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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

- HP of the University
- reference source : kaiyodai.ac.jp -

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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

. umi no hi 海の日 Marine Day, Ocean Day .
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8/13/2018

Sumida ward

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Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field"

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Sumida (墨田区 Sumida-ku), is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City.
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The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. It was previously the (ordinary) wards Honjo and Mukojima.
Mukojima, formed in 1932, contained the former town of Sumida, which along with the river gave the ward its name.
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Tokyo Skytree: A digital terrestrial television broadcasting tower used by NHK and other broadcasters. It is the tallest tower in the world and the tallest man-made structure in Japan.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan (National Sumo Stadium)
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Asahi Breweries Headquarters: The Asahi Beer Hall with the Asahi flame created by French designer Philippe Starck in 1989, is one of Tokyo's most recognizable modern structures.[1]
Eko-in: Buddhist temple
Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park: the residence of Kira Yoshinaka stood on this site. The Forty-seven Ronin took his life during the Genroku era.
Hokusai-dori (street), with a series of prints by famed Japanese artist Hokusai who was born in the Kamezawa area of Sumida.
Sumida Triphony Hall, concert hall
Tobu Museum
Tokyo Irei-do (Tokyo Memorial Hall): a memorial to those unidentified people who died in the Great Kantō earthquake, the Bombing of Tokyo in World War II and other catastrophes; by Itō Chūta
Yokoamicho Park, in the Yokoami district
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. Honjo 本所 and 向島 Mukojima .

- Districts
The river 北十間川 Kitajikkengawa divides: South is former Honjo, North is former Mukojima.
. Jikkendana 十軒店（じっけんだな） area in Chuo Ward .

北部（旧向島区）Northern Part (former Mukojima)
墨田（すみだ） Sumida
堤通（つつみどおり） Tsutsumidori
東墨田（ひがしすみだ） Higashi-Sumida
八広（やひろ） Yahiro
. 東向島 Higashi-Mukojima . - former Terajima 寺島町/ 寺島村
立花（たちばな） Tachibana
- - - . Shirahige 白ひげ / 白鬚 Shirahige district "white beard" .
文花（ぶんか） Bunka
京島（きょうじま） Kyojima

中央部（旧本所区・向島区）Central part, former Honjo and Mukojima
吾妻橋（あづまばし） Azumabashi
本所（ほんじょ）Honjo
向島（むこうじま） Mukojima
. Narihira 業平 Narihira district .
. Oshiage 押上 Oshiage district . - Sumida
..... Oshinari おしなり Shopping, 東京スカイツリー Tokyo Skytree
..... 押上天祖神社 Oshiage Tenso Shrine / 高木神社 Takagi Shrine / 飛木稲荷神社 Tobiki Inari Shrine
横川（よこかわ）Yokogawa (as opposed to Tatekawa)

南部（旧本所区）Southern part, former Honjo
. Yokoami 横網 Yokoami district .
両国（りょうごく）Ryogoku
千歳（ちとせ） Chitose
石原（いしわら） Ishiwara
亀沢（かめざわ） Kamezawa
. Midori 緑（みどり） "Green" district .
立川 / 竪川（たてかわ）Tatekawa (as opposed to Yokokawa)
菊川（きくかわ）Kikukawa
太平（たいへい）Taihei
. Kinshi 錦糸 Kinshi "brocade thread" district .
江東橋（こうとうばし）Kotobashi

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. Sumidagawa, Sumida-gawa 隅田川 River Sumida (墨田川, 角田川) .
a river which flows through Tokyo. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi and flows into Tokyo Bay.
With many Ukiyo-E by Hokusai.
. Hokusai : 絵本隅田川両岸一覧 Pictures of Both Banks of the Sumida River .

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. Sumidagawa Shichi Fukujin 隅田川七福神 Seven Gods of God Luck .

