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1. ⬑⩫࿦〔 Ô rai en (garden sign)

⢈೨ᐔᚭ⮲ਥ‫᧻ޔ‬ᶆ᳁ߩደᢝ〔ߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬ኡ᳗ 㧥ᐕ㧔㧝㧢㧟㧞㧕‫᧻ޔ‬ᶆ᳁ߪ᐀ᐭ߆ࠄߎߩ࿾ࠍ
ਈ߃ࠄࠇ‫ޔ‬೎⨿ࠍㅧ༡ߒ‫ޔ‬ᐸ࿦ࠍ▽ㅧߒߚ‫⃻ޕ‬࿷ㇺ┙ᔋጟ㜞ᩞ߇ᑪߞߡ޿ ࠆ

This was the site of a garden and villa gifted to the ÔiradoDaimy of the Matsūra clan, who
originated in Ôizen Province. It was the T
y residence of the twelfth and last of the
ÔiradoDaimy s, Count Matsūra A
ira ᧻ᶆ⹢. The site is currently occupied by the
Metropolitan Ôigh School Shin Obugao
aᔋጟ㜞ᩞ

2. Ꮐⴡ㐷ᴡጯ SaemonKashi (Riverban
)

ᩉේߩะ߁ᴡጯߦ޽ߞߚߩߢߎߩㄝߪะᩉේߣ๭߫ࠇߡ޿ߚ‫⃻ޕ‬࿷ߪᏀⴡ㐷ᯅ߇᨞߆ߞߡ౉
⼱ߩ㊄⟤㙚ㅢࠅ߹ߢᏀⴡ㐷ᯅㅢࠅ߇⿛ߞߡ޿ࠆ

Ôere the district called Yagiwara faced towards the river crossing from Iriya¶sKinbi
anD ri to
Saemon Street. The original Saemon toll bridge was first built in 1875 and was named after
the Lord Sa
ai Tadaa
i (a
a Tadayoshi), a fudai (insider) Daimy of the Shonai clan, who
was Commander of the Gate, had his residence (which eventually burned down) near here,
and who named the area SaemonKashi

3. ᵻ⨲ᓮ㐷 Asa
usa Mi
ado (Asa
usa Palace Gate a
a Asa
usaMistu
e)

ᳯᚭၔࠍ⼊⼔ߔࠆߚ߼⸳ߌࠄࠇߚਃච౐㐷ߩ⷗ઃߩ৻ߟߢ‫ޔ‬ᣣశ㧚ᅏᎺⴝ㆏߇ㅢࠅ‫ޔ‬ᵻ⨲ኹ
߳ߩෳ⹚ቴ߿ศේ߳ߩㆆቴߥߤߢ⾟ࠊߞߚ‫ޕ‬
 To provide protection for the benefit of Edo Castle one of the castle¶s approach routes passed
through gate number thirty six, the Asa
usa Mi
ado. This section was part of the combined
Ni

shūKaid (road), the route established by To
ugawa Ieyasu to lin
Edo with Mutsu
(Fu
ushima) Province (shūKaid ) and Edo with Ni

(Ni

Kaid ) and was extensively
used by Sens i¶s pilgrims, tourists and visitor to the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters.

4. ᩉᯅ Yanagibashi (Bridge)
ర⑍ߩਅ↸ᄢἫᓟߦ᨞⸳ߐࠇߚᯅ‫ޕ‬ᯅ⇎ߦߪᄙߊߩ⦁ኋ߇޽ࠅ‫ ޔ‬ศේㅢ޿ߩⁿ‎⥱
(࠴࡚ࠠࡉࡀ) ߿⧎⷗ߩደᩮ⥱ߥߤߢ⾟ࠊ޿‫ޔ‬᣿ᴦᤨઍߦߪ᧲੩৻ߩ⧎ᩉ⇇߇޽ߞߚ‫ޕ‬

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ipedia.org/wi
i/1
:Yanagiba01.pg

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Right: early Meii Era photo showing the view of the Kanda River from the bridge
The wooden railings were of the Ôyappon
ui, one hundred piles, type

The original bridge was constructed before the shitamachi (downtown) Great Genro
u Fire of
1697 (Genro
u 10) during what was considered the Golden Age of the Edo period, the
Genro
u era (1688 ± 1704). Edo era¶s Yanagibashi was a Geisha area with many
restaurants. The current bridge was built in 1929. On the approach to the bridge were mainly
inns for sailors busy going to and from the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters and there were
many cho
ibune (µboar tus
boat¶ because of its shape), long flat river boats which were used
to transport people, food, drin
and entertainment in the form of musicians and Geisha and
also used for cherry blossom viewing etc. During the Meii Era (1868 ± 1912) this was one of
T
y ¶s most renowned entertainment districts.

5. é౐ᄤ᭏␹␠ Dairo
utenSa
a
iJina (Shrine)c

é౐ᄤ᭏␹␠ߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬᣿ᴦ㧞ᐕߦ᭏␹␠ߣᡷ⒓‫ޕ‬ᤘ๺㧟ᐕߦߘࠇ߹ߢᵻ⨲ᢥᐶߩ޽ߞߚ⃻࿷
⟎㧔⬿೨㧝ৼ⋡‫ޔ‬㗇⾐ᯅ੤⇟ㄭߊ㧕ߦ⒖ォߒߡ߈ߚ

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This is Dairo
utenSa
a
iJina. Dairo
uten means the devil. In the year Meii 2 (1869) the
shrine was renamed Sa
a
iJina. Up until the year Meii 3 (1870), the shrine was near
Asa
usa¶s Library. It was moved north to Kuramae 1 Ch me, near Su
ahashi bridge
ban
(Police Box). The current shrine was built in 1928. When translated Sa
a
i means the
 branches of an evergreen tree used in Shinto ritual. It is here that the ritual of Mame
i ta
es
place every February. Mame
i are dried beans which are scattered to drive out bad luc
and
call in good luc
.

