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9-575: The garden was established in 1880 by British merchant Samuel Cocking (1842–1914) as the Enoshima Botanical Garden, and featured a greenhouse (660 m) in which he collected tropical plants. This original greenhouse was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake . When in 1949 title passed to the city of Fujisawa , no trace of the greenhouse was found. However, in 2002, during reconstruction work, its brick foundation and original heating plant and boiler were discovered. In April 2003,

18-690: A power plant (which was later the origin of the Yokohama Cooperative Electric Light Company). His garden is now operated by the city of Fujisawa as the Samuel Cocking Garden renamed after remains of Cocking's greenhouse were rediscovered during renovation work on the lighthouse and gardens. Samuel Cocking Garden Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

27-706: A garden in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Samuel Cocking Samuel Cocking (19 March 1845 in Camberwell London – 26 February 1914 in Yokohama , Japan ) was a merchant in Yokohama arriving in 1869, shortly after the “Opening of Japan” . Although he was born in Ireland, he moved with his parents to Australia at a young age and grew up mostly in Melbourne. In Japan he

36-508: A restored greenhouse was opened as part of the new garden, and as of 2004 had some 500,000 visitors per year. Garden features include camellia trees and the Enoshima Sea Candle , a large lookout tower (59.8 metres, about 200 feet. Mount Fuji can be seen from the top on a clear day.) 35°17′59″N 139°28′42″E  /  35.29972°N 139.47833°E  / 35.29972; 139.47833 This article related to

45-568: Is known for the large greenhouse (660 m (7,100 sq ft)) and gardens that he developed in Enoshima that bears his name. He married Miyata Riki in 1872. Although Cocking and Miyata Riki did not have any children of their own, they adopted Miyata Riki's niece after her mother died at a young age. Cocking is buried in the Miyata family plot in a Buddhist cemetery in Yokohama, which

54-470: The first photographic society in Japan. He also helped the foundation of Konishi Honten, a photographic store that would become Konica . In 1880, he purchased (in his wife’s name) the highlands , including derelict Buddhist shrines , on the island of Enoshima and began building the botanical gardens and a villa . The State Shinto 'Abolish the Buddha. Destroy Sakyamuni' policy Haibutsu kishaku (廃仏毀釈) of

63-601: The new Meiji government had made the land available. It was during the years of anti-Buddhist sentiment in Japan that Cocking was heavily involved in the Japanese curios trade. One famous incident involved Cocking being offered the Kamakura Daibutsu for 'a song'. He refused to buy the Daibutsu – no doubt feeling it had too much cultural importance to Japan and should remain in the country. In 1887, he added

72-488: Was unusual for foreigners living in Japan at that time. Most foreigners (including Cocking's younger sister Florence who died shortly after joining her brother in Japan) were interred at the foreigners cemetery in Yokohama . His company, “Cocking & Co” specialized in trading Japanese curios, art and antiques as well as importing chemicals, drugs, scientific and laboratory apparatus. He imported carbolic acid (phenol) which

81-520: Was used as a disinfectant , particularly against cholera . It is noted during one cholera outbreak he distributed his stock of carbolic acid free of charge. He exported peppermint oil – refined from peppermint grown in Yamagata prefecture. He is credited for introducing soap, bicycles, the electric lightbulb to Japan. He was also heavily involved in the fledgling photographic industry in Japan, importing photographic materials and chemicals and organizing

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