Japanese Cemetery Park (photo Daring Fearless).
can't be a soldier, Erye Pavilion four fans picked up the penThe Japanese cemetery in Singapore was established in 1888 and was originally buried. In 1891, the cemetery was officially recognized by the British colonial authorities, and more and more Japanese civilians are laid to rest here.
Futabatei Shimi was born in Japan during the turbulent era from the shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, and his father was originally a samurai. After the Meiji Restoration, my father put down the katana and became a petty official.
The young Futabatei Sifan has the heart of a samurai and longs for a war with the Tsar**. The signing of the Sakhalin Kuril Exchange Treaty in 1855 made him feel threatened, and he wanted to become a soldier and serve his country on the battlefield.
However, he applied for the Army Non-commissioned Officer School three times, but failed. He had no choice but to switch to the path of a diplomat, studying Russian at Xi university, and finally did not expect to enter the world of literature.
Futaba Pavilion four fans translatedTolstoy, Gogol, Turgenev, Andreyevand other works. He imitated Goncharov's Oblomov ( wrote the first Japanese vernacular text "Floating Clouds". 
* "Floating Clouds" He wrote this work in colloquial language, which now seems to be Xi, and it was an earth-shattering feat at the time. With this as a symbol, he became the founder of modern Japanese literature and set off the "Movement of Unity of Words", which in turn influenced the later vernacular movement in China.
He did not pick up the katana, but he used his pen to set off a more far-reaching literary revolution. In 1908, Futabatei Shimiko was sent by the Asahi Shimbun to work in St. Petersburg. However, he could not adapt to the cold of Russia, and the following year he contracted tuberculosis.
Erye Pavilion Sifan boarded the ship and prepared to return to China**, but died in the Bay of Bengal. His body was cremated in Singapore and his bones were returned to Japan.
Twenty years later, the local Japanese erected the monument at the cemetery. Takeshiro Nishimura, a doctor who can write well, wrote with a smile."Erye Pavilion is the monument of the four mazes
At that time, it was a big deal for the Japanese residents of Singapore to be able to visit a celebrity who was able to visit distant Singapore. After all, most of the people buried here are low-level people who no one cares about in their lives. 
Erye Pavilion Four Mysteries of the Monument (Figure Fearless).
Shouichi Terauchi grabbing the saber
Next to the monument of the Futabatei Simi, there is the tomb of the Japanese soldier Terauchi Shouichi. Becoming a soldier is the dream of a young Futaba Pavilion four fans. It's just that when he died, he didn't know how bloody and cruel this dream would be when it came true.
Shouichi Terauchi was the 18th Prime Minister of JapanMasaki Terauchi's eldest son, is a veritable second generation official.
Compared with the four fans of Futaba Pavilion who couldn't even pass the army non-commissioned officer school, Terauchi Shouichi's military career was also a smooth road. In 1899, he graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and went to the battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War, wielding a saber and going into battle to kill the enemy, witnessing the glorious moment of the Japanese army.
Shouichi Terauchi. Russia is no longer a threat. Shouichi Terauchi inherited his father's earl title and became a citizenMinister of War, and his colleagues began to plot how to conquer the world.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, Terauchi Shou was in officeCommander of the North China Front。Under his command, the Japanese army occupied a large part of the territory of North China. 
Terauchi Shouichi is in North China.
At the end of 1941, the war of aggression against China escalated into the Pacific War. Terauchi was reassigned to Nanyang and served as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, allowing the war to spread rapidly in Southeast Asia. The Japanese army soon occupied Nanyang, and the headquarters of the Southern Army was located in Singapore, and Terauchi Shouichi was promotedMarshal
Shouichi Terauchi in Singapore.
After the defeat of the Japanese army, Terauchi surrendered to Lord Mountbatten and was imprisoned as a war criminal in the state of Johor, Malaya. However, before the day of the verdict, Teranachi died of a cerebral hemorrhage. If he were to be tried in Tokyo, Terauchi would also be a Class A war criminal. 
The tomb of Shouichi in the temple (pictured Fearless).
The remains of the temple were transported back to Japan by a special plane arranged by Lord Mountbatten and returned to his bereaved family. This tomb is actually a mound of clothes, and the hair, nails, plackets, and epaulettes of the temple are buried in the tombstone, and the tombstone reads".The tomb of the commander of the Southern Army
In addition to this supreme commander of the South Seas, there are also lieutenant generals in the cemeteryHiroya Mutaguchi, as well as the graves of junior officers such as Cao Chang, Wu Chang, and Soldier Commander.
The identities of some of the soldiers who died in battle are unknown, the bones are collected and buried, and an obelisk stands in the cemetery with the inscription ".There are more than 10,000 bones
The tomb of Hiroya Mutaguchi (pictured Dauntless).
The tombstone of a junior officer (pictured Dreadnought).
Forty-one elvesAfter Japan's defeat, local Japanese civilians in Singapore were detained in Jurong. These people did not participate in the war, but they were also treated as prisoners. During his captivity, 41 people died.
In 1978, 33 years after the end of the war, the female proprietor of a Japanese restaurant in Singapore, Imai Kojing, erected a Japanese Jizo statue at the entrance of the cemetery to commemorate the dead civilians.
They are known as the "Forty-One Elves", and future generations hope that these souls in heaven can bless Japanese women living in Singapore with safe childbirth and healthy growth of children.
The purpose of commemorating those who died as a result of the war is also to pray for peace.
Regardless of the side of the war, what is left behind is a bloody battle and a desolate ruin.
The four fans of Erye Pavilion should be glad that they were not admitted to the military academy and did not grab the saber, otherwise they would not be able to hold a more powerful pen. 
Japanese Jizo statue (pictured Dreadnought).
The statue of Jizo Bodhisattva at the entrance (pictured Fearless).
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