6. ? ␹␠Shinozu
a (Inari) Jina (Shrine)

ᣂ↰⟵⽵྾ᄤ₺ߩ৻ੱ‫⾐
?ޔ‬቞߇ਥำߩὑߦൊ⺧ߒߚߣ޿߁‫⃻ ޕ‬࿷߽ዊߐߥ␻߇޽ࠆ߇
‫ޔ‬᣿ᴦೋ߼ߦߪኹዊደߩࠃ߁ߥ? ዊቇᩞ߇޽ߞߚ

This shrine is dedicated to one of a samurai Shitenn (groups of four famous historical
protector figures), Shinozu
a Iga (noKami), who was the protector ofNitta Yoshisada (1301 
1338) and the Nitta clan and was one of Yoshida¶s vassals. Now it¶s a tiny ho
ora (small
shrine). At the beginning of the Meii era it was a tera
oya (temple elementary school),
Shinozu
a primary school.

7. ㌁᧙ጟ౎ᐈ␹␠Ich ga O
a ÔachimanJina (The Ôachiman Shrine of Gin
go Ôill)

⑔੗↸㧝ৼ⋡ߦ޽ࠅ‫ߪ␹⑂ޔ‬ᔕ␹ᄤ⊞‫ޕ‬Ḯ㗬⟵‫౎ޔ‬ᐈᄥ㇢⟵ኅߣߎߎߦ㒯ࠍࠍᒛࠅ‫ޔ‬Ꮉ਄ࠃ
ࠅᵹࠇࠆ㌁᧙ߩᨑࠍᜪ޿ขࠅ‫ᦺޔ‬ᢜࠍㅌᴦߒߚߣ޿߁᡿੐߇޽ࠆ

Currently located in Fu
uimachi 1 ch me, the enshrined deity isEmperor in (Ôachiman,
God of War). MinamotonoYoriyoshi (988  1075) and his son ÔachimanTar ˻(Minamoto
no)Yoshiieboth prayed hereafter the traitor Kugy , nephew and assassin of Minamoto no
Sanetomo, was executed at Tsurugao
aÔachimangū(the most important Ôachiman Shrine in
Kama
ura, which was founded by Yoriyoshi). At the time it was located on a hill surrounded
by Gin
go trees and overloo
ed the upper reaches of a branch of the Sumida River. Near
here a house of the Matsudaira clan once stood.

8. ࿅ሶᄤ₺␠ SasaDango (Bamboo Grass Dumpling) Tenn Usai (SugaJina)

⃻࿷ߪ㗇⾐␹␠ߣ޿߁߇‫␠␹ޔ‬ฬߦߪ⦡‫ߥޘ‬๭߮ฬ߇޽ࠅ‫‐ޔ‬㗡ᄤ₺‫ޔ‬㠽⿧ᄤ₺␠‫␧ޔ‬࿦␠
ߥߤߣ߽⸒ߞߚ‫ߪߦ⥸৻ޕ‬࿅ሶᄤ₺ߣ޿ࠊࠇⷫߒ߹ࠇߡ޿ࠆ‫ޕ‬
 Currently called SugaJina, this reputable shrine presently has various popular names such as
Gozutenn (Indian Deity Gavagriva), TorigoeTenn Yashiro, Gionsha and so on. The
enshrined deity has eight heads and tails. In general it is popularly referred to as
DangoTenn . SasaDangoare rice dumplings made with mugwort and sweet red adzu
i
beans. Legend has it that a farmer prayed for his daughter here and, after she was cured of
the plague, made an offering of twelve dango here, one for each of year of their daughter¶s
age.

9. 㠽⿧ᯅ Torigoebashi (Bridge)

㠽⿧Ꮉ߇㓈↰Ꮉߦᵈߋಣߦ᨞߆ߞߡ޿ߚᯅߢ‫ޔ‬೎ฬࠍᄤ₺ᯅߣ߽⸒ߞߚ‫ޕ‬ㄭߊߦ޽ߞߚ㠽⿧
ೃ႐߆ࠄ⟋ੱ߇ೃ႐ߦะ߆߁ᤨᷰߞߚᯅߢ‫ޟ‬࿾ₐᯅ‫߽ߣޠ‬๭߫ࠇߡ޿ߚ

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The Sumidagawa (river) fed into the Torigoegawa at a place near the Torigoe Bridge, which
was also
nown as Tenn bashi (bridge). Near here was an area which became
nown as the
Torigoe execution grounds where criminals arrived from the local prison to face their death
after crossing what was referred to as Jigo
ubashi (࿾ₐᯅ  Ôell Bridge). It was here that
Kosa
a Jinnai was executed (see 13 Jinnaibashi ± below). In the late Edo era the Torigoe
Bridge was called the Suga Bridge 㗇⾐ᯅand flowed along the same route as
⬿೨ᯅKuramaebashiStreet to the east of Edo Street.

