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8/11/2018

Yanagishima district Meguro

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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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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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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. yanagi 柳 willow tree and Haiku .

Ogata Korin (1658 - 1716)

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8/10/2018

Adachi ward

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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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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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.

- reference : wikipedia - kanedama -

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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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. 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 .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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8/09/2018

Tamura Koji district Minato

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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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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.
- source : wikipedia

. 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.

- - - - - There are many kooji 小路 Koji alleys in the Toranomon district:

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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. Minato ku　港区 Minato ward, "Harbour ward" .

. 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 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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8/08/2018

Ayase district Ayasegawa river Adachi

Former Ayase mura 綾瀬村 Ayase village. It stretched to parts of Adachi and then 青井 Aoi, 弘道 Kodo and 西綾瀬 Nishi-Ayase.

In 1867, 近藤勇 Kondo Isami and others from the 新選組 Shinsengumi stayed for 20 days at the estate of the 金子家 Kaneko family at 五兵衛新田 Gohei Shinden, now 綾瀬四丁目 Ayase fourth sub-district, according to 金子家文書 the Records of the Kaneko family. The estate was close to the temple 観音寺 Kannon-Ji.

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Tôkyô Ayasegawa nemu 綾瀬川合歓 Mimosa at the Ayase River in Tokyo
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige II
1826-1869) here signed 喜斎立祥筆 Kisai Rissho hitsu,

. nemu no ki 合歓木 silk tree and Haiku .

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Higashi Ayase Kooen 東綾瀬公園 East-Ayase Koen park
with a 2 km straight cherry blossom lane and a huge bend, so that many people from the nearby Danchi residential areas could come here easily.
To built this large park, many of the local farmers offered part of their land and encouraged the construction, to make Ayase a pleasant place for the residents to come.

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Higashi Ayase Park is connected to the scattered squares around Ayase Station by a bridging promenade, formed into a U-shape.
What was formerly a paddy field, has since then been repurposed as this Metropolitan park under their readjustment project.
The park spans a total length of 2km, in which a change in seasons can be observed from the growth of cherry, bald cypress, and sweetgum trees and azaleas.
Along the West promenade of the park lies a flower garden, taking advantage of the former irrigation system of narrow streams across the field. The babbling of the water facilitates a sense of relaxation from being at one with the natural landscape, and a multi-purpose field serves to complement the various health play equipments available.
In the Northern regions of the park, there are additional sporting facilities surrounded by lush greenery.
In the event of a natural disaster, the park works in cooperation with the local community by providing toilets and stove benches. Well-equipped sports facilities are also made available across the park; myriad variety of seasonal flora propagate in the park to deliver a relaxing atmosphere.
The sports park offers a basketball field, tennis courts, and an indoor arena equipped with heated swimming pools, providing enjoyable options regardless of age.
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Ayasegawa 綾瀬川 River Ayasegawa
綾瀬　鐘ヶ淵　The Ayasegawa River and Kanegafuchi
Hiroshige

Ayasegawa 綾瀬川浅草寺遠望 Ayasegawa Asakusadera enkei
小林清親 Kobayashi Kiyochika

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8/07/2018

Machida city

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Machida shi 町田市 Machida city "city of fields"
Now close to Kanagawa prefecture, Yokohama and Kawasaki.

This city is already mentioned in the records of the Sengoku Jidai.
The part to the East of Kamakura Kaido was Hon-Machida. Nearby are relics of the Jomon and Yayoi period.
When more farmers came to live here, they developed more fields, according to special development plans,
hence the name.

In the Edo period, there were two cities,
Hon-Machida Mura 本町田村　
and
Hara-Machida Mura 原町田村, to the South of Hon-Machida.
Hara-Machida was a large area of wilderness, later developed to fields.
The adjacent district of 相模原　Sagamihara in Kanagawa prefecture carries the same meaning of HARA.

