2024) 　　　　　　

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Meiji Maru XNUMXth Anniversary Museum and Meiji Maru Memorial Hall

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【4.22 Update】
Scheduled opening date of the Meiji Maru Maritime Museum (Etchujima Campus) in May
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【3.21 Update】
Scheduled opening date of the Meiji Maru Maritime Museum (Etchujima Campus) in May
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Incidentally,Due to unforeseen circumstances, the museum may be closed without prior notice.Please note that.
We do not take reservations, but if you have more than 10 people, please contact us in advance by phone or email.
Currently, it is possible to tour the Meiji Maru ship.

　　　　　　　　　

[Inquiries regarding tours and reservations]
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Meiji Maru Maritime Museum
meijimaru-jimu(at)o.kaiyodai.ac.jp

Important Cultural Property Meiji Maru

Meiji Maru was an iron ship ordered by the Meiji government from the Napier shipyard in Glasgow, UK, for lighthouse patrolling operations. rice field.

This ship, which was said to be as good as a first-class courier, was a state-of-the-art ship with luxurious specifications equipped with special rooms and salons.Many high-ranking officials boarded the ship, including Emperor Meiji, and played an active role in important scenes in modern Japan.

In 6, when a territorial dispute arose over the Ogasawara Islands, the Japanese government's investigative team arrived at the Ogasawara Islands earlier than the British ships.As a result, the Ogasawara Islands became Japanese territory.After that, including the territorial waters of Okinotorishima and Minamitorishima, Japan secured an exclusive economic zone of 447 km3, the sixth largest in the world.About 1 million square kilometers, about one-third of that, belongs to Ogasawara Village in Tokyo.

In addition, in 9, when Emperor Meiji was on a tour of Tohoku and Hokkaido, he boarded from Aomori and arrived at Yokohama on July 7th via Hakodate.To commemorate this day, "Marine Memorial Day" was enacted in 20, and in 16 it became a national holiday "Marine Day".

The Meiji Maru, which was active as a lighthouse cruiser for about 20 years, was transferred to the Merchant Marine School (the predecessor of this university) in 29.From then on, she trained more than 20 young people in the sea for about 50 years until 5000 as a mooring training ship.During the Great Kanto Earthquake of 12 and the Great Tokyo Air Raid of 20, many residents were accommodated and contributed to disaster relief.

In 53, it was designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan as the only iron ship still in existence in Japan, and as a valuable legacy that conveys the shipbuilding technology of the Iron Ship Age to the present day.The Meiji Maru is the first ship to be designated as an important cultural property.

After that, due to the deterioration of the building, from December 25, the university and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology carried out large-scale restoration work.Completed in March 12, its beautiful appearance has been revived.

Donation to the Meiji Maru Maritime Museum Project

XNUMXth Anniversary Museum and Meiji Maru Memorial Hall


Centennial Museum


Meijimaru Memorial Hall

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology 53th Anniversary Museum (opened in 8) is one of the predecessors of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. It was built as a central project to commemorate the 11th anniversary in 1 after the school was established as a school ship.Unlike the maritime museums that are commonly seen in general, this museum collects and exhibits materials that tell the history of merchant marine education centered on the 50-year history of the university and the surrounding maritime history.
Completed in March 28, the Meiji Maru Memorial Hall has an exhibition room and a seminar room, and displays the various activities of the Meiji Maru.Representative items on display include the construction instructions for the Meiji-maru, the designation of important cultural properties, and the silver tableware that was used inside the Meiji-maru.The seminar room is fully equipped with audio-visual equipment and is used for various purposes such as maritime information enlightenment activities and hands-on classes for elementary and junior high school students.

XNUMXth Anniversary Museum / Meijimaru Memorial Museum Past Exhibitions

XNUMXst and XNUMXnd observatory

Built in 1903 (Meiji 36), it is a valuable piece of Meiji-era astronomical observatory architecture. Also, the first observatory was called the equatorial mount, and the second observatory was called the theodolite room and the meridian mount.)

First Observatory

It is a two-story brick building with an octagonal first floor and a circular second floor.Also, until around 2, there was an iron fence outside the plastered part on the second floor.

An equatorial astronomical telescope with a diameter of 2 inches (according to a photograph book of the Merchant Marine School, 4, 6) was installed inside the circular plane on the second floor.The circular dome of the roof had a 1917 degree opening function and was manually rotatable.Currently, the lens barrel of the telescope has disappeared, and the equatorial mount is not complete. The iron fence on the second floor has also disappeared.

Observation deck No.XNUMX

It is a one-story brick building with an octagonal plane and an octagonal iron plate roof.It was equipped with a meridian inside, and it was possible to precisely measure the meridian passage time of celestial bodies, and to accurately measure longitude and determine the time.The window on the left side of the entrance of Observatory No. XNUMX and the window on the opposite side were opened at a higher position, and it is presumed that observations using a meridian were conducted through these windows.The meridian has now disappeared.