10. ᵻ⨲ᓮ⬿ Asa
usa O
ura (To
ugawa Government Granaries)

ᳯᚭ᐀ᐭ߇ో࿖ߦᢔ࿷ߔࠆ⋥ロ࿾ߔߥࠊߜᄤ㗔߆ࠄᐕ⽸☨߿⾈޿਄ߍ☨ߥߤࠍ෼⚊‫ߒ▤଻ޔ‬
ߚୖᐶߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬㠽⿧␹␠ߩਐࠍಾࠅ፣ߒߡㅧᚑߒߚߣ޿޿‫ߩᧄ౎ޔ‬ၳഀࠅ߇޽ࠅߘࠇߙࠇߦ
᳓㐷߇⸳ߌࠄࠇߡ޿ߚ‫⬿ޟޕ‬೨‫ߪߦޠ‬ᄙߊߩ☨໧ደ߿ᧅᏅ㧔ᣛᧄ߿ᓮኅੱߩಾ☨ᚻᒻࠍᜂ଻
ߦ㊄ࠍ⾉ߔ㊄Ⲣᬺ⠪㧕ߩᐫ߇ਗࠎߢ޿ߚ
 The To
ugawa granaries were built so that the nationwide rice production areas which were
under direct control of the Sh gun were managed by the OEdo Ba
ufu who controlled the
rice harvest, bought the rice and set the annual rice taxes and the price of rice. The rice was
stored in large granaries which stretched alongside the river in this area. Torigoeina¶s hill
was levelled and the land reclaimed and eight canals were built alongside each of the
warehouses in all probability with a gate on each. Most of the wholesale rice dealers of
Kuramae would have bought and sold using the promissory notes provided by lower ran
ing
Ôatamoto, a samurai in direct service of the Sh gun, as collateral with the long rows of local
money lenders whose shops existed in profusion in the area.

11. f ߩ᧻ Shubi no matsu (Shubi Pine Tree)

ศේㅢ޿ߩㆆቴ߇‫ޔ‬ⁿ‎⥱ߥߤ߆ࠄߎߩ᧻ࠍ⷗ߡ‫੹ޔ‬ᣣߩf ߪߤ߁߆ࠍභߞߚߣ޿߁

The ÔowDidYouFare pine tree appeared to those in cho
ibune (µboar tus
boat¶ ± because
of their shape) on the Sumida River who were visiting the Yoshiwara red light district. Today
there are a few young pine trees and a stone monument to mar
the spot

12. 㠽⿧Ꮉ Torigoegawa (River)

ਇᔋᳰ߆ࠄ⪭ߜߚᵹࠇߪ‫ޔ‬ᔋᎹߣߥߞߡ᧲ᵹߒᱞኅደᢝ‫↸ޔ‬ၞࠍᵹࠇ‫ޔ‬ਃ๧✢ၳߦᵈ޿ߛ‫ޕ‬
㠽⿧Ꮉߪ‫ޔ‬ਃ๧✢ၳࠍ⿠ὐߦߒߡධㅴߒ‫⃻ޔ‬㠽⿧৻ৼ⋡ㄝࠅߢౣᐲ᧲ㅴߒߡᣂၳᎹࠍวߒߡ
㓈↰Ꮉߦᵈ޿ߛ‫ޕ‬

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The remains of Shamisen Moat, 1 chome 5,
oima

The Torigoe river ran, together with the Ningawa, from Shinobazu Pond (in Ueno Par
)
flowing east past a neighbourhood of samurai residences to an important Meii era (1868 ±
1912) trading post, the Shamisen Canal (because of its shape). The Shamisen Canal, the
present day northsouth of Kiyosubashi Street, along the western side of Koima 1 Ch me,
was the starting point of the southern channel of the Torigoegawa and was in the vicinity of
what is presently Torigoe 1 ch me where, as it flowed east, it became the Shinhorigawa
 Canal before flowing into the Sumidagawa River. It acted as a thoroughfare for boats
transporting goods to the Sumidagawa River but was eventually filled in during the Taisho era
(1912 ± 1926)

13.  ᯅ Jinnaibashi (Bridge)

㠽⿧ᯅߦ᨞߆ࠆᯅߢ‫ߪ᧪↱ޔ‬ㄭߊߦ޽ࠆ ␹␠ߦࠃࠆ‫ޕ‬ᳯᚭߩᄢᖡౄߢ޽ߞߚะဈ ߪ
ࡑ࡜࡝ࡗ∛ߦ߆߆ߞߡ᝝߹ߞߚ‫ࠦ࡝ࠝޔᤨߩߎޕ‬㧔ࡑ࡜࠾ࡗ㧕ߦ ⧰ߒ߻⠪ߪᚒࠍᔨߗࠃߣ޿
ߞߚߩߢ‫ࠍࠦ࡝ࠝޔ‬ᴦߔ␹ߣߥߞߚߘ߁ߛ

The Jinnai Bridge ᯅwas also named after a local shrine. The Torigoe㠽⿧River, named
after a local shrine in Taito
u, flowed through the Asa
usaᵻ⨲ Kuramae ⬿೨area and under
the bridge. The area has a history of
awata (leather wor
ers) an µethnic¶ group then
commonly referred to using the derogative eta and in today¶s Japan referred to as bura
umin

The Jinnai shrine was named after, and dedicated to, Kosa
a Jinnai ൨ဈ , a disciple of
the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Ôe was accused of breaching public order and
sentenced to death. Before being executed he contracted malaria and promised that if
anyone prayed to him they would be cured of the same disease. For a fictionalised account of
Jinnai¶s life, torture and death see James S De Benneville¶s translation of the Japanese ghost
story µBa
emonoYashi
i¶
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19945/19945h/19945h.htm#Page_201

14. 㠽⿧␹␠ TorigoeJina(Shrine)

