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Shubi no Matsu 首尾の松 "Pine of Success"
台東区蔵前一丁目三番 Taito ward, Kuramae, first sub-district
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About 100 meters (about 330 ft.) down the Sumida River from this monument, on the riverbank, there used to be the famous Matsu tree Shubi no Matsu. (pine tree of success).
The origin of the name of the pine tree Shubi is not exactly clear but here are some explanations:
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It was named because a man, a shogun's retainer, 'successfully' rode a horse across the flooded Sumida River from the pine tree to the other bank in the presence of the third shogun, Iemitsu.
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Men of the world talked together under this pine tree about their 'Shubi (success)' at Yoshiwara when they crossed the Sumida river.
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Laver (edible seaweed) used to be harvested here using ひび 'hibi' (long sticks to collect laver) stuck in the river, and the pronunciation of 'hibi' was corrupted into 'shubi.'
The first 'Shubi no Matsu'
was blown down during the An'ei era (1772-1780), its successor died during the Ansei era (1854-1859), the third pine died at the end of the Meiji era (around 1910), and their successors were entirely destroyed by the fires of the Kanto Great Earthquake of 1923 and the Second World War. In December, 1962, members of Asakusa-nanbu Association of Commerce, Industry and Tourism regretted the loss of these pines and built a monument close to this bridge in cooperation with the local people.
The present pine monument is said to be the seventh tree.
- source : taito-culture.jp/city
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大川 （隅田川） Okawa is another name for Sumidagawa
This pine is mentioned in the old record 『江戸名所花暦』
首尾を果たす松 - related to Yoshiwara
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浅草川 首尾の松御 厩河岸 Asakusa-gawa Shubinomatsu Onmayagashi
Ando Hiroshige
source and details : adachi-hanga.com/ukiyo-e...
東都首尾の松之図
歌川国芳 Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Ôkawa shubi no matsu 大川首尾の松 The Pine Tree of Success on the Sumida River
Fireworks at Shubinomatsu
"Okawa Shubinomatsu" (literally "Pine Tree at Okawa River")
高橋松亭 Takahashi Hiroaki Shotei
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. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 .
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