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Machida is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis.
Machida is located in the Tama Hills of southern Tokyo Metropolis, bordered by Kanagawa Prefecture on the west, south, and east approximately 40-50 kilometers from the center of Tokyo. The Tama River flows through the city.
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The area of present-day Machida was part of ancient Musashi Province.
In the post-Meiji Restoration cadastral reform of July 22, 1878, the area became part of Minamitama District in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The village of Machida was created on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of municipalities law. Minamitama District was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis on April 1, 1893. Tama was elevated to town status on April 1, 1913. The town was bombed by American forces on May 24, 1945 during World War II
Machida expanded through annexation of the neighboring village of Minami on April 1, 1954, followed by the villages of Tsurukawa, Tadao and Sakai on February 1, 1958 to become the city of Machida.
A USMC RF-8A crashed in Machida on April 1, 1964.
From 1973, the Tama New Town development resulted in a rapid increase in population, turning the city into a bedroom community for Tokyo and Yokohama.
- source : wikipedia

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province .
Musashino Plain 武蔵野

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Machida Footpath フットパス Foot Path project

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Inspired by projects in England, a group of citizens developed part of the extreme rural areas, making foot paths for easy walking on a Sunday excursion.
They have a detailed guide book with various paths along the fields, rivers and woods.

１大戸から草戸山
（エリア地図、散策コースガイド、寄り道ガイド、立ち寄りショップ情報、景観情報、路線バス・停留所ガイド）
２相原から七国峠
３多摩境から絹の道
４小山田から常磐・小山
５小野神社から小野路界隈
６薬師ヶ丘から七国山
７町田駅から原町田界隈
８金森から下鶴間
９成瀬尾根から長津田
10三輪から王禅寺
- reference source : midorinoyubi-footpath.jp... -

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. kinu no michi 絹の道 the Silk Roads of Japan .
Passing through Machida.
From Hachioji to Yokohama.

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Buaisoo, Buaisō 武相荘 Buaiso villa

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Buaisō (武相荘) is the former home of post-war Japanese bureaucrat Jirō Shirasu and his wife Masako Shirasu, located in Machida. The name was derived from an amalgamation of kanji for the former provinces of Musashi and Sagami, as its location is near the border between the two provinces.
The house was a traditional farm house,
located in what was then a rural area of Minamitama District, Tokyo. It was acquired by the Shirasu family in October 1942 while Jirō Shirasu was still a businessman working for the predecessor of Nichirei Corporation. Predicting that his residence in Shinjuku in downtown Tokyo would be endangered due to the worsening war situation in World War II and to avoid possible food shortages. His foresight paid off when his Shinjuku house was destroyed in the 1945 bombing of Tokyo. In the post-war era, he continued to use the house while working with Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Yoshida in negotiations with the American occupation authorities.
Jirō Shirasu died in 1985
and his wife in 1998. The house was preserved by the city of Machida as a memorial museum to the couple, and is kept as it appeared when they lived there, with items varying according to the seasons.
The house is a wooden structure constructed in the traditional style with a thatched roof, surrounded by Japanese gardens.
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Buaiso – the Last Residence of the Refined Shirasu Couple
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. Masako Shirasu 白洲正子 (1910 -1998) .
Her husband was the politician Jiro Shirasu 白洲次郎.

