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8/15/2018

Etchujima district Koto

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Etchuujima, Etchūjima 越中島 Etchujima district, Koto
東京都江東区 越中島一丁目から越中島三丁目 from the first to the third sub-district



The estate of the regent of the former Etchu province,
旗本榊原越中守照清 Hatamoto Sakakibara Etchu no Kami Terukiyo
was located here, hence the name.
Terukiyo was the grandchild of 榊原清政 Sakakibara Kiyomasa (1546 - 1607)

Etchujima was located in the estuary of the river Sumidagawa and was a sand bar, thus named "island".
Eventually the sand bar was lost to rain and storm and Kiyomasa gave the land back to the Edo Bakufu government.
In 1711, after more landfill, the government gave the land to 43 Hatamoto and their retainers and called it
Etchujima cho 越中島町 Etchujima district.
In 1721, other citizens came to live here.
But
In 1730, the official garbage dump of Edo at 永代島 Eitaijima was full and the government decided to make Etchujima the next one, slowly filling the shallow parts of the estuary.

In 1855, the government claimed all the landfills and established the
Koobusho 講武所 Kobusho - Academy for Military Training.
Training places for gun shooting and swimming were added.







. 越中島川 river Etchūjimagawa .

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東京海洋大学 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Etchujima Campus - 2-1-6 Etchujima Koto-ku, Tokyo



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Etchu no Kuni 越中国 Etchū Province



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Etchū Province (越中国 Etchū-no-kuni)
was a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west, Shinano and Hida Provinces to the south, Echigo Province to the east and the Sea of Japan to the north. Its abbreviated form name was Esshū (越州).
- History
Koshi Province (越国 / 古志国 Koshi no Kuni) was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki. The region as a whole was sometimes referred to as Esshū (越州). In 701 AD, per the reforms of the Taihō Code, Koshi was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo.
However, in 702 AD,
the four western districts of Etchū Province (Kubiki, Koshi, Uonuma and Kanbara) were transferred to Echigo Province. Etchū annexed Noto Province in 741 AD, but Noto was separated out again in 757 AD. In 746 AD, the noted poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi became Kokushi, and left many references to the region in the poetic anthology Manyōshū.
..... During the Muromachi period, the Hatakeyama clan emerged as shugo regent of the region, but preferred to remain in Kyoto, and to rule through appointed deputies, such as the Jinbō clan and the Shiina clan.
Into the Sengoku period, the Hatakeyama transferred their power base to Nanao Castle in Noto province, and Etchū became an area contested by the Uesugi clan and the Oda clan with the Ikkō-ikki helping play one side against the other. The area was eventually conquered by Oda Nobunaga's general Shibata Katsuie and his deputy Sassa Narimasa, who were later replaced by Maeda Toshiie under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
The Maeda clan retained control of the province under Kaga Domain during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. During the mid-Edo period, Nei District and much of Niikawa District were separated from Kaga Domain into the 100,000 koku Toyama Domain, which was ruled by a branch of the Maeda clan.
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越中国 神通川舟橋 / 冨山船橋 Boat Bridge at Toyama

Funahashi 船橋 boat bridge over the river 松川 Matsukawa.
In the Edo period, it was a famous bridge over the river Jinzuugawa 神通川 Jinzugawa, Jinzū River, built only with boats and planks.
In 1998, it was selected as 日本百名橋 one of the 100 famous bridges of Japan.


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. Etchu Daimon Kite Festival 越中大門凧祭り .


manhole from Daimon Town 大門町

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越中鵜坂社の尻たたき祭 Etchu Usakasha Shrine - shiri tataki matsuri festival

. shiritataki matsuri 尻たたき祭 "hitting the bottom"
at Iwakura town, Kyoto 


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海の日の越中島の白帆かな
umi no hi no Etchujima no shiraho kana

all the white sails
at Etchujima
on Marine Day . . .

Tr, Gabi Greve

長谷川歌子 Hasegawa Utako

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8/09/2018

Tamura Koji district Minato

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Tamura Kooji 田村小路 Tamura Koji Alley district
港区 Minato Shinbashi 新橋 3rd and 4th district, 西新橋 Nishi-Shinbashi second district

The area South of the gate 幸橋御門 Saiwaibashi Gomon was a district of the Samurai.
Nearby was 愛宕の下大名小路 Atago no Shita Daimyo Koji Alley.

The estate of Tamura Muneyoshi was in this area, soon giving its name to it.
The area was first named 愛宕下田村小路 Atago no Shita Tamura Koji.

