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2/10/2019

Edo Tokyo Hyakkei 100 Views

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Edo Tokyo Hyakkei 百景 100 views of Edo / Tokyo

Maybe the most famous is
Meisho Edo Hyakkei 名所江戸百景 One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
by 歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige



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One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
(in Japanese 名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo Hyakkei)
is a series of ukiyo-e prints begun and largely completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797–1858). The prints were first published in serialized form in 1856–59, with Hiroshige II completing the series after Hiroshige's death. It was tremendously popular and much reprinted.
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12 . Uenoyama Shita 上野山した / 野山志た .
37 . Sumida-gawa Hashiba no kawaragama 墨田河橋場の渡かわら竈 .
95 . Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge 真間の紅葉手古那の社継はし .
103 . Kanasugi, Mikawashima 蓑輪金杉三河しま / 箕輪 金杉 三河しま .


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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei 新東京百景 1928 - 1932



In 1928, a group of eight Japanese artists got together to produce a series of prints, called
Shin Tokyo Hyakkei, One Hundred Views of New Tokyo, New One Hundred Views of Tokyo

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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei:
The Eastern Capital Revisited by the Modern Print Artists

by James B. Austin
In his introduction to the catalogue of modern Japanese prints exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago early in 1960, Oliver Statler distinguishes four generation of sosaku hanga artists.
First came the pioneers, men such as Yamamoto Kanae and Tobari Kogan who pointed the way. Then came a second generation “who created a sound intellectual base for the movement, who fought through to recognition of their prints as serious art, and who, by their personal magnetism, attracted scores of younger artists.” This was the generation which began to reach artistic maturity in the early days of Showa. Though few of them had, at that time, achieved either the artistic freedom or personal style which was to characterize their later work, all were experimenting. Moreover, they were collectively striving to form some viable association which would solidify the movement and nurture its growth. These efforts, from the acceptance of such prints at the Government show of 1927 to the formation of the Nippon Hanga Kyokai in 1931, are described by Onchi in his Nippon Gendai Hanga (of which a partial translation in English appeared in Ukiyo-e Art, No. 11, 1965) and by Fujikake in his book, Japanese Wood-Block Prints (1938).
An interesting and revealing example of this tendency
was a group of eight artists who, in 1928, banded together to publish, over the next four years, a series of prints entitled Shin Tokyo Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of New Tokyo).
These artists were
Hiratsuka Un-ichi, Onchi Koshiro, Fukazawa Sakuichi, Kawakami Sumio, Maekawa Sempan, Fujimori Shizuo, Hemmi Takashi and Suwa Kanemori.

Hiratsuka recalls that this series was planned so that many aspects of Tokyo could be “remembered by people for a long time.” In this connection, one must keep in mind that much of Tokyo had been destroyed in the great earthquake and fire of 1923 so that the city and its life which the artists wished to depict were, in many respects, rather new.
One cannot help wondering whether they were intending, consciously or unconsciously, to record the current scene against the possibility of new disasters. They were, in a way, repeating what Hiroshige had done 75 years before in his Meisho Edo Hyakkei series.
01. HYAKKEN-TEN, SHIBUYA
13. ATAGOYAMA RADIO STATION
26. NIJUBASHI
39. BOTANICAL GARDENS, UENO
52. NIHONBASHI
64. AOYAMA CEMETARY
76. SHIBA ZOJOJI TEMPLE
89. SHIMBASHI EMBUJO

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Another list of Tokyo 新東京百景一覧
compiled in 1982.
- - - List in the WIKIPEDIA !

. 73 田無山総持寺 Tanashisan Soji-Ji .