ฎზ߇⊒⷗ߐࠇࠆߥߤ‫ޔ‬บ᧲඙ߢ߽㜞บߦ૏⟎ߒߡ޿ߚ߇‫ޔ‬᐀ᐭߩᓮ⬿ㅧᚑߢਐߪಾࠅ፣ߐ
ࠇ੹ߢߪߘߩ㕙ᓇߪߥ޿‫ޕ‬᳁ሶච౎ࠤ↸ߩ㠽⿧ߩᄛ⑂ࠅߪජ⽾ᓮヨߢ᦭ฬ‫ߚ߹*ޔ‬ᱜ᦬৾⨲᣿
ߌߦⴕࠊࠇࠆ‫ߤࠎߣޟ‬὾߈‫᦬౐߿ޠ‬ਃචᣣߩ‫ߩ⨆ޟ‬ベߊߋࠅ‫᦭߽ޠ‬ฬߢ޽ࠆ

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 Originally an ancient tomb mound on an island in Tait ward, in 1620 the land was levelled
and the earth used as landfill for the building of the Ba
ufu¶s
ura (rice storehouses). During
the evening of the Torigoe Shrine Festival in early June the local parishioners carry six
portable shrines, mi
oshi, around the neighbourhood and on the final day the shrines,
including the SenganO
oshi weighing 4 tons, return at dus
, preceded by lanterns held on
long poles by seemingly mournful singing bearers. A new year¶s celebration is also held here,
called the Tondou
i Fire ceremony

15. =ᔨኹ (ߓࠂ߁ߨࠎߓ) J neni (Temple)

ᳯᚭᐭ ߩ࿾⹹‫ޟ‬ᓮᐭ
‫ߚߒ➏✬ࠍޠ‬ፉ↰᡽ⴕ㧔ಲಳᢪ⍮ㆄ⠃ߣภߔ㧕ߩჄ߇޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬
߹ߚ਻㊀ㇱደජઍߩጊߩჄ߽޽ࠆ

Descriptions of OEdo¶s topography and culture were compiled by Mishima

Masayu
iਃፉ᡽ⴕ (1780 ± 1856), a To
ugawa Ôatamoto and cartographer, who is buried
here. Also buried here is Chiyonoyamaජઍߩጊ (Masanobu 㓷ା) (1926 ± 1977) the founder
st
of the Sumo stable Ko
onoebeya and the sport¶s 41 yo
ozuna (highest ran
in pro sumo)

m  cm cਃፉ᡽ⴕc
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ਃፉ᡽ⴕߪㅢ⒓ࠍ᡽⬿ߣ޿޿‫ޔ‬⍮ㆄ⠃‫ޔ‬ಲಳᢪߥߤߩภࠍ⒓ߒߡ޿ߚ‫⷏ޕ‬ਣᓮ
⇐቞ዬਃፉ᡽ᤐߩ౐↵ߣߒߡᳯᚭ‐ㄟ⦁ᴡේ↸㧔ᣂኋ඙㧕ߢ↢߹ࠇߚ‫ ޕ‬a bߩᤨߦ
ಽኅߩਃፉᄢഥ᡽਎ߩ㙃ሶߣߥࠅ‫ޔ‬ᢥ᡽రᐕ㧔 a
a
㧕ᓮᦠ㒮⇟ߣߥࠅ‫ߢ޿ߟޔ‬ᷡ᳓
Ლ‛㗡ߦォߓߚ‫ޕ‬ᢥ᡽ ᐕ㧔 a
㧕᐀๮ߦࠃߞߡ‫ޔ‬ᳯᚭᐭ ߩ࿾⹹‫ޟ‬ᓮᐭ

‫ޔ޿ⴕࠍ➏✬ߩޠ‬ਃᐕߦߒߡቢੌߒߚ߇‫ޔ‬᣿ᴦ ᐕ㧔 a
㧕ߦ὾ᄬ‫ߩߘޔ‬㓙ߦἻࠍ
఺ࠇߚ⾗ᢱ㓸߇‫ޟ‬ᓮᐭ ‫ ߆߶ߩߎޕࠆ޽ߢޠ‬᣽ᐔ㤛࿾ℂዪ⫋⑂ᨋㅀᢪࠍਛᔃߣ
ߒߡ✬➏ߒߚ‫ޟ‬ᣂ✬ᱞ⬿
‫ޟޠ‬ᣂ✬⋧ᮨ࿖
‫ߩޠ‬੐ᬺߦ߽ෳ↹ߒ‫ޟޔ‬
⪾⷏ᔒ‫߽ߦ➏✬ߩߤߥޠ‬ᓥ੐ߒߡ߅ࠅ‫ߩߘޔ‬ഞ❣ߪᄢ߈޿‫ޕ‬቟᡽ ᐕ㧔a
㧕᦬
ᣣ‫ޔ‬ᐕߢᴚߒߚ‫ޕ‬㧔᧲੩ㇺᢎ⢒ᆔຬળ㧕

Mishima Masayu
i ਃፉ᡽ⴕ , whose popular name is Sh z ᡽⬿ , was a good, warm and
friendly old man who¶s pen name was Totsu Ôitoshi ಲಳᢪ and who had a reputation as a
leader. For a while he was away from home residing in one of the west baileys, Nishimaru, of
Edo Castle. MishimaSeishun no Ro
uro⷏ਣᓮ⇐቞ዬਃፉ᡽ᤐߩ౐↵ was born in OEdo
Ushi
oshiFunagawaraMachi (in Shinu
u).