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The Tamura clan (田村氏 Tamura-shi)
was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled Ichinoseki Domain in Mutsu Province during the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The family was closely related to the Date clan of Sendai Domain through intermarriage.
- Origins
The Tamura clan claimed descent from Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, and were local gōzoku controlling Tamura shōen (later Tamura District) in what is now central Fukushima Prefecture since the Heian period.
- Edo period
The wife of Date Masamune was Megohime (1568–1653), also known as Lady Tamura, since she was the daughter and only child of Tamura Kiyoaki. Her paternal grandmother and material grandmother were also both daughters of Date Tanemune, making her Masamune’s second cousin. She had four children, the eldest of which (Date Tadamune) was Masamune’s successor to Sendai Domain. Although Masamune had agreed that their second son should succeed to the Tamura clan, this son (Date Munetsuna) died at the age of 16. In order to restore the Tamura clan, Date Tadamune’s son Date Muneyoshi was ordered to take the Tamura surname.
The restored Tamura clan
was given 10,000 koku in Iwagasaki, Kurihara in what is now Miyagi Prefecture. When the young Date Tsunamura became daimyō of Sendai in 1660, Muneyoshi gained an additional 20,000 koku from territories in what is now Ichinoseki, Iwate. In addition, he became a guardian of Date Tsunamura together with Date Munekatsu. In 1662, Muneyoshi was transferred to the newly-created Iwanuma Domain in the Natori District, becoming daimyō of a subsidiary domain to Sendai Domain.
In 1695,
his son Tamura Tatsuaki, transferred the seat of the domain to Ichinoseki Domain (30,000 koku). The clan remained at Ichinoseki until the Meiji restoration. The Ichinoseki holdings were completely surrounded by Sendai Domain.
Ichinoseki domain
forces took part in the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei's attack on the Akita Domain in the late summer of 1868.
In the Meiji era, the former daimyō of Ichinoseki, Tamura Takaaki, was created viscount in the new peerage system.


Tamura Muneyoshi 田村宗良 (1637 – 1678)
was a Japanese daimyō of Iwanuma Domain in Mutsu Province of early-Edo period Japan.
Muneyoshi was the third son of Date Tadamune, the 2nd daimyō of Sendai Domain. His mother, Fusa, was a concubine and the daughter of Mitamura Matauemon. His childhood name was Kamechiyo (亀千代). From 1639, under his father's orders, he was raised by Suzuki Motonobu, a vassal of Sendai Domain, in Ōsaki, Shida District, as heir to the Suzuki clan. In 1649, at the time of his genpuku ceremony, he changed his name to Suzuki Muneyoshi (鈴木宗良).
However, in 1653,
the Tamura clan was revived, as requested by Megohime (Muneyoshi's grandmother, Date Masamune's wife) via her will, and Muneyoshi became Tamura Muneyoshi, with holdings totalling 10,000 koku in Iwagasaki, Kurihara, in what is now Miyagi Prefecture.
In 1658,
following the death of Date Tadamune, the second daimyō of Sendai Domain. Sendai Domain was inherited by the young and impressionable Date Tsunamune, and the clan elders appointed Muneyoshi and his half-brother, Date Munekatsu as guardians. In 1660, Muneyoshi gained an additional 20,000 koku in what is now Ichinoseki, along with the courtesy title of Ukyō-no-daifu and of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Muneyoshi’s daughter-in-law was the daughter of Tairō Sakai Tadakiyo. Through these connections, the Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi accused Tadamune of drunkenness and debauchery, who then removed from office for misrule and was confined to a secondary clan residence in Edo.
The infant Date Tsunamura
was made daimyō of Sendai under the guardianship of his uncles. In 1662, Muneyoshi transferred his seat to what is now the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi and officially became daimyō of Iwanuma Domain, a subsidiary domain of Sendai, based in what is now the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi. He received the courtesy title of Oki-no-kami in 1670. According to waka poetry written about him, Muneyoshi had a mild personality and was popular, in contrast to the events of the Date Sōdō.
The ten years
during which Date Munekatsu and Tamura Muneyoshi ruled in place of the under-age Date Tsunamura were marked by violence and conflict in Sendai Domain. Events reached a climax in 1671 when Aki Muneshige, a powerful relative of the Date clan, complained to the shogunate of the mismanagement of the fief under Tsunamura and his uncles. In the ensuring Date Sōdō, Muneyoshi was relieved of his offices in 1671 and placed under house arrest. He was pardoned in 1672. In 1678, he died at the clan’s Edo residence at the age of 42. He died at age 42, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.


Tamura Tatsuaki 田村建顕 (Tamura Tateaki) (1656 - 1708)
田村建顕(右京大夫)Tamura Takeaki (Ukyo Dayu)
was the second and final daimyō of Iwanuma Domain and first Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.
His courtesy title was Ukyō-no-daifu, later Inaba-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Tatsuaki was the second son of Tamura Muneyoshi, the daimyō of the 30,000 koku Iwanuma Domain. He underwent the genpuku ceremony in 1660 and was received in formal audience by shōgun Tokugawa Ietsuna, who confirmed him as heir to Iwanuma. However, in May 1681, the seat of Iwanuma Domain was relocated to Ichinoseki. Tatsuaki was noted for his scholarship, and in 1691 was elevated to the status of provisional Fudai daimyō. In 1692, he was appointed a sōshaban. The same year, he changed his name from Tamura Munenaga (宗永) to Tamura Tatsuaki.
In 1693, he received the additional honor of being styled as castellan, although his domain was only ranked that of a jin'ya. In 1694, his younger brother was elevated to the ranks of the hatamoto. He was married to the daughter of Matsudaira Chikayoshi, from Matsue Domain, but as he had no sons, he adopted the son of a hatamoto to be his heir.
In 1701, in the aftermath of the famous Chūshingura incident, he was assigned custody of Asano Naganori, who later committed seppuku at the Ichinoseki Domain’s residence in Edo.
In 1705, he received the courtesy title of Inaba-no-kami. He died at age 53, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.
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. Sengaku-ji and the 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chushingura) 泉岳寺と47浪人 .