新東京百景 by 山口瞳 Yamaguchi Hitomi





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Tokyo Shitamachi Hyakkei (Japanese Edition)
by Tsuchimochi Shinji

歌川広重の「名所江戸百景」をモチーフに、東京に今なお残る下町の風景を切り取ったつちもちしんじ「下町百景」シリーズ
"100 Views of Tokyo" gets the idea from "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", Hiroshige Utagawa’s works.
These artworks were rendered views of extant old town in Tokyo. It published on the web and created a sensation until finish in 2016. We gather these works into one book. Moreover, we added newly drawn pictures like guide maps of 3 areas in Tokyo and 5 Views of Osaka.
This book is written in Japanese and English. Therefore this is the most suitable gift from Japan or for friends in Japan.


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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 .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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2/04/2019

Edo six Benten Shrines

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Edo hyaku Benten 江戸百弁天 100 famous Benten in Edo
. . . . . pilgrimages to Benten sanctuaries

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. Benten 弁天 / 辨天 / 辯天 / Benzaiten 弁財天 .
Goddess of Music, Poetry, Learning, Art
River Goddess, Patron of Children / Protector of the Nation

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Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo

千歳 Chitose, former 本所 Honjo
一ツ目弁天 Hitotsume Benten / 江島杉山神社 Shrine Ejima Sugiyama Jinja
墨田区千歳1-8-2 Sumida ward, Chitose
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. 冬木弁天堂 Fuyuki Benten .
冬木弁天堂 Fuyuki Bentendo Hall, 宝珠山 Hoshusan
冬木辯天堂 Fuyuki Bentendo
江東区冬木22-31 Koto ward, Fuyuki - the shrine of the Fuyuki family.

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. 須崎弁天 / 州崎 / 洲崎 Suzaki / Susaki Benten .
須崎 / 州崎 / 洲崎 Suzaki / Susaki
浮弁天州崎神社 Uki Benten, Shrine Suzaki Jinja
江東区木場6-13-13 Koto ward, Kiba - Sunosaki Shrine

. 滝野川 弁天 Takinogawa Benten .
岩屋弁天 Iwaya Benten - 弁天の滝 Benten Waterfall
松橋弁天洞窟 Matsubashi Benten cave


上野 Ueno
不忍池弁天堂 Shinobazunoike, Bentendo Hall / 寛永寺 Temple Kanei-Ji
台東区上野公園2-1 Taito ward, Ueno Koen Park

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. 区余丁 Yochomachi - Nukebenten .
抜弁天厳島神社 Nuke-Benten, Itsukushima Jinja
新宿区余丁町8-5 Shinjuku, Yochomachi


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Seven Benten Shrines of Good Fortune in the Eastern Capital
(Tôto shichifuku Benten, 東都 七福弁天)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

This series of fan prints (uchiwa) pairs beautiful women with shrines to Benten:

Asakusa chinai Rojo Benten
Asakusa chinai Tafuku Benten
Chomeiji chinai Benten
Fukagawa Hachiman shanai Benten
Fukagawa Susaki Benten
Hitotsume Benten
Shinobazu Benten

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- Fukagawa Susaki Benten


- Hitotsume Benten
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. Edo 江戸三十三ヶ所弁財天霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Benten Shrines .
Established in 1780.

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江戸弁財天百社 100 Benten Shrines in Edo



Shrines 01 to 30
- reference source : ameblo.jp/ryuuren99... 留連のブログ - 01

Shrines 31 to 40
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Shrines 41 to 50
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
- often associated with a Benten pond.

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The Inokashira Benten Shrine in Snow (Shatô no yuki)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957)

. Inokashira Benten pond 井の頭弁天 / 井ノ頭辨天池 .

ryuukotsu 龍骨 dragon bones
Once a young priest was cutting weeds when by mistake he cut the mouth of a small serpent in two. This small snake was in fact the dragon living in Inokashira pond, so the river out of the pond was carrying blood for three days.
The young priest died from this curse.
The top part of the serpent dragon head flowed all the way to a temple in 中野 Nakano.
The lower of the serpent dragon head is kept at the Inokashira Benten.
These bones were used for rain rituals. If it had not rained for a long time, the bones were taken outside in a special ritual - the then rain would fall!
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bake-benten 化け弁天 monster-Benten
The 佐内家 Sanai family did not have any children. So the wife went to the Inokashira Benten to make a wish. Indeed, soon after the gave birth to a girl.
The neighbours said this was 神の申し子 a god-given child.
When the girl had grown up, the mother took the girl and both went to the Inokashira Benten to give thanks.
The girl suddenly turned crazy, went to the pond, stared into it and then was lost in the pond.