  • ■ Note 1: Equatorial mount: A type of mount for astronomical telescopes.It has two rotation axes, one in the direction of the earth's axis (polar axis) and the other in the direction perpendicular to it (declination axis).From Digital Daijisen (Shogakukan)
  • ■ Note 2: Meridian: An instrument for observing the time of the meridian passage of celestial bodies.An astronomical telescope mounted at right angles to an axis placed horizontally in the east-west direction so that it moves in the meridional plane
  • ■ Note 3: Meridian: ("child" means north, "noon" means south) A great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through the zenith of a certain point and the celestial north and south poles.One of the coordinates in spherical astronomy
  • ■ Notes 2-3 are from Kojien 6th edition (Iwanami, 2008)

In addition, the first and second observatories are valuable buildings as red brick buildings in the late Meiji era.The corners of the hexagonal building of Observatory No. XNUMX are made of specially shaped bricks, and the rest of the building is made of British bricks.

References

  • Shiroyama, Mika (2011) Western Architecture of Etchujima Campus, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Agency for Cultural Affairs Monthly Report No.515
  • Nameless (2019) Former Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (Observatory XNUMX and Observatory XNUMX)　
  • Visit Japan's educational and cultural heritage [144] [Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Building)]　
  • Educational Travel December 2019: 12-2

Observation deck photo list

observatory history

YearsMattersliterature
1902 (Meiji 35) On May 5th, a ceremony to relocate the school building from Reiganjima to Etchujima and a graduation ceremony were held jointly, and Principal Hirayama reported in his address that the assembly had approved the installation of an observatory.
  • Hirayama, Tojiro (1902) Graduation Certificate Ceremony Mercantile Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.54: 1-5
1902 (Meiji 35) The designer of the observatory is presumed to be Shiro Mitsuhashi.Tokyo Merchant Marine School came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications in 18.Shiro Mitsuhashi was also a communications engineer from 1885 to 31.
  • Hori, Y. (1980) Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine Observatory No.11 and No.4 (Former Merchant Marine School Astronomical Observatory) Meijimura Correspondence 1113(1114):XNUMX-XNUMX
  • Shiro Mitsuhashi (1904) Japanese and Western Improvement Architecture, Vol. It says that the union will strike the concrete and build up a sufficient amount of roots."
1902 (Meiji 35)
May 5 - December 22		 Yuji Wada, an engineer of the Central Meteorological Observatory, was entrusted with the design of the part related to observatory for the construction of the Observatory of the Merchant Marine School.
  • Merchant Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.53 (1902) Miscellaneous News: 1
  • Merchant Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.60 (1903):36
1903 (Meiji 36)
3

Observatory No. 1 (octagonal brick two-story building, 8 tsubo, 6 square meters) and Observatory No. 2 (octagonal brick one-story building, 8 tsubo, 6 square meters) were completed for astronomical surveys.

※百年史の年表では、明治36年6月に1号観測台、2号観測台、気象観測所が建設されたとあるが、「商船学校一覧　明治45年3月p.15」によれば、1号観測台、2号観測台は3月、気象観測所は6月に竣工したとある。
  • List of Merchant Marine Schools March 45: 3
  • Merchant Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.208 (1916):94
1903 (Meiji 36)
7 April		 Yuji Wada, an engineer at the Central Meteorological Observatory, was commissioned to assemble and install the Observatory Observatory of the Merchant Marine School. A 1-inch astronomical telescope (according to Shosen Gakko Photo Book 6, 10) and an equatorial mount were installed inside the circular plane on the second floor of Observation Platform No. 2. A meridian was installed inside Observatory No. XNUMX.
  • Merchant Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.67 (1903):70
1923 (Taisho 12)
9 April		 At the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Meiji Maru and Observation Platforms 1 and 2 miraculously escaped disappearance.In addition, Meijimaru's assistant professor, Terunosuke Yokoyama, put up a picture of the emperor from the school building in spite of all the difficulties.After the earthquake, the portrait was enshrined on the first observatory.
  • Hajime Honda Farewell to the wreckage of my alma mater Kaiji Kenkyu No.290(1924):156-161
1923 (Taisho 12)
9 April		 At 3:45 a.m., the Goshin-ei, which can be enshrined on the first observatory, is taken out and transferred to the Meiji Maru.
  • Merchant Marine School Alumni Association Magazine No.444 (1937):89
Around 1929 (Showa 4)
~ 1931 (Showa 6)

The first observatory was used as a Goshinkakuhoansho.