Tamura Takaaki 田村崇顕 (1858 – 1922)
was the 11th and final Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

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. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .


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幸橋見附門 Saiwaibashi Mitsuke Mon
Better known as O-Nari Go-Mon 御成御門 or 御成橋門 O-Naribashi Mon, the Gate for the Shogun and his family, especially to the temple 増上寺 Zojo-Ji in Shiba.

It has been built by 細川忠利 Hosokawa Tadatoshi, the daimyo of 肥後国熊本藩主 the Bingo Domain in Kumamoto.




Saiwaibashi 幸橋 Saiwaibashi bridge
Across the river 汐留川 Shiodomegawa

. Shiodome 汐留 Shiodome district - Minato .

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Hosokawa Tadatoshi 細川忠利 (1586 – 1641)
a Japanese samurai daimyō of the early Edo period. He was the head of Kumamoto Domain. He was a patron of the martial artist Miyamoto Musashi.
..... Having studied the Yagyū Shinkage-ryū under Ujii Yashiro, Tadatoshi wanted his guest, Musashi, to fight against the sword master of his fief, and see which style was the strongest. But Ujii, despite his full license in Yagyu Shinkage style, could not strike a single blow against him after numerous bout. Lord Tadatoshi took over, but he too was powerless against Musashi. He said then about Musashi:
"I never imagined there could be such a difference in levels of accomplishment!"
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Atago 愛宕 Atago district
Minato ward, Atago first and second sub-district



Mount Atago (愛宕山 Atago-yama) occupies most of the district. The lower zone located between Mt. Atago and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 301, also known as Atago Shita Dōri Avenue (愛宕下通り Atago Shita Dōri), was a dense residential neighborhood but recently underwent an urban renewal. It is now known as a home to Atago Green Hills, an urban complex constructed by building tycoon Minoru Mori.
Mount Atago
Located in the Atago district, Mount Atago is the highest natural mountain in the 23 special wards of Tokyo, with an elevation of 25.7 m.
The Atago Shrine (愛宕神社 Atago Jinja) is housed on the mountain.
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. Atago Jinja 愛宕神社 Atago Shrine in Tokyo .
. Atago Jinja 愛宕神社 Atago shrines - Introduction .

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. 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji .
港区愛宕1-3-8 / Minato ward, Atago, 1-3-8

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Atago shita Yabukoji 愛宕下藪小路 Yabukoji Street Below Atago Hill
Atagoshita and Yabu lane / Yabu Street at the foot of Atago Hill
Hiroshige 広重1
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This was the name for a low-lying area from present day Minato Ward Shinbashi to Nishi Shinbashi, sandwiched between the east side of Mt. Atago and the Tokaido Highway.
There were a large number of Daimyo (feudal lords) residences, including the residence of Tamura Takeaki (Ukyo Dayu) the first head of the Ichinoseki Clan who carried out the seppuku of Ako Clan head Asano Naganori (Takumi no Kami) who perpetrated the incident of the attack within Edo Castle which resulted in series of events involving the 47 Ronin, as well as the residence of Toyama Kagemoto famous from the novel "Toyama no Kin san".
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Yabukooji, Yabukōji 藪小路 Yabukoji alley district, "bamboo thicket"
Minato ward, 虎ノ門 Toranomon first sub-district

Named after a takeyabu 竹藪 bamboo thicket.
An alley along the river 桜川 Sakuragawa. Once a hawk had died in this thicket and it was not cut down any more after that.
It is also in the kimon 鬼門 un-auspicious direction of Edo castle and bamboo had not been cut here.
The estate of 加藤家屋敷 the Kato clan had been here in 1714, but they left the bamboo thicket untouched. Thus the area was also called
藪加藤 Yabu Kato.
After the Meiji restauration, part of the alley had been reconstructed and the estate changed into a shopping street. Now only the paintings remain of the good old times.




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稲荷小路 Inari Koji、愛宕下大名小路 Atago-Shita Daimyo Koji,、佐久間小路 Sakuma Koji、
田村小路 Tamura Koji 神保小路 Jinbo Koji / (しょうしん) 小身小路 Shoshin Koji、
薬師小路 Yakushi Koji、秋田小路 Akita Koji、 袋小路 Fukuro Koji、鎧小路 Yoroi Koji、
三斎小路 Sansai Koji、藪小路と Yabu Koji



. 虎ノ門 Toranomon district .