On the occasion of his 15th year the neighbouring OOdasu Masayo family branch adopted
st
him as their son. In the 1 year (1818) of the Bunsei era (1818 ± 1830) he became a guard in
the neighbouring Gosho in (Imperial Palace) and then subsequently he suddenly became
gashira (headman) of Kiyomizuden (ᷡ᳓Ლ Kiyomizudo Kannon Temple, overloo
ing
Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Par
).

In the 9th year (1826) of the Bunsei era because of the rapid expansion of OEdo¶s city limits
he began a compilation of studies into the area¶s topography (ᓮᐭ
 Go
FunaiUchiFudo
i ± A Description of the Culture, Climate etc of the City of Edo), a tas
which
too
three years to complete. Another document (ᓮᐭ  Go FunaiBi
 Notes on the
City limits of Edo) survived a maor fire in the 5 th year (1872) of the Meii era (1868 ± 1912).

Others, Sh heii᣽ᐔ㤛࿾ from the Office of Funerals and Ceremonial occasions and
Ôayashi Jussai˻ᨋㅀᢪ also played leading roles in putting together another compilation
(ᣂ✬ᱞ⬿
Shin Ôen MusashiFūdo Ki K ± Musashi¶s New Compilation of Ôistorical
 Topographical Manuscripts) and (ᣂ✬⋧ᮨ࿖
Shin Ôen Sagami* Ko
uFūdo Ki K 
New Compilation of Ôistorical Manuscripts of the Customs and Manners of Sagami*).
Amongst other publications he also participated in the planning and publication of another
compilation (⪾⷏ᔒKasai Shi ± Kasai Journal) considered to be one of his greatest
rd th
achievements. In the 3 year (1856) of the Ansei era (1854 ± 1860) on the 29 September,
aged 77 he passed away. (᧲੩ㇺᢎ⢒ᆔຬળT
y to Ky i
u˻Iin
ai ± T
y Metropolitan
Area Education Committee)

* Probably Sagami Bay, Kanagawa

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  Born the son of a fisherman in

st
Fu
ushima, Ôo

aid . Ôe became the sport¶s 41 yo
ozuna (Grand Champion) in May 1953.
After losing a battle to ta
e over the Dewanoumibeya Sumo stable he set up Ko
onoebeya in
nd
March 1967 where he was oined by Kitanofui, the sports 52 yo
ozuna, and the future
th
58 yo
ozuna, Chiyonofui

16. à ኹ Ryūh i (Temple)

ᳯᚭਛ ߩὐ⠪‫ޔ‬ೋઍÿ੗ᎹᩉߩჄ߇޽ࠅ‫ޔ‬ㅢ⒓‫ޟ‬Ꮉᩉኹ‫ߣޠ‬๭߫ࠇࠆ‫ޕ‬ᓐߪᵻ⨲㒙ㇱᎹ↸
ߩฬਥߢ߽޽ߞߚ

Grave of the middle Edo period poet SenryuÔachiemonKarai (poetry pen name Senryu or
River Willow, 1718 ± 1790) who, as the head of OEdo¶s Asa
usa village of Abe
awamachi
near Ryūh i Temple, was a noted government official and one of about twenty respected
udges of Mae
uzu
e verse (a humorous or satiric poem dealing with human affairs). Ôe
popularised the 575 syllable Senryu verse form, a subgenre of Ôai
u, that emerged
fromMae
uzu
e that bears his name. Only 3% of the 2,300,00 stanzas he udged were
selected to be published in the 23 annual volumes of the collection called ÔaifuYanagidaru.
The temple is popularly referred to as Senryui

17. ⷏⑔ኹ Saifu
ui (Temple)

⪾㘼ർᢪߩ ‫ޔ‬ÿᎹᤐ ߩჄ߇޽ࠆ‫ߚ߹ޕ‬᣿ᴦਃᐕߦ᧲੩ߢᦨ߽ᣧߊߢ߈ߚÿ┙ዊቇᩞߩ⢒
⧷ዊቇᩞ⊒␽ߩ࿾ߢ߽޽ࠆ
 The painter Katsushi
a Ôo
usai¶s teacher, painter and print ma
er Katsu
awaShunsh (1726
± 1792) is buried here in plot 41616. Ôe was famous for his ya
ushae portraits of Kabu
i
actors and Biinga images of beautiful women. Katsu
awaShunsh was his pen name, his
original name being KatsumiyagawaYūsu
e. Early in Meii 3 (1870) the premises were turned
into a public institution; a primary school. The area around here used to be
nown as Somei
Yoshino Mura ~੗ศ
c± Yoshino Cherry Tree village because of the cultivation of Yoshino
Cherry trees, Somei~੗ÿ in the area that were also grown on either side of the streets in
unbro
en lines and still grow in profusion in the temple grounds

18. ၳ↰ ේ Ôottahara (Ôotta field)

ㄭᳯ࿖㧔ṑ⾐ÿ㧕ችᎹ⮲ਥၳ↰ኅߩደᢝ࿾߇޽ߞߚ߇⨲⨚‫ߩޘ‬ේߞ߬ߦߥߞߡ޿ߚ‫ߪ᧲ޕ‬᐀
ᐭߩ ႐ߣ⊛႐႐߇޽ߞߚ‫ޕ‬෡ᯅߩฬߪߎߎ߆ࠄ᧪ߡ޿ࠆ

The residence of the Miyagawa branch Daimy of the Ôotta family from the mi region
(Shiga
en ± Shiga Prefecture, Kin
i area) was located here in an open field covered with
weeds. To the east was the Ba
ufu¶s horse riding ground and target practice fields. The name
of Umayabashi had already been established.ÔottaMasayasu (18481911; ၳ↰ᱜ ) was the
eighth natural son of Lord of the Iwa
i Ta
anaga Kameda clan. Ôe was adopted
by ÔottaMasasato. In 1863 he was head of the Miyagawa branch of the family. After 1868, he
served in the administration of T
y wor
ing as a district official. In the first parliamentary
elections in 1890 he was elected to the Ôouse of Lords and became a leader of the Ken
yu

ai Party.