*The school building was destroyed by fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake.From 13 to 7, the barracks school building was used.This is probably the reason why the first observatory became the Goshinkage Kanhoansho.
  • List of Tokyo Higher Merchant Marine Schools Based on the schematic maps of Tokyo Higher Merchant Marine Schools from 4 to 5.
1935 (Showa 10) It was occasionally used for classes until the early Showa period, and from 1935 onwards it was used by members of the student club "Astronomical Club" for astronomical observations.
  • Mr. Mumei (2019) Former Astronomical Observatory of Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (Observatory No. 144 and Observatory No. 2019) Visiting Japan's Educational Cultural Heritage [12] [Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Building)] Educational Trip December 2 : 3-XNUMX
1941 (Showa 16)

A metal collection ordinance was promulgated.There was an iron fence outside the plastered part on the second floor of the first observatory.is now lost.It is presumed that it was delivered in accordance with the recall order.

*The iron fence is missing in the photo of the observatory in the 115th Graduation Commemorative Album of Tokyo Higher Merchant Marine School (19).
  • 125th Anniversary Commemorative Issue: Tokyo Higher Merchant Marine School Navigation Course 117th Class, Engine Course 125th Class Meeting Tokyo Higher Merchant Marine School Navigation Course 117th Class, Engine Course 1985th Class, XNUMX
1945 (Showa 20)
3 April		 Tokyo downtown air raid.There were about 250 Airplane students and about 500 Specialized students left on Etchujima.About XNUMX incendiary bombs fell on the school building.A boathouse, a hangar for seaplanes, and a warehouse containing test desks and other items were burned.The main building, the library, the Meiji Maru, the observatory, etc. escaped destruction by fire.
1945 (Showa 20)
4 April		 The newly revised Higher Merchant Marine School Government Regulations came into effect.In accordance with revisions to government regulations, the Tokyo and Kobe Higher Merchant Marine Schools were merged with the Shimizu Higher Merchant Marine School, and the name of the school was changed to 'Higher Merchant Marine School.'
  • Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine 1976-Year History Editing Committee (341) Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine XNUMX-Year History: XNUMX
1945 (Showa 20)
9 April		 The U.S. military requisitioned the facilities of the former Tokyo Merchant Marine School (including an observation deck).
  • Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine 1976-Year History Editing Committee (426) Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine XNUMX-Year History: XNUMX
1952 (Showa 27)
11 April		 The US military has canceled the requisition of the former Tokyo Merchant Marine School facilities (including the observatory).It was subsequently used by the National Security Agency (now the Ministry of Defense).
  • Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine 1976-Year History Editing Committee (426) Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine XNUMX-Year History: XNUMX
1956 (Showa 31)
8 April		 In April 31, the Defense Agency (now the Ministry of Defense) relocated, repaired the facilities, etc., and returned it to the Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine.The lens barrel (astronomical telescope) of the 4-inch equatorial mount inside the first observatory has disappeared, and the equatorial mount is not complete.The meridian inside the second observatory had disappeared.
  • Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine 1976-Year History Editing Committee (426) Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine XNUMX-Year History: XNUMX
1997 (Heisei 9)
12 April		 Registered as a tangible cultural property
  • Former Astronomical Observatory of Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (XNUMXst and XNUMXnd observatories) According to the nationally designated tangible cultural property database.
1998 (Heisei 10)
1 April		 Notification of registration of registered tangible cultural properties
  • Former Astronomical Observatory of Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (XNUMXst and XNUMXnd observatories) According to the nationally designated tangible cultural property database.
2021 (Reiwa 3)
3 April		 The Astronomical Society of Japan has designated the ``Merchant Marine School Astronomical Observatory'' (Observatory No. XNUMX and No. XNUMX) as a Japanese Astronomical Heritage.
  • Certificate of Japanese Astronomical Heritage from the Astronomical Society of Japan (March 2021, 3)

Etchujima Battery Remains

According to recent research, the Etchujima Fortress was completed within the Shogunate training ground by February 2.Based on maps issued from the early Meiji period to the 1865s, the area where the battery was built is estimated to be around the staff hall of the Etchujima Campus of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology to the pound (tiying dock).

For the scale of the gun battery, please refer to the "Etchujima gun battery map" owned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library.The notation on the edge indicates that stone walls were used, as it is written as "stone wall".

The date when the cannon was decommissioned is unknown.Looking at the map from the late 30s to the 40s, two ponds (mooring ponds) were built at the estimated location. One was completed by 2 (Meiji 1) at the pound of the Fisheries Training Institute.It has survived to the present day.The other is a pound for mooring the Meiji Maru.Pond dredging was completed in 35.This pound was gradually reclaimed and was completely reclaimed in 1902.The range of pounds is estimated to be around the "Staff Hall" in the east, around the "1th Anniversary Museum" in the west, and around the "Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology" in the north.

In 22, when Koto Ward investigated the site presumed to be the "Etchujima Fort Ruins," 2010 cut stones were found on campus.Based on observations with the naked eye, it is estimated to be andesite produced from Nishi Sagami to the Izu Peninsula.There are also quarried stones with engravings.The provenance of this ashlar is unknown, but it may have been salvaged during pond dredging.We look forward to further investigations and research.

References
Nomoto, Kenji (2013) On cut stones located at Etchujima Campus, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
Shitamachi Culture No. 263: 6-7