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. Shinbashi, Shimbashi 新橋 "new bridge" district, Minato .


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7/28/2018

Morikawajuku station Bunkyo

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Morikawajuku 森川宿 Morikawa rest station
森川宿追分 Morikawajuku Oiwake  // 森川町 Morikawa cho
文京区 Bunkyo ward 本郷 Hongo fifth and sixth sub-district



Here was the first ichirizuka 一里塚 stone marker mound of the 中仙道 Nakasendo Highway, where the 日光御成道(岩槻街道) Nikko Onari Michi started.

Until the middle of the 18th century, there ware many enoki 榎 nettle trees along the road, but they were cut down to make a wider road for fire prevention and enlargement of the street.
The corner shop 高崎屋 Takasakiya in the Edo period was a Sake store and also money changer, who only sold goods for money.
The road to the left of the store is the Nakasendo Highway.



Oiwake Ichirizuka post

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Kaneyasu かねやす

A saying from Edo:
Hongo mo Kaneyasu made wa Edo no uchi 本郷もかねやすまでは江戸の内
Hongo belongs to the city of Edo until the store of Kaneyasu.




Kaneyasu Yuuetsu 兼康祐悦 
Kaneyasu was a 口中医(歯医者) dentist who came to Edo at the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
兼康祐元 Kaneyasu Yugen, the third generation, opened the corner store かねやす Kaneyasu in 1617. The store also sold nyuukoosan 乳香散 Nyukosan, a kind of toothpaste.
His store was at the traffic crossing Hongo Third District 本郷三丁目の交差点. It remains there to our day, now as a store selling cloths.
nyuukoo 乳香 francinsense, Olibanum, was an ingredient of Nyukosan.






. Hongō, Hongoo 本郷 Hongo district .

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Walking along the Nakasendo from the store of Kaneyasu, there was the station 森川宿 Morikawa-juku.
The 宿 juku here does not mean a postal station, but just a place to stand and take a rest, tatejuku 立宿.
Travelers and horse leaders could take a rest and refreshments, before coming to the first postal station of the Nakasendo,
Itabashi-shuku 板橋宿 Itabashi.

. Nakasendoo 中山道 Nakasendo Highway .

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In the Edo period, there was the estate of
森川金右衛門 Morikawa Kinemon.
Kinemon was an official of the Edo Bakufu government, taking care of the safety of this crossroads.

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. Yaoya no O-Shichi 八百屋のお七 Greengrocer's Daughter Oshichi .
She was born in Morikawajuku.

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

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. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

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. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

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7/26/2018

Udagawa district Minato Shibuya

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Udagawa choo, Udagawachō 宇田川町 Udagawa district
渋谷区 Shibuya ward, no sub-districts



The name might refers to a retainer of the Hojo clan
宇田川和泉守長清 Udagwa Izumi no Kami Nagakiyo
who had his estate in this area.
In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated the Hojo in Odawara and Hojo Ujimasa killed himself.
Later Udagawa in Edo became the head man of a district named after him.

The river Udagawa 宇田川 can not be seen from this district.
It used to be a small shopping district of Tokyo, but recently many highrise buildings were erected.

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River 宇田川 Udagawa is a tributary of the river 渋谷川 Shibuyagawa.
In a print by 長谷川雪旦 Hasegawa Settan, Yoyogi Hachimangu, there is a Shinto shrine on a hill, with the river Udagawa running below.
In the Edo period, there was a bridge, 五石橋 Goseki-Kyo over the river.
(Now this is around 神山町5番 Kamiyama, fifth sub-district.
It flowed into the Shibuyagawa close to Shibuya station, at the bridge 宮益橋 Miyamasubashi.

The Udagawa River is a tributary of the Shibuya River. Though now a culvert, its name lives on -- the district north of JR Shibuya Station is called Udagawacho. The Shibuya River used to flow round an elevated area, which was to the right of the land depicted in the print -- and which encompasses what are now Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine. Today it runs along part of Meiji-dori near Ebisu Station and then on into Tokyo Bay.
. Yoyogi Hachimangu 代々木八幡宮 .