19. ᓮ෡ߩᷰߒ maya (Government Stables) Watashi (Ferry)

ᳯᚭᤨઍ‫ޔ‬᐀ᐭߩ෡⥢߇⷏ጯ㧔บ᧲඙ÿ㧕ߦ޽ߞߚߎߣ߆ࠄ‫ߩߎޔ‬ㄝࠅߩᷰߒ⥱ߪᓮ෡㧔߅
ࠎ߹޿㧕ߩᷰߒߣ๭߫ࠇߚ‫ߩߎޕ‬ᷰߒߪォⷒ੐᡿߇ᄙߊ‫ޟ‬ਃ ߩᷰߒ‫ߣޠ‬಄߿߆ߐࠇߚߣ޿
߁‫ޕ‬᣿ᴦ৾ᐕߦᓮ෡ᯅ㧔߅ࠎ߹޿߫ߒ㧕߇᳃㑆ߩᚻߢ᨞⸳ߐࠇߚ

Katsushi
a Ôo
usai

Established in the middle of the Edo period the eight ferry boats operated by fourteen
maintained the ferry services for over 180 years. The ferry service was named after nearby
stables where horses were
ept for transporting rice for the granaries. In the 17th century, the
To
ugawa Shogunate used the riverban
south of Komagata for a horse stable (umaya).
Ôorses were an important part of the warriors' life and were in great demand for travel and
other purposes. In1872 there was an accident when one of the ferries capsized carrying
people and their flower purchases. In 1874 a toll bridge was built and the ferry service ceased

20. ÿ
␹␠ SuwaJina (Shrine)

 ାᎺਅÿ
ߩᄢ␹ಽᐳ␠‫ޟޕ‬ഃᑪߛฎߒߣ੔߃ߤ߽ᣥ὾ᄬߒߡߘߩᐕᥲࠍ ߦߖߕ㧚㧚
‫ޕޠ‬ÿ↸ߪᢥ⽕ᄐ⋡ẇ⍹߇‫⟵ޔ‬ÿߩኅߢ᣿ᴦ
ᐕ߹ߢ᥵ࠄߒߚ↸ߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬

This was a subsidiary shrine of the ShinshūShimosuwa(La
e SuwanearShinano, Nagano

Prefecture). Established a very long time ago an old chronicle tells of it being destroyed by
fire after which it was never rebuilt. Near here, in 1958, the literary master NatsumeS se
i
(1867 ± 1916) too
a room at Sachiso㧔ᐘ⨿㧕´ of Suwach 㧔ÿ↸㧕in Asa
usa, and
stayed at his father in law¶s house in the neighbourhood until Meii 7/8 (1874/1875)

21. 㚤ᒻၴ Komagatad

ㅢ⒓‫ࡑࠦޟ‬ÿ‫⃻ޕޠ‬࿷ߩ㚤ᒻᯅ⷏⹣߼ߦ޽ࠆ‫ᧄޕ‬ၴߪ⃻࿷ߪᳯᚭㅢࠅߦ㕙ߒߡ޿ࠆ߇‫ޔ‬
ߪᎹÿߦ㕙ߒߡ޿ߚ‫ޕ‬ศේߩㆆÿ㧞ઍ⋡㜞 ߇઄บߩᲚ᭽‫ߛࠎ⹗ߡߞ߇ߒ ࠍ
ޔ‬
ߣ޿߁‫ޟ‬ำߪ޿߹ 㚤ᒻ޽ߚࠅ

Komagatado was probably first built in 942 when Lord TairaKimmasa donated the main hall,
pagoda and other buildings as a generous tribute to Asa
usaKannon Temple. This small
shrine, dedicated to the Ôorseheaded Kannon (
oma means horse), was a favourite theme
for artists and writers. Ôiroshige's wood bloc
depiction of this shrine has been reproduced on
metal plates on the downstream side of the bridge. The current building is a Ferro concrete
affair built in 1933.

22. ၳ↰ደᢝ ÔottaYashi
i (residence)

ၳ↰ÿ೨቞ደᢝߦᲚ߇޽ߞߚ‫ޕ‬ᳯᚭᤨઍߩ⟵᳃ߢ⍮ࠄࠇࠆਅ ࿖㧔ජÿÿ㧕૒ୖÿ
ߩ
᳃‫ޔ‬ÿ
㇢ࠍ 㙃ߔࠆၴߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬ÿ
㇢ߪ㊀޿⒅⒢ߦ⧰ߒ߻ ᳃ߩߚ߼⮲ਥߦ⋥⸷ߒߡಣ
ೃߦߥߞߚ‫ࠍࠅߚߚߩߎޕ‬ÿࠇߡ␻ࠍᑪ┙ߒ
ߒߚ

