A distant view of the city of Kobe（7） KOBE [ID] 4871 [Photographer] unknown [Album] [Place] Kobe [Date] unknown [Color] color [Size] 260x204 [Cabinet] 96-46-0 [Keyword] view/harbour/ship   Photographs of the same title View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa. Mid-Meiji Period. This is the same as photograph #4485, although the tinting of the buildings is different. The house surrounded by walls on the right of the main street running north-south is the residence of Kodera Yasujiro. The City of Kobe acquired this house in 1941 and named it "Sorakuen." Yasujiro was a retainer of the Kuki family in the Sanda feudal domain. His first son, Kenkichi, became the first elected mayor of Kobe City in 1947.