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Miyamasu Chiyoda Inari Shrine 渋谷宮益 千代田稲荷之図
Chiyoda Inari Shrine was said to have begun with calling upon Fushimi-Inari in Kyoto
when 太田道潅 Ōta Dōkan built the Chiyoda (Edo) castle in 1457 (the first year of Chōroku).
After that, in 1602 (the seventh year of Keichō) when Tokugawa Ieyasu extended the Edo castle,
it was moved to Shibuya 宮益町 Miyamasu-chō.
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Fujimi-zaka slope and Lone Pine 富士見坂一本松 ippon matsu
The slope leading westward from Miyamasu in Shibuya
was known at the time as Fujimi-zaka.
The name indicates that Mt. Fuji could be seen from the slope.
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Ukita choo 宇喜田町 Ukita Cho district
Edogawa 江戸川区, no sub-districts



The name refers to the developer of new fields in the Edo period
宇田川喜兵衛 Utagawa Kihei
Kihei was a retainer of the Hojo Clan and Tokugawa Ieyasu gave him this wilderness, where reeds grew, to 新田開発 develop new fields.
In the beginning, the area was called
宇喜新田 Uki Shinden
Later when more farmers moved here, it became 宇喜田村 Ukita mura village.

The Utagawa family lived here in their special estate in 江戸川区江戸川五丁目 the fifth sub-district of Edogawa district.
Their nagayamon 長屋門 entrance gate is still there.


江戸川区江戸川五丁目に宇田川家長屋門


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. Udagawa Yōan 宇田川榕菴 Udagawa Yoan (1798 - 1846) .
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Tsuyama Archives of Western Learning 津山洋学資料館
The origin of the Chinese characters for coffee 珈琲
Mead, Mede in the Edo Period in Japan ミード / 蜂蜜酒 


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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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7/24/2018

Negishi district Taito

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Negishi 根岸 Negishi district - Taito ward
台東区根岸 / Taitō-ku, Negishi / 根岸一丁目から根岸五丁目 from the first to the fifth sub-district
Located in the North of the Uenodai plateau.

The name might have been
beyond the gake 崖 cliff of the plateau 上野台 Uenodai. Below was the kishi/gishi 岸 shore line
looking garbled like ne 根 roots of trees.
The name is already mentioned in books of the Muromachi period as
武蔵国豊島郡根岸村 Negishi village in the Toshima district of Musashi no kuni.
In the Edo period, it became part of 武蔵国豊島郡金杉村 Kanasugi mura village.


Edo Meisho Zue

Negishi no Sato 根岸の里 Negishi village
It was a rural district with uguisu and kawazu 蛙 frogs and many people of good taste lived here. It had something special for any season.
A Saijiki of 1838 mentions the voice of the first uguisu 鶯 in Edo and Negishi is one of the areas.
. uguisu no hatsune 鶯の初音 first call of the nightingale .
- Kigo season word for spring

So Negishi was also called
hatsune no sato 初音の里 village of the bush warbler
A legend from 1670 tells of a priest from Kyoto, Hieizan, who came all the way to hear the voice of the nightingales.
But the shy birds from the forests in Ueno did not sing for him.
So he went back to Kyoto and asked 尾形乾山 Ogata Kenzan to gather about 3500 nightingales from the forests around Kyoto and bring them to Ueno. The birds were set free in Ueno and soon the local birds were able to sing just as beautiful as their friends from Kyoto.

Now Uguisudani station 鶯谷駅 "Nightingale valley" is located in Negishi
東京都台東区根岸一丁目4-1, first sub-district

. . Uguisudanichō 鶯谷町 Uguisudani district . - Shibuya ward


Ogata Kenzan 尾形乾山 (1663–1743), potter and painter.
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. Minowa 三ノ輪 / 箕輪 Minowa district .
including 根岸 Negishi 5th district

. Yanaka - 根岸谷中辺絵図 Negishi Yanaka Map .

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Saizooin 西蔵院 Temple Saizo-In
3 Chome-12-38 Negishi, Taitō


source - Edo Meisho Zue 江戸名所図会 
People are playing 囲碁 Igo in a tea stall
In front is
the pine O-gyoo no matsu 御行の松 O-Gyo no Matsu
Pine of the Religious Practise


The pine was in the temple Saizo-In with a hall for 不動堂 Fudo Myo-O.

The first O-Gyo no Matsu must have been quite famous, since it is depicted in the Edo Meisho Zue
and by Utagawa Hiroshige.
A priest of the temple 上野寛永寺 Kanei-Ji in Ueno practised austerities under this tree.
Nearby in Arakawa ward, Nippori, is the
otooto matsu 弟松 Younger Brother Pine
In 1925, this pine became a 天然記念物指定 national treasure. At that time it was about 14 m high.
In 1928, the tree withered and died, so the national treasure position was revoked.
It must have been more than 350 years old at that time.
In 1956, the second pine was planted, but it soon withered.
In 1976, a third pine was planted and right by its side a bonsai-version of a pine was also planted
to give the local people more incentive to look after its well-being.
Legend says
the statue of Fudo Myo-O was carved from the roots of the first pine.


. pine 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree .

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Negishi no Sato 根岸の里 Negishi village
絵本江戸土産(広重)Ehon Edo Miyage, Hiroshige

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Negishi no Sato 根岸の里
Negishi no Sato was located in 上野の山蔭 Yamakage, Ueno.
It was a place with artistic elegance, so many writers and artists lived there
from the Edo period onwards.
There were also country villas of the large store owners in Nihonbashi and Kyōbashi
and people went there to enjoy the pleasant scenery of the four seasons.
It was also a home to uguisu 鶯 bush warblers.
. source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library .