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Distant View of the Kinryuzan and the Azumabashi Bridge　吾妻橋金竜山遠望
広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

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Asakusa Kinryuzan Asa no Yuki 浅草金竜山朝の雪
Morning Snow at Asakusa Kinryuzan

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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Azuma-bashi / Hiroshige

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Sumida River and Koseki 武蔵第一名所角田河絵図竝故跡附

This is a picture map indicating the famous places along the Sumida River
between Azuma-bashi bridge and Ushida village.
Not only shrines and temples, but also moon and blossom viewing spots, are introduced.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

.................................................................................　Honjo Ishiwara 本所石原町

inu no tatari 犬の祟り the curse of the dog
Around August in 1729, there lived a man in Ishiwara named 徳山五郎兵衛 Tokuyama Gorobei. One of his friends named 八郎 Hachiro suddenly begun to grow a tail like a dog at his behind. Sometimes he did not eat his breakfast for quite a few days. When they put food in a suribachi すり鉢 mortar, he ate it with delight. Then his face begun to change and he became a dog.
This was the curse of all the dogs he had killed in his lifetime.

.................................................................................　Honjo Koume 本所小梅町

kitsune 狐 fox
Around 1700, a fox lived in an Inari shrine at Koume. When an old woman from the nearby tea stall called for it, the fox showed up. If other people called for it, the fox never showed up.

本所小梅 Honjo Koume
広重　Hiroshige

本所小梅 Honjo Koume Embankment
広重　Hiroshige

.................................................................................　Honjo Matsui 本所松井町

kitsune 狐 fox
In 1822, the colera was rampant.There was also a fox who bewitched people and they lost their ives.
A woman in Matsui town suddenly became crazy and people thought this must have been a fox. She could answer questions and served as a medium. But this became a problem and an exorcist came to help her. She jumped out of a window and they saw a fox running away. The woman did not remember anything.

.................................................................................　Honjo Midori 本所緑町

kamikiri 髪切 hair cut off
A maid servant of 善兵衛 Zenbei went to the outhouse, but suddenly became dizzy and fell down. When she came back to her senses and went to the main house, she found that her hair had been cut off.

.................................................................................　Honjo Tatekawa 本所竪川通り町

ryootoo no hebi 両頭蛇 serpent with two heads
On the 24th day of the 11th lunar month in 1820, a man named 卯之助 Unosuke walked along the Tatekawa road and saw a snake with two heads. It was about 1 meter long.

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. Mimeguri Jinja 三囲神社 / 三圍神社 Mimeguri Shrine .
an Inari fox deity and the Mitsui Family 三井

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hyakunichizeki 百日咳（百日せき）whooping cough, pertussis
If a child had lived 100 days after being born its mother had to take a different route home, passing over seven bridges. That would protect the child from getting a whooping cough.
If by any bad luck a child got the whooping cough, the mother had to pat the skin of the baby with a 飯杓子 rice paddle and then place the baby into a komebitsu 米びつ container to keep cooked rice for serving. This would heal the baby.

. hyakunichizeki 百日咳/ 百日せきと伝説 Legends about whooping cough .

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sakana 魚 fish
at 安楽寺 temple Anraku-Ji
At the sacred pond of the Temple someone had been fishing with a rod, but then got a high fever and died.
Another person had taken out fish with a net, but he also died soon after.

Tomisaka Inari fox shrine 富坂稲荷
The maid of a certain family once went for an errand as usual but did not come back. When they searched for her, they found her crouching at the Shrine for Tomisaka Inari. She had been bewitched by a fox and even her facial expression had changed. She begun to eat a lot and soon lost her senses.
This also happened to another maid servant and then even to the daughter of the family. Eventually the family was extinguished and the only daughter left had a hard life herself.
She had some exorcist rites done and eventually was healed.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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. Shubi no Matsu 首尾の松 "Pine of Success" .
On the bank of the river Sumidagawa

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Honjo Hayashi cho 本所林町 Honjo Hayashi, Honjo-Hayashi
墨田区 Sumida、立川 / 竪川 Tatekawa, first to third district

This area has been developed since 1661, after the Ryogokubashi bridge had been cast over the river Sumidagawa. It was a swamp and many new canals were dug out to get the area dry,
for example 竪川 Tatekawa and 横川 Yokokawa.
On the higher land beside the rivers, new estates of Samurai could now be built. Honjo Hayashi was one of them. It was on the South side of Tatekawa.
The name refers to 旗本 Hatamoto bannerman clan named 林氏 the Hayashi.

