The guide to the celebrated places in Kiyoto & the surrounding places for the foreign visitors
『訪日外国人のための京都及び近郊名所案内』
Kiyoto, 1873.
山本覺馬（YAMAMOTO, Kakuma）
幕末・明治時代の会津藩武士、政治家の山本覺馬（1828-1892）は、1868（慶応4）年の鳥羽・伏見の戦で薩摩藩邸に幽閉されますが、獄中で執筆した建白書『管見』で才能を認められ、釈放後は京都府顧問に迎えられました。彼は東京遷都により衰退した京都の産業振興策を推進し、1872（明治5）年に京都博覧会を開催して成功を収めました。1879（明治12）年 には京都府会の初代議長に就任しますが、知事と対立して辞職し、1885（明治18）年に京都商工会議所会長に就任して、引き続き京都の発展に尽力しました。 本書は、彼が1873（明治6）年に外国人観光客向けに著した日本で最初の英文による京都観光案内書です。金閣寺、銀閣寺、嵐山の他に琵琶湖周辺まで紹介されています。
Kakuma Yamamoto (1828-1892) was a politician and a samurai of the Aizu clan in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Although he was imprisoned in a residence of the Satsuma clan during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi in 1868 (Keio 4), he was recognized for his talent in the petition “Kanken”, which he wrote in prison, and was offered a position as an adviser to the Kyoto government after he was released. He pushed forward the promotion measures for industry in Kyoto, which had declined due to the transfer of the capital to Tokyo, and successfully held the Kyoto Exhibition in 1872 (Meiji 5). In 1879 (Meiji 12), he became the first chairperson of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly, from which he later resigned due to a conflict with the governor. In 1885 (Meiji 18), he became the chairperson of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and continuously contributed to the development of Kyoto. This book is the first guidebook to Kyoto written in English in Japan, which he wrote for foreign tourists in 1873 (Meiji 6). In addition to Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji temples and Arashiyama, the area around Lake Biwa is also introduced.