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The Rakugo storyteller family of 海老名 Ebina live in Negishi in the 7th generation
根岸は落語家の7代目林家正蔵一門(海老名家)
Hayashiya Sanpei the first 初代林家三平 was even called
Negishi no shishoo 根岸の師匠 The Teacher from Negishi
Now 8代目桂文治 Katsura Bunji in the 8th generation lives here.

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. 東叡山寛永寺 Ueno Tōeizan Kanei-Ji .
1 Chome-14-11 Uenosakuragi, Taitō,

gama 蝦蟇 toad - - - hebi 蛇 serpent
In November 1820 a couple went to 東叡山根岸の弁才天の祠 the Benten shrine in the compound of the Kanei-Ji (Negishi).
That night one of their man-servants had a dream of a toad. The toad said it lived under the kitchen sink and was 癩蝦蟇 Kattai-gama, leprosy toad.
It said the mistress had violated the rules of the shrine visit and next night a serpent would come for revenge. But the Toad would protect them.
Next morning when they looked they found a large dead toad under the sink.
The next night the toad appeared in the dream of the master. It said: "I have died but I left enough children to keep protecting you!"
Then following night the serpent appeared in his dream and said: "From now on, I will also protect your home and family!"

. gama 蝦蟇と伝説 Legends about toads .

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .

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. "Negishi no sato no wabizumai" 根岸の里の侘び住まい
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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

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7/22/2018

Kamata district Ota

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Oota, Ōta 大田区 Ota ward



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Ōta's hub is situated around the two stations Kamata and Keikyū Kamata, where the Ōta Ward Office and central Post Office can be found.
- History
The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 merging the old wards of Ōmori and Kamata.
Haneda Airport,
now the main domestic airport for the Greater Tokyo Area, was first established as Haneda Airfield in 1931 in the town of Haneda, Ebara District of Tokyo Prefecture. In 1945, it became Haneda Army Air Base under the control of the United States Army. In the same year, the Occupation ordered the expansion of the airport, evicting people from the surroundings on 48 hours' notice. With the end of the occupation, the Americans returned part of the facility to Japanese control in 1952, completing the return in 1958. Haneda Airport in Ōta was the major international airport for Tokyo, and handled traffic for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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1947 - sub-districts

. Oomori, Ōmori 大森 Omori district "Great Forest" .
旧大森区の範囲は現在 Former Omori ward
千鳥、中央、石川町、鵜の木、山王 Sanno
- and - 大森北、大森南、大森東、大森西、大森中、大森本町
. Denenchōfu 田園調布 Denenchofu 田園調布本町、田園調布南 .
Ikegami 上池台、池上、仲池上 - see below
Kugahara 久が原、南久が原
. Magome 馬込 Magome district / Magomemachi 馬込町 Magomemura 馬込村 .
- 北馬込、南馬込、東馬込、西馬込、中馬込、
Minemachi 嶺町 / 北嶺町、東嶺町、西嶺町、
. Senzoku: 北千束 Kita-Senzoku 南千束 Minami-Senzoku .
Yukigaya 雪谷 / 南雪谷、東雪谷、雪谷大塚町

旧蒲田区の範囲は現在 Former Kamata ward - see below
下丸子 Shimomaruko, 萩中 Haginaka
Koojiya, Kojiya 糀谷 / 北糀谷、東糀谷、西糀谷
. Tamagawa 多摩川 - 多摩川上水 Tamagawa Josui Kanal.
. Yaguchi 矢口 / 東矢口 / 矢ノ口 .


. Haneda 羽田 Haneda district, "wings and fields" .
Haneda 羽田、本羽田、羽田旭町、Haneda Asahi cho, 羽田鈴木町 Suzukicho

. Rokugoo, Rokugō 六郷 Rokugo district, "six villages" .
南六郷、東六郷、西六郷、仲六郷



Hakkeizaka yoroikakematsu 八景坂鎧掛松 The Armor-hanging Pine at Hakkeizaka slope
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 - Meisho Edo hyakkei - One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

The slope goes from 山王2丁目 Sanno second sub-district to 山王3丁目 third sub-district.
Here 八幡太郎鎧掛けの松 Hachimantaro hanged his armour.

. Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 / 源義家 (1039 - 1106) .