. Tatekawa 竪川 (vertical canal) / Yokokawa 横川 (horizontal canal) .
Midorichō 本所緑町 Honjo Midori "Green district"

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. 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 .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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8/12/2018

Mita Shikoku Machi district Minato

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Mita Shikoku Machi 三田四国町 "Shikoku Town" in Mita
港区 Minato 芝2-5丁目 Shiba second to fifth sub-district

The estates of the Daimyo from the four domaines of Shikoku island,
阿波 Awa, 土佐 Tosa, 讃岐 Sanuki and 伊予 Io,
had been here in Mita 二丁目 second sub-district and 三田同朋町 Mita Dobo-Cho.

On the East side of the main road was the Naka-Yashiki of the Daimyo of the Awa Tokushima domain and this part was called Awa Yokocho 阿波横丁 Awa Alley.

Another theory of the name relates to
the estates of the four government officials of 四ヶ国 the four districts
因幡 Inaba, 阿波 Awa, 薩摩 Satsuma and 三河 Mikawa.
or
the estates of the four government officials of 四ヶ国 the four districts
鹿児島 Kagoshima, 徳島 Tokushima, 挙母 Koromo (Aichi) and 因州新田 Inshu Nitta.

In 1872, the area was called 三田四国町, but the name was abolished in 1964.
(In 1947, the area of 三田 Mita had become 芝 Shiba.)

. 　Shiba 芝　/ 柴村 Shiba mura / 芝町 Shiba machi 　 .

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. Darumapedia - 四国 Shikoku - Gallery .

Ehime / Iyo 愛媛 / 伊予
Kagawa / Sanuki 香川 / 讃岐
Kochi / Tosa 高知　/ 土佐
Tokushima / Awa 徳島 / 阿波

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

In 1890, the family M. (father, son and daughter) had moved to 芝区三田四国町二番町 and lived a pleasant life.
But around the 10th day of the 10th month strange things begun to happen.
The tobacco tray and the hibachi brazier begun to move all by themselves or seemed to be drawn up to the ceiling.
Even in the kitchen things came to life, like the rice container, the mortar, the kettle and the tea cups.
At another occasion, when the family had gone to bed, there were grains of rice and ash falling from the ceiling. This went on for a few days and the young children became quite afraid. So the father decided to go to the bottom of this and put a sharp knife near his pillow . . . but even this knife begun to fly around in the bedroom.
The spook continued, now even the sound of a flute was heard from below the stairs and the paper sliding doors begun to swing in rhythm with it.
The worried father went to the nearby 高輪警察 police station at Takanawa.
They told him to get an exorcist and with proper rituals the spook calmed down and nothing happened any further.
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8/11/2018

Yanagishima district Meguro

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Yanagishima 柳島 Yanagishima district "Island of Willow Trees"
Meguro ward 墨田区 toward Koto ward 江東区 :
墨田区業平 Narihira - 横川 Yokogawa - 太平 Taihei - 錦糸 Kinshi and Koto-ward 江東区亀戸 Kameido

During the Edo period, many willow trees grew here, hence the name.
There were many shallows in this area of the river Sumidagawa, and the land was only fit for farming on the shallows. Some were quite big, like shima 島 islands.
In 1658, the bridge Ryogokubashi was built over the river Sumidagawa, and now the development of the area prospered. The sand was taken from the river to form dams on the sides of the new farming islands.
In 1713, the area came under the jurisdiction of the Edo Bakufu.

It used to be 葛飾郡柳島村 Katsushika district, Yanagishima village.
There were 柳島5か町 five Yanagishima districts in Edo:
柳島横川町 Yokogawa district, 柳島出村町 Demura district, 柳島裏町 Uramachi district,
柳島境町 Sakai district and 葛飾郡の柳島村 Katsushika, Yanagishima village.

In 1869, Uramachi and Sakai became 柳島町 Yanagishima machi.
In 1872, 太平町 Taihei machi was added to these two.
In 1889 during the new city planing, the part of Yanagishima machi and Yokogawa situated to the West of the river 横十間川 Yokojikkengawa became part of 本所区 Honjo Ku ward.
A new district called 柳島元町 Yanagishima Moto-Cho (original district) and another one called
柳島梅森町 Yanagishima Umemori were founded.
南葛飾郡亀戸村 Katsushika Kameido was situated to the East of the river 横十間川 Yokojikkengawa.

In 1910, the new railway lined from Asakusa and Ueno were opened and Yanagishima developed even more.
In 1915 Kameido cho became 亀戸町大字 Kameido Daiji and in 1930, the names
業平橋 Narihirabashi, 平川橋 Hirakawabashi, 横川橋 Yokokawabashi, 太平町 Taihei machi and 錦糸町 Kinshi machi were introduced.