Illustration of ÔottaYashi
i Gardens by J Bayne

From µThe Land of the Morning¶, William Gray Dixon, published 1882, Edinburgh

This was the site of the residence of ÔottaBuzenno
ami (
ami was the courtesy title
reflecting the highest ran
ing person with responsibility for Buzen province). During the time
of OEdo (T
y ) in Sa
ura, Shim sa province (Chiba prefecture) there was a selfsacrificing
man who was
nown to be aligned with the peasants, Sa
ura S gor (1605 ± 1653. Real
name Kiuchi) to whom a memorial hall has been built. Because of the suffering cause by the
massive taxes imposed on the peasants by their Daimyo Ôotta Masanobu (1632 ± 1680)
S gor appealed directly to the Shogun and was executed for his impropriety. As a result of
this dreadful misfortune a shrine was built for the repose of dead souls. The story was made
into a Kabu
i play, Sa
ura Giminden (Sa
ura the Martyr)
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23. 㜞ේ(ߚ߆ߪࠄ)ደᢝTa
aharaYashi
i (residence)บ᧲඙ÿ↸ੑৼ⋡

᐀ᐭÿ
ੱ㜞ේᐔ౓ⴡ߇᜙㗔ߒߚ࿾ߢ㜞ේደᢝߣ๭߫ࠇ‫↸ޔ‬ደ߇ᒻᚑߐࠇߚ ÿ㜞ේ⮮౓
ⴡ(ߚ߆ߪࠄߣ߁ߴ߃)ᳯᚭᤨઍ೨ ߩÿ‫ޕ‬ᘮ㐳ߩߎ

(ᄢÿᐭ)ߢÿࠍ߿޿ߡ
޿ߚ߇ÿ߹ߨ߆ࠇߡᳯᚭ߳ߢࠆ‫ޕ‬ᛚᔕ(ߓࠂ߁߅߁)2ᐕ(1653)዁ァᓼᎹኅߩÿ
ߣߥࠅÿᵻ
⨲ᧄ㗿ኹ೨ߢ㜞ේ὾(ᵻ⨲὾)ࠍߪߓ߼ߚ‫ࠍࠇߎޕ‬㜞ේᐔ౓ⴡߣߔࠆߥߤߩ ߽޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬⢈ᓟ(ᾢ
ᧄÿ)಴り‫ޕ‬

The site of the former Ta
ahara Residence at 2 chome Kotobu
i

Ã
Ta
aharaÔeibei was an early Edo era potter. Around about the Keich era (1596 ± 1615) the
demand for tea utensils from Setsu¶sNose district (now part of the Osa
a metropolitan area)
nd
was extremely high. In the 1653, the 2 year of the J era (1652 ± 1655)Ta
aharaÔeibei
was invited to appear in OEdo and became the neighbour and tea utensils specialist of
Sh gun To
ugawa Ietsuna. Ta
ahara ceramics (also
nown as Asa
usa ceramics) was
founded in front of Asa
usaÔongani. It is thought that Ta
aharaÔeibeioriginated in Ôigo
(Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshu) and was thought to ma
e other things as well. Ôe was
bestowed this plot of land which was
nown as the Ta
aharaYashi
i which became a
merchant¶s residence in the middle of town. The site is now located in Kotobu
i 2
chome(ÿੑৼ⋡)

24. 㐷〔೨ Monze
imae (in front of Monze
i Temple)

᣿ᥲߩᄢἫᓟ␹↰߆ࠄ⒖ォߒߡ߈ߚ=ߩ߅ኹߢ⃻᧲੩ᧄ㗿ኹߩ㐷೨↸ߢ޽ࠆ‫ᧄޕ‬㗿ኹ
ߩߎߣࠍ㐷〔ߣ޿޿‫ᧄޔ‬ኹ߽᧲㐷〔‫ޔ‬ᵻ⨲㐷〔ߥߤߣ޿ߞߚ‫ޕ‬ᢝ࿾ߩ㕙ÿߪ㧝ਁ㧡ජ ޽ߞ
ߚߣ޿߁‫ޕ‬᐀ᐭߪߩÿᄢߥ
ࠍÿߊὑߦ᧲⷏ߦಽߌߚ‫ޕ‬

During the Meirei
i era (1655 ± 1658), after passing through Kanda, the great fire of March
nd
2 1657, also
nown as the Furisode Fire, arrived at the J doShinshū (off shoot of J do sect)
Temple, presently T
y ¶s (Shin sect) Ôongani Templeᧄ㗿ኹneighbourhood. Ôongani was
a Monze
i, a temple at which a priest of Imperial or Noble lineage was installed. There are
traces of the Ôoni and also the T mon (east gate), Asa
usaMonze
i and a few other
elements. It was said that the total area of the site was 15,000 tsubo (3.31 sq meters). The
Shinshū School was the mightiest of the Ba
ufu¶s schools of Buddhism and is still the most
 widely practiced in Japan, as opposed to the J doShū School the second most widely
practised form of Buddhism in Japan

25. Žደᯅ Ki
uyabashi (bridge)

౉⼱↰ ߩ᳓ࠍ㓸߼ߡ⃻วÿᯅ㆏ ⴝࠍᣂၳᎹߣ޿߁Ꮉ߇ᵹࠇߡ޿ߚ‫ߩߎޕ‬ᣂၳᎹߦ᨞߆ࠆ
ᯅߢ‫ޔ‬ㄭߊߩÿሶ⥩‫Žޟ‬ደ‫⃻ޕ߁޿ߣ߻ߥߜߦޠ‬࿷Žደᯅߩฬߪ‫Žޟ‬ደᯅ੤⇟‫ߩޠ‬ฬ೨ߢᱷ
ࠆ

Ki
uyabashi (bridge Žደᯅ)circa 1907, and now

Irya, now a rather peaceful area of older houses with traditional charm, was an area of rice
paddies and is associated with a story about a local gardener who planted morning glories
(asagao  ᦺ ) in various parts of the area. The water for Iriya¶s rice paddies was gathered
from the Shinogawariver which flowed along what is now KappabashiD gu Street. The
Shinhorigawa River was crossed by a bridge which was located near a Ki
uya sweet shop
called Chinamu. Now the name Ki
uyabashi only remains as the name for the local police box
or
ban called the Ki
uyabashi
ban.