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Tamagawadai Kooen 多摩川台公園 / 玉川台公園 Tamagawadai Koen Park



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This park is famous for its cherry blossoms and hydrangea. The park spreads over about 750 m on the hilly area along the Tama River.
From the grounds,
the mountains of Tanzawa and Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance on a sunny day. The 67,154 sq. m garden boasts many attractions including natural forest paths, a kofun (tumulus), an observation deck, a water botanical garden, a seasonal wildflower garden, a hydrangea garden and a mountain grass path.
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Tamagawadai kofun 玉川台古墳群 tumulus



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A huge tomb called “Kofun (tumulus)” that was made from the 4th to the 7th century has been reproduced as a life-size replica.
This is a part of the back circular part of the large keyhole-shaped tomb mound, which has a horizontal stone chamber that was built in the 6th century in the Kanto region.
The Kofun has been reproduced in the original shape that was built by the ancient people, so it can be compared to the current Kofun that is preserved in Tamagawadai Park. Please look at it as if you became an ancient person.
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. kofun jidai 古墳時代 burial mound period - 250 to 538 .
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. Ikegami Honmon-Ji 池上本門寺 .
1-1-1, Ikegami, Ōta-ku, Tokyo
a temple of the Nichiren sect south of Tokyo, erected where 日蓮上人 Saint Nichiren is said to have died.

If believers of this sect die in Tokyo, their soul flies to Honmon-Ji and the 人魂 soul fire is seen entering the grave.
If someone happens to see the soul fire around the grave, he might be able to see the face of the dead person for a moment.
. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the human soul fire .

jishin 地神 The Local Deity - Saint Nichiren
A disciple of Nichiren, 日法 Nippo, had made a statue of Saint Nichiren and painted the Mandala of Nichiren on it.
37 days after his death, Nichiren had become the local protector deity.


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Kamata 蒲田 "bulrush district"
東京都大田区 Ōta . Ota ward / 蒲田一丁目から蒲田五丁目 from the first to the fifth sub-district
旧蒲田区 Former Kamata ward (蒲田、南蒲田、東蒲田、西蒲田、新蒲田、蒲田本町)

The name means "field of gama 蒲 (がま), a kind of bulrush.
which was used to make mats and window blinds.

. gama 蒲 (がま) Gama cattail, reed mace, Phalaris arundinacea .

Kamata go 蒲田郷 Kamata village in the Heian period.
The Shrine 蒲田の稗田神社 Hieda Jinja in Kamata was built in 927.
The Musashi Samurai clan of the 江戸蒲田氏 Edo Kamata lived in Kamata go.
Later the Hojo became regents, and the village was again under the government of the Kamata clan.

In former times the area was called ume-no-ki mura 梅の木村 Umenoki mura "Village of the Plum Trees".
The flower of the Ota ward is the plum.


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The name "Kamata" has been used to refer to the area since at least the 900s AD. Historically, the area was famous for Japanese apricots (ume).
Kamata was first linked to Tokyo by rail in 1901 with the opening of Kamata Station (now Keikyu Kamata Station) on the Keikyu Main Line. This was followed in 1904 by the opening of a separate Kamata Station on the Tokaido Line.
Kamata became a ward of Tokyo City in October 1932, incorporating the historical towns of Kamata, Yaguchi, Rokugo and Haneda.
Kamata merged with the neighboring ward of Omori to form the ward (city) of Ota in March 1947.
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ume-mi 梅見 watching plum blossoms



famous spots in Edo were
亀戸梅屋敷 Kamei, 隅田川沿いの寺島村 along the river Sumidagawa and 蒲田村 Kamata village

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Umeyashiki 梅屋敷 Plum Mansion
Utagawa Yoshikazu
Umeyashiki in Kameido (Kōtō Ward) was a resort in the outskirts visited in the Edo period by many people and famed especially for its plum trees. We can see in this painting how tea houses were set up and how many people came to enjoy plum tree viewing.
Umeyashiki, was so-called after the many plum trees that were planted in the country house garden known as Seiko-an of Hikoemon Iseya, the merchant originally from Honjo (Sumida Ward). Of these plums, one stock called 'Garyubai', said to have been so named by Mitsukuni Mito, was very famous.
This area continued to be full of viewers coming to view the plum trees even into Meiji times when it received an imperial visit by the Meiji Emperor. Unfortunately the coastal areas of Kameido-cho, Ojima-cho, Sunamura, etc became inundated in the Great Flood of Sumida which broke out in 1910 and the plum trees of Umeyashiki were all ruined and the garden was deserted.
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Kamata no Baien / Kamata no Umezono 蒲田の梅園 Plum Garden at Kamata
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

Plum Garden, Kamata (Kamata no Umezono)
Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando)

The entire Kamata area south of Ōmori was known for the cultivation of plum trees and was celebrated more for its early summertime fruits than its springtime blossoms.
The gentle beauty of this print tends to distract the viewer from the structure intruding from the right. It is a cushioned palanquin known as a yamakago ("mountain palanquin"), once widely used for travel in Japan. The overgarment left casually on top suggests that a traveler has recently stopped off for a brief rest from the nearby Tokaido highway that linked Edo to Kyoto.
- View of the extensive Plum Garden in the Kamata area. The estate which was open to the public complete with teahouses and a restaurant dated from the early Bunsei Period (1818-1830) and came to be known as
the "Plum Mansion" (Umeyashiki), with its several hundred trees extending into the distance. The owner of the mansion was a medicine dealer from Omori, whose chief product was a cold remedy called 和中散 Wachusan.
The structure on the right is an indigo cushioned palanquin of the simple A-frame type known as a "yamakago" ("mountain palanquin") and was used widely for travel in Japan, suggesting that a traveler had stopped off from nearby Tokaido for a rest, leaving an over garment on top.
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. Ōmori 大森 Omori district "Great Forest" .
and the postal station Ai no Shuku 間の宿 Station inbetween.


