. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Persons and People of Edo - Personen .
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Hatchoobori, Hatchōbori 八丁堀 Hatchobori moat
中央区, Chuo ward, 八丁堀一丁目 ー八丁堀四丁目 from the first to the fourth sub-district
former 旧京橋区 Kyobashi ward. / Hachobori / Hacchōbori / Hacchobori
lit. moat of 872 m length. canal of 8 cho
Location of the police barracks in Edo.
八丁堀川（桜川） River Hatchoborigawa (Sakuragawa)
The original spelling was
八町堀 canal of 8 cho (one cho was about 109 meters).
丁 is a simplified later version of 町.
A lot of the canal was filled in around 1955.
Around 1635, many temples of this area moved to Asakusa. Their land was used for the police barracks.
Since the public baths in Edo became quite popular and always crowded, the police constables were allowed to use the baths for women at any time.
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Tsukiji Hatchobori Nihonbashi-minami ezu
築地八町堀日本橋南絵図
- source : National Diet Library
Teppozu Inari-bashi
Teppozu Inari Fujimode
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Hatchobori Nana Fushigi 八丁堀七不思議 Seven Wonders of Hatchobori
police constables at Hatchobori
奥様あって殿様あり the wive of a police constable was Okusama, her husband Tonosama
女湯の刀掛け sword racks in the public bath for women (used by the constables)
金で首が継げる a head fixed with gold
地獄の中の極楽橋 the paradise bridge in the prison hell
貧乏小路に提灯かけ横町 an alley of the poor with lanterns at night
寺があって墓がない a Buddhist temple but no graves
医者儒者犬の糞 many doctors and Confucian scholars lived here (as many as dog's shit on the road)
. Edo Nana Fushigi 江戸七不思議 The Seven Wonders of Edo .
. Legends from Hatchobori .
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Hatchobori no Shichinin 八丁堀の七人 The Hatchōbori Seven
popular TV series
Seven samurai constables in Edo who solve crimes and help keep law and order in the district of Hatchobori,
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江戸名所図会 Edo Meisho Zue
bridge over the Sakuragawa 桜川支流鮫川 (八丁堀川) River Hatchoborigawa .
- Edo (Kōto) Hon-Hatchōbori 本八丁堀(江都) -
十返舎一九 [著] Jippensha, Ikku (1765-1831)
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菊の花咲くや石屋の石の間
kiku no hana saku ya ishiya no ishi no ai
chrysanthemums blooming -
in a stonemason's yard
amid the stones
Tr. Barnhill
chrysanthemum flowers
are blossoming - amongst the stones
of a stonemason's
Tr. Greve
Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉
at the Hatchobori canal 八丁堀, Edo.
This area of the town was known for its stonemasons, because the stones could be transported by ship on the canal. Even in these harsh surroundings, some chrysanthemums had made their way to flowering.
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短日や八丁堀の露地の中
tanjitsu ya Hatchobori no roji no naka
days getting shorter -
in the small alleys of
Hatchobori
Tr. Gabi Greve
久保田万太郎 Kubota Mantaro
. short day, days getting shorter, mijika hi, tanjitsu 短日
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. Chūō ku 中央区 Chuo Ward "Central Ward" .
. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .
. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .
. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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