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Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts 町田市立国際版画美術館
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Opened in 1987 as one of the world's few museums dedicated to prints, the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts now maintains a collection of some 30,000 Japanese and Western prints spanning from the eighth century to today.
Works of exceptional aesthetic value show the history of print art and reveal technological changes, social roles, and other insights as multifaceted works of art. In addition to conservation and research of our collection, the museum's mission is to use its collection to introduce the amazing world of print art through exhibitions on diverse themes. As a comprehensive venue for appreciating, creating, and displaying art for the public and our community, we offer a variety of facilities, including rental exhibition spaces and print studio.
Museum events and lectures of all kinds bring together local residents and visitors into this center for art and cultural exchange in Machida.
We invite you to stroll through Serigaya Park and visit the museum nearby for an intimate encounter with art.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Sometimes a fox comes along, carrying a lantern and making the sound like a car.
When this apparition comes too close, it suddenly disappears.
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Once a boｙ needed to go to the toilet at school. When he passed the sports hall, he heard the sound of Kagura dance music, like ピイタラピイタラ piitara piitara.
He had been bewitched by a fox in pure daylight and became missing. When they found him later, he said he had been to 七面山 Mount Shishimensan.
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At the temple Shinko-Ji in 真光寺町 Shinkoji town, people never drink tee on 初午の日 the first day of the horse before 10 in the morning.
In former times, a fox had been stealing ears of rice from Izumo and was running away.
He hid under cha no ki 茶の木 a tea tree until 10 in the morning and was thus saved. Thanks to this fox, growing rice became possible for the local farmers.
To take good care of the fox and not hurt him, people do not put hot water over the tea leaves until later.

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chinshoo 沈鐘 the fallen temple bell

Once the temple bell from the 大日堂 Dainichi-Do hall had fallen down and nobody could find it - it had simple disappeared.
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There was a bell at Ropponmatsu 六本松 "Six Pine Trees", but the local fishermen said it was disturbing and asked the officials to take it down. But it was not allowed. So the fishermen took it away secretely at night and threw it into a deep valley. Later they could not find it any more, however much they searched.
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Another bell had been thrown into a well and all the villagers wanted to pull it out again.
But every time when the bell was almost out, the thick rope ruptured and the bell fell back into the well.
Eventually they burried the well and made a memorial mound out of it.

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
tsurigane 釣鐘 hanging temple bell

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8/06/2018

Mikawa district Kanda Chiyoda

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Mikawa choo 三河町 Mikawacho, Mikawa district
Chiyoda ward 千代田区 / 内神田 Uchi-Kanda first district and 神田司町2丁目 Kanda Tsukasa machi second district
and 神田美土代町の一部 part of Kanda Mitoshiro cho
神田区三河町 Kanda Mikawa cho was a rather long and thin district in the Edo period.

The name refers to the Mikawa region (now Aichi prefecture), where Tokugawa Ieyasu was born.
When he came to Edo in 1590, he had his 下級武士 junior Samurai retainers settle in this district.
It is one of the old districts in Edo.
In the Meiji period it got the name of 神田区三河町 Kanda Mikawa cho.
In 1953, the first sub-district became 鎌倉町 Kamakura machi, the second to fourth sub-district were merged to
神田司町 Kanda Tsukasa machi and the old name was lost.

. Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 (1543 - 1616) .

. hachoo miso, hatchoo miso 八丁味噌 from the Mikawa region. .
a favorite food of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

. Kanda Kamakuracho 神田鎌倉町 .

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. Mikawa dolls 三河人形 .
made in the towns of Toyokawa and Toyohashi and many other places in Aichi prefecture.

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Mikawa Province (三河国 Mikawa no kuni)
was an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture.
Its abbreviated form name was Sanshū (三州 or 参州). Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces.
Mikawa is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō. Under the Engishiki classification system, Mikawa was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) and a "near country" (近国) in terms of its distance from the capital.
..... However, by the Sengoku period, the province had fragmented into many small territories largely dominated by the Matsudaira clan, and contested by the Imagawa clan to the east and the Oda clan to the west. It was united under Tokugawa Ieyasu after the power of the Imagawa had been destroyed at the Battle of Okehazama. After the creation of the Tokugawa shogunate, parts of the province were assigned as feudal domains to trusted hereditary retainers as fudai daimyōs, with large portions retained as tenryō territory administered by various hatamoto directly under the shogunate.
During the Edo period, Mikawa was the only area permitted by the shogunate to produce gunpowder, which led to its modern fireworks industry.
..... The entire territory of former Mikawa Province became part of the new Aichi Prefecture in January 1872.