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A Garden Fit for an Emperor
- Ukiyo Photographer Kichiya’s “Plum Garden at Kamata”
Seiseki Kamata Umeyashiki Park is in the Kamata district of Ōta, Tokyo, not far from Umeyashiki Station on the Keikyū Line. Tradition holds that local merchant Yamamoto Kyūzaburō, a hawker of patent medicine for travelers, founded the garden during the Bunsei era (1818–1831) when he planted plum trees around a teahouse he built alongside his store.
The lively scene depicted by Hiroshige suggests that Yamamoto’s trees attracted quite a crowd when in bloom. Stone monuments bearing poetic inscriptions selected by the haiku-loving Yamamoto as well as milestones are seen scattered among the blossoming plums. Many of these markers still stand today. Emperor Meiji visited the park about 10 years after Hiroshige produced the wood-block print and found it so much to his liking that he returned many times thereafter. In honor of this imperial patronage, the term seiseki (literally “sacred place”) was added to the park’s name.
I snapped this photograph on a February evening just as the sky above the blossoming plum trees began to redden. Although developments like the expansion of National Route 15 have made the park smaller than in Hiroshige’s day, the pond, stone monuments, and wisteria arbor above the benches all evoke the atmosphere of the original print.
... The property originally belonged to the Yamamoto Kyūzaburō, a merchant who sold a patent medicine known as wachūsan — said to be effective against food poisoning, heatstroke, and other ailments—to travelers passing by on the nearby Tōkaidō highway. Local vendors of the remedy, of which there were several, each maintained their own teahouse to help lure customers. Yamamoto’s teahouse, built of the finest plum wood, is said to have been particularly popular.
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source and more photos : hiroshige-kitarou.blog.so-net.ne.jp...

Kamata Ume Yashiki 蒲田梅屋敷 Kamata Plum Tree Estate
聖跡蒲田梅屋敷公園 Seiseki Kamata Umeyashiki Koen Park
3 Chome-25 Kamata, Ōta

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. Hieda Jinja 薭田神社(ひえだじんじゃ) .
大田区 Ōta-ku, Ota ward, Kamata // Hieta Shrine
The shrine legend tells us that in the year 709 the Buddhist monk, Gyōki, made shintai (divine images) of Amaterasu Ōkami, Hachiman, and Kasuga and enshrined them.


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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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. Aragamisama, Koojinsama 荒神様 Arakami Sama, Kojin Sama .
. Benjogami 便所神 Female God of the Toilet .
. Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami .

These three deities show up for a birth. So pregnant women have to venerate them every day to get their help when they need it.
The toilet has to be kept especially clean.
If a newborn baby has a bruise at the bottom, it signifies that Arakami Sama has been there and pinched it to come out fast.
The Hokigami must be honored be never stepping over a broom. A broom must never be used to hit people, otherwise the birth might become a problem.

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. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 Legends about fire balls .

The Hinotama fireball has a different red color that then hitodama 人魂 a human soul fireball and makes a sound like パチパチ pachipachi.
It is also called kanetama カネ玉 "money ball". It appears if someone goes bankrupt.

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. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the human soul fire .

On an early winter night when it was quite dark, a visitor to a local food store saw a soul fire hovering in the persimmon tree like a red full moon and then disappearing fast.
Others see the soul fire as a light red turning into white-blueish, sometimes round ball with a small tail. One person observed it falling to the ground and later found something like soap on the road.

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. Nitta Yoshioki 新田義興 (? - 1358) .
A shrine at 矢口渡 Yaguchi no Watashi, the Nitta Shrine, is dedicated to Yoshioki, who was executed there. He is revered under the name Nitta Daimyōjin (新田大明神).
Wilthin the shrine compound, it is not allowed to page leaves from plants. If people do so, they will be cursed by Yoshioki.


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sensama Sen sama せんさま
Children of the 6th grade were having a lesson of natural science, when one girl suddenly fell to the ground and became unconscious.
The other 10 girls in the class begun to chant:
sen sama ni toritsuita せんさまに取り憑かれた
She has been posessed by Sen sama!
This is one of the chants of invoking a fortune-telling game.

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ushi - 牛に生まれ変わる僧侶 a priest who was reborn a bull
The townspeople near Ota ward believe that a priest had been reborn as a bull.
During the end of the Meiji period, around 1910, the priest of a temple had died. The representative of the parishioners carved a letter into the bone of the body before the burial.
A while later they found a bull with the letters on his body.

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