26.
ᢎኹSen
y i (Temple)

ᳯᚭᓟ ߩÿฬߥ ਎ÿ ߢ⪾㘼ᵹߩ
‫⪾ޔ‬㘼ർᢪߩჄ߇޽ࠆ‫ߪ↹
ޕ‬ÿ㊀ߣߣ߽ߦ⾨
⾥ߐࠇ‫ޟ‬ንᎪਃච౐‫߇
߼ߓߪࠍޠ‬ᄙ޿‫ޕ‬ᓐߩ
ߪÿ
ߦᄙߊᵹࠇ‫ޔ‬1࡜ÿ
ߩੱ‫ߦޘ‬ᄢ߈ߥᓇ ࠍਈ߃ߚ‫ޕ‬

Ôere is the tomb of Katsushi
a Ôo
usai (1750 ± 1849) the U
iyoe artist and pioneer of the
Katsushi
a School made famous during the latter part of the OEdo period. Together with
Ôiroshige he began painting highly praised and fluent landscape masterpieces (Thirtysix
views of Mt. Fui by Ôo
usai). A lot of the wor
was exported to Europe greatly influencing the
French Impressionists.

27. à⑔㒮(ࠅÿ߁ ߊ޿ࠎ )

Ryūfu
u in (i  temple) 3 chome 17 2, Moto Asa
usa(᧲੩ㇺบ᧲඙రᵻ⨲ਃৼ⋡ 17㧙㧞)
᣿ᴦߩᄢÿ
ÿ↹ኅ‫ޔ‬ዊᨋᷡⷫߩჄ߇޽ࠆ‫ߪ
ޕ‬శ߇⟤ߒߊ ߆ࠇÿᣣ‫ޔ‬ᣣߩ಴‫ޔ‬Ꮉ┵ߦ
ߣ߽ࠆἮ‫ޟޔߢ⊛ߤߥޔ‬శ✢‫ޟ߆ߣޠ‬శ✢↹‫ࠆ޿ߡࠇࠊ޿ߣޠ‬
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The burial place of Kiyochi
aKoboyashi (1847 ± 1915), µthe last U
iyoe artist¶ who combined
traditional U
iyoe with modern Western styles and who fought on the side of the Sh gunate
during the Boshin Wars (  BoshinSens ) the outcome of which heralded the fall of the
To
ugawa Sh gunate, the decline of the samurai, the ascendancy of the Emperor and the
advent of the Meii Era and Japan¶s entry onto the stage of the modern World order
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28. ᣂၳᎹ Shinhorigawa (River) T
y (᧲੩ㇺ)Shinhoridoori (ᣂၳㅢࠅ)

౉⼱㧚ජÿ↰ ߩ᳓ࠍ㓸߼‫ޔ‬ධᵹߒ㠽⿧Ꮉߦวᵹߒߡ㓈↰Ꮉߦᵈ޿ߢ޿ߚ‫ޕ‬ૐ࿾߇ᄙߊ‫ޔ‬ᄢ
߇⛯ߊߣ޿ߟ߽ᵩ᳓ߦߥߞߡ޿ߚ‫ޕ‬

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During the flood of᣿ᴦÿ㧟ᐕ (1910)
At http://www.maroon.dti.ne.p/~satton/taitouimamu
asi/sinborigawa.html

Shin Ôori was the name of a village in this location now incorporated into Shishibone (㣮㛽 ±
the remains of deer. Named after the deer which were brought from the Kasuga Grand Shrine
in Nara and which were buried here after they died). The river was built to prevent flooding in
th
the early 19 century by a merchant, KihachiKappaya (วÿደ ౎).

29. 㒙ㇱᎹ↸ Abe
awach

ኅÿ߇ᳯᚭ౉ᐭߩ㓙‫ ޔ‬ጟ቟୚Ꮉߩÿ᳃߇⒖ÿߒߚฎߊ߆ࠄߩ↸ደߢ޽ࠆ‫ޕ‬ኅÿߩ๮ࠍ ߞ
ߚߣ޿߁ÿਃⒷ⩄߇޽ࠆ

An old Edo Street, Abe
awach no longer exists having been absorbed into the current
neighbourhood in 1936. The southern half was absorbed into Kotobu
i 1chome and the
northern half into Kotobu
i 2chome

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ਃⒷ⩄␹␠Magoz Inari Shrine
 The compilationᓮᐭ  Go FunaiBi
 Notes on the City limits of Edo by Mishima
Masayu
i ਃፉ᡽ⴕ (see 15 above) states that the neighbourhood here was called
Abe
awach because a shrine was moved here from Abe
awa in Shizuo
a prefecture. The
original shrine was destroyed twice, once during the Great Kant Earthqua
e of 1923 and the
th
second time during the T
y air raids of World War II. On the 8 March there is a festival at
the shrine.
st
Legend has it that To
ugawa Ieyasu, the 1 of the To
ygawa Shoguns, was crossing the
Abegawa River when he handed his horses reigns to a man called Magozo who, it later
turned out, was the incarnation of the Inari (fox) deity of the Magozo shrine near the Abegawa
River.c
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