Hiroshige "Mikawa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会),
depicting the mountainous scenery around the temple of Hokai-ji, a popular pilgrimage destination in Mikawa
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The author of the famous tales of
Hanshichi Torimonocho 半七捕物帳 The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi
Okamoto Kido 岡本綺堂 (1872 - 1939)
lived in 三河町 Mikawa cho.

a Japanese author. His real name was Keiji Okamoto (岡本敬二 Okamoto Keiji). His best known work is the Shin Kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
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Hanshichi was often called
Mikawa no Oyabun　三河の親分 The Boss of Mikawa

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8/05/2018

Kashiwagi district Shinjuku

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Kashiwagi mura 柏木村 Kashiwagi village, "oak tree"
Shinjuku 新宿区 /
北新宿 Kita-Shinjuku first to fourth sub-district, 西新宿 Nishi-Shinjuku sixth to eighth district

A triangular piece of land, surrounded by the river 神田川 Kandagawa, the 青梅街道 Ome Kaido and the modern road 小滝橋通り Otakibashidori.

In the mid-Heian period the regent of Musashi resided here around 1030. His name was
Kashiwagi Emonnosuke Yorisue 柏木右衛門佑頼季/ 柏木右衛門佐頼秀.
He had fought against the regents of Kazusa and Mutsu in the North and as a reward was granted the land from
Kashiwagi (North-Shinjuku) to 角筈 Tsunohazu (West-Shinjuku).
His residence later became the temple

Enshooji 円照寺 / 圓照寺　Ensho-Ji
Shinjuku, 北新宿 Kita-Shinjuku 3-23-2

In the temple compound is a famous cherry tree, Emon sakura 右衛門桜, now in the third generation

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The temple dates back at least to 940. Priest 貞崇僧都 Jozu (Teizu, 866 - 944) built a 薬師堂 hall for Yakushi Nyorai and placed a Yakushi statue here.
藤原秀郷 Fujiwara no Hidesato came here to pray for his health on the war campaign to the North, fighting 平将門 Taira no Masakado.

The temple was lost to fire around 1600, but later rebuilt on request of
. Lady Kasuga 春日局 Kasuga no Tsubone .
(1579 – 1643)

. Ōme Kaido 青梅街道 Ome Kaido Highway .

. Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu in Yotsuya 角筈熊野十二社 .

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During the Edo period, the villages of 柏木 Kashiwagi and 大久保 Okubo were agricultural districts on either side of Hyakunin-cho where samurai warrior residences were located.
These villages were known as vegetable producing areas. The samurai families cultivated plants and flowers and this a tradition was continued through the Meiji period (1868-1912) even though the samurai class itself had disappeared by then.
The area was particularly famous for its azaleas (tsutsuji).
Since Hyakunin-cho was a residential area of the constables (doshin) belonging to the Hyakunin (hundred-man) brigade of shooters operated by the Bakufu military government during the Edo period. During festivals held at the Kaichu Inari Shrine, they fired ceremonial volleys with firelocks.
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. Hyakuninchoo　百人町 Hyakunincho district .

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柏木公園 Kashiwagi Koen Park
新宿区西新宿7-14

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. Kashiwagi Soryuu 柏木素龍 Kashiwagi Soryu (? - 1716) - 儀左衛門 .
Haiku poet
Samurai from Awa, Tokushima. Worked for Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu (time of Shogun Tsunayoshi). Sarumino.

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. Odawara imono 小田原鋳物 Odawara casting .
In 1686, the Kashiwagi family relocated to Odawara’s Nabe Town under the auspices of the Okubo family, where they started a casting business as well. When Yamada Jirozaemon’s descendants moved to Tokyo in 1891, the Kashiwagi family purchased the Yamada family’s casting facilities lock, stock and barrel. With this, the Kashiwagi family’s production capabilities increased dramatically, and the techniques they developed form the backbone of today’s Odawara casting methods.

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