The bridge Yanagishimabashi 柳島橋

was built over the river 北十間川 Kita-Jikkengawa.

The area soon developed some pleasure quarters for even more activities.
There are boat tours along this river to enjoy the new riverside buildings and go all the way
up to 東京スカイツリー the Tokyo Skytree Tower.

source : pixta.jp/photo...

. Narihira 業平 Narihira district .

. Kinshi 錦糸 Kinshi district .

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The temple hall 妙見堂 Myoken-Do was erected to venerate Myoken Bosatsu
and many people came here to pray.

Yanagishima's Mt. Myouken Hosshou Temple(Yanagishima Myouken-san Hosshou-ji), known as "Yanagishima no Myouken-sama" with a history of more than 500 years, is a temple belonging to Nichiren Buddhism. It was founded by holy priests Hosshou-bou Nissen in 1492.
Famous as the temple of faith for Katsushika Hokusai, the artist left many works depicting Hosshou Temple's Myouken Hall (Myouken-do). In addition, it is said that here good fortune was bestowed upon Hiroshige Utagawa and other famed master painters. ...
Katsushika Hokusai, an Ukiyo-e artist active in the Edo period, experienced hardship as a youth when he was excommunicated by his teacher and for a time went so far as to put down his paintbrush. However, he came to "Yanagishima no Myouken-sama" for 21 days and, upon his return home on the last day, was struck unconscious by a bolt of lightening. Subsequently, he quickly became famous and sold paintings, leaving behind many masterpieces. It was thanks to the divine protection of "Yanagishima no Myouken-sama" that he became known worldwide as a famous painter. It is said that Hokusai calling himself Tokimasa Hokusai is due to his piety toward the Hokushin Myouken Great Bodhisattva, enshrined at Myouken Hall. A stone monument venerating Katsushika Hokusai stands in Hosshou Temple
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. Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken Bosatsu .

Yanagishima　柳しま　
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

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river 横十間川（よこじっけんがわ） Yokojikkengawa, Yokojukkengawa

Yokojikkengawa Riverside Park is long, extending north-south between the Tozai and Toei Shinjuku subway lines.
This end of the park not far from Toyocho Station is like an oasis for seasonal flowers. During lunch time, the benches are filled with company workers having lunch.

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One bridge over the Yokojikkengawa was called
Tenjinbashi 天神橋.

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a strange baby
In 1825, on the 17th day of the second lunar month, a strange baby girl was floating on the river 本所柳島十軒川 Yanagishima Jikkengawa in Honjo. It was about 30 cm high, with a lot of black hair on her little body. Her navel was above a part with four legs. She also had four holes in her ears and four arms.

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Ogata Korin (1658 - 1716)

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Adachi ward

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Adachi ku 足立区 Adachi ward
located in the North-East of Tokyo, between the river 隅田川 Sumidagawa and 荒川 Arakawa.

The first spelling of ADACHI was 阿太知.
or the name was
ashi dachi 葦立ち（アシダチ）area were reed grass (ashi) stands (tachi).

It used to be named 千住区 Senju ku and became known through the writings of Matsuo Basho about Senju.
The 千住地区 Senju sub-district is now located along the South side of river Arakawa.

In the Edo period it was a postal station for the 日光街道 Nikko Kaido Highway and the 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido Highway.
. Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido .

In the Muromachi period the regent was 千葉氏 the Chiba clan, who was then overthrown by the
小田原北条氏 Odawara Hojo Clan.

The 武蔵国の足立郡 Adachi district of Musashi no Kuni had 10 villages in South-Adachi in 1878.

There are quite a few sub-districts in Adachi.

千住大橋 / 千住の大はし Senju Ohashi Bridge
Utagawa Hiroshige

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It is located north of the heart of Tokyo. The ward consists of two separate areas: a small strip of land between the Sumida River and Arakawa River and a larger area north of the Arakawa River. The ward is bordered by the cities of Kawaguchi, Sōka and Yashio in Saitama and Katsushika, Sumida, Arakawa, and Kita in Tokyo.
The ward is called Adachi City in English.
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Under the Ritsuryō system, the present-day ward was the southern extremity of Adachi District, Musashi Province.
In 826, during the Heian period, the Nishiarai Daishi temple was founded. During the Muromachi period and into the Sengoku period, the Chiba clan held control of the region. The Great Senju Bridge was built in 1594.
In the Edo period, parts were under the direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and parts were under the administration of Kan'ei-ji, a temple in present-day Ueno, Tokyo. Adachi was also home to Senju-shuku was a post station on both the Nikkō Kaidō and the Mito Kaidō. The shogunate maintained the Kozukappara execution grounds in Senju.
In 1932, Adachi, formerly known as Minamiadachi District, became a ward of Tokyo City. The special ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
----- Tokyo Budokan
Tokyo Budokan, located within Higashi Ayase Metropolitan Park, is a sports facility run by Tokyo Sport Benefits Corporation. The Tokyo Budokan has an avant-garde building designed by a famous architect Kijō Rokkaku. It includes places for martial arts and Kyūdō, and training rooms. The word budokan means "martial arts hall," and the same word is part of the name of the more-famous Nippon Budokan.
----- Parks
Toneri Park
Higashi Ayase Park
Urban Agricultural Park
----- List of famous shrines and temples in Japanese wikipedia
----- more
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. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province / Bushuu 武州 Bushu .

.- The 27 stations of the Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 .

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Arai 西新井 Nishi-Arai / 西新井本町 Nishiarai Honcho
. Nishiarai Daishi 西新井大師 Nishi-Arai Daishi .

. Ayase 綾瀬 "twilling shallows" district .
Adachi足立区綾瀬一丁目から七丁目 from the first to the seventh sub-district

. Senju 千住 Senju district .
Senju 千住元町 / 千住三丁目 / 千住仲町 / 千住橋戸町 / 千住桜木 / 千住大川町 / 千住宮元町

. Takenotsuka, Takenozuka 竹の塚 / 竹ノ塚 Takenotsuka district .

. Toneri 舎人（とねり）Toneri district .

Shinden 足立区新田 Adachi Shinden area

Shintoyohashi Bridge 新豊橋

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. Saranuma Fudo 皿沼不動永昌院 Eisho-In .
東京都足立区皿沼1丁目4－2 / 1 Chome-4-2 Saranuma, Adachi, Tokyo

. 足立百不動　100 Fudo Pilgrim Temples in Adachi . 　
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. Matsuo Basho in Senju .
Oku no Hosomichi - the beginning

source :　www.yumekougei.com

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hibashira ヒバシラ / 火柱 pillar or flames
A pillar of flames is produced by an itachi イタチ / 鼬 weasel making a fire. When people see the red flames growing high in the air, they know something bad is going to happen.

hitodama ヒトダマ human fireball
It looks like a blue flame for a man and a red flame for a woman. If a person sees it, there will be someone dying in the family within the next two or three days.
If someone has never seen it as a child, he will live a lucky life. If a child sees it, it will not be able to make a good career.

kanedama カネダマ / 金玉 "ball of money"
A Yokai that carries money.
It moves around and flies with a growl. If it comes out of a home, this family will perish.
In another family a Kanedama had fallen into the back yard more than 30 years ago and the family flourished.

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
In 1907, a bunke 分家 branch family split from the main family. The Inari deity from the main family followed them and they built a yashiki inari 屋敷神稲荷 small shrine in the compound to venerate it.
Since then they never had a fire, thanks to the Inari.

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yuurei 幽霊 ghost
At 江戸柳原 Yanagihara in Edo a woman had died in 1683 in the summer.
At that time a ghost had appeared in the evening and pulled the sleeve of a maid servant. When she came back from her errant, the whole sleeve had disappeared. Next morning she went to the grave of the dead woman and found the sleeve hanging on 石塔 the grave stone pagoda.

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. さいたま市 Saitama city .

happyaku bikuni 八百比丘尼 / ハッピャクビクニ a nun of 800 years
武蔵国足立郡水波田村 In the Adachi district, at the temple 慈眼寺 Jigen-Ji,
there was a huge enoki 榎 nettle tree cut down, the open cut covering a huge size of the ground.
This tree had been planted by a Happyaku Bikuni nun from 若狭 Wakasa. When the villagers dug deeper, they found the statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a stone box, with an inscription dating to 大化元年 the year 645. This Bikuni must have lived for more than 1000 years.

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. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

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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
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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 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

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

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