yooji 楊枝 toothpick
In the compound of the 井の頭弁天堂 Bentendo Hall at Inokashira there was yanagi 柳 an old willow tree.
The toothpicks for the third Shogun Iemitsu have been made from its branches.
. Legends from 吉祥寺村 Kichijojimura village .


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Hachijoojima 八丈島 Hachijo Island

daija 大蛇 huge serpent
On 八丈島 Hachijo Island there was a swamp and a huge serpent was the master of it.
At night it came to the village to kidnap women or cows and threaten the villagers.
Then came 為朝 Tametomo and killed the huge serpent.
He cut it into eight parts of about ichi joo 1丈 3 m each, hence the name of the island, hachi joo 八丈 Eight Jo.
The pond became red with blood and was called アカミショー (赤み沢)Akamisho.
To appease the sould of the serpent, a sanctuary of Benten was erected.
A retainer of Tametomo, 忠次郎 Chujiro, was killed in the event and is now venerated as チュージョー様 Chujo sama.


Tametomo Jinja 為朝神社 Tametomo Shrine
at 東京都八丈町大賀郷大里

. Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 (1139 – 1170) .
(also known as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西 八郎 為朝)
After the Hōgen Rebellion,
the Taira cut the sinews of Tametomo's left arm, limiting the use of his bow, and then he was banished to the island of Ōshima in the Izu Islands. Tametomo eventually killed himself by slicing his abdomen, or committing seppuku.
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23 legends to explore


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tatsu 竜 dragon,hakuja 白蛇 white serpent
大谷弁天 Otani Benten is known for its power to help women.
One day a woman came to make a wish, and when the wish was granted she came back to the Shrine to express her gratitude.
Suddenly it became cloudy and dark. From the 弁天池 Benten Ike pond at the side of the Benten Shrine a dragon came out and ascended to heaven. On the way he began to make painful sounds and fell down.
A lightning struck 大松 the great pine tree. The large tree split into three and out of it came a white serpent of about 60 cm. It burst into white powder and fell dead.


the Bentenike pond

. ryuu, ryū 龍 tatsu 竜 と伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .



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bake Benten 化け弁天 monster-Benten
Once upon a time
near the 駒止橋 / 駒留橋 Komadomebashi bridge a rather wicked Benten was venerated.
If someone passed the bridge, disrespectfully riding his horse, he would fall down.
Sometimes wicked young men wearing woman's headgear came to behave badly.
If a procession with a bride passed the bridge, the wedding would not go well, so nobody even tried to do that.



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東両国の駒留橋 at Komatodomebashi, Eastern Ryogoku / Aoyanagi 青柳 Restaurant
広重 Hiroshige
- source : ndl.go.jp/landmarks

Komadome Hachiman Jinja 駒留八幡神社
5 Chome-35 Kamiuma, Setagaya, Tokyo


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. kitsune 狐 the fox from temple 増上寺 Zojo-Ji .


................................................................................. Nishi-Tama district 西多摩郡

daija 大蛇 huge serpent
In 桧原村 Hinohara village in 1868, there was クヨ(鉄砲水) a great flooding and a young wife was washed away. A diviner told the family:
"The young wife is at the pond 長峰の池 Nagamine no Ike.
When they went to look for her, she had changed into a huge serpent and lived in the pond. The family built a small sanctuary in the back of their estate and venerated the soul of the woman.
The sanctuary is called Hebigami sama 蛇神様 Serpent Deity and sometimes 弁天様 Benten sama

There is a pond Nagamine in Niigata.
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................................................................................. Ogochi mura 小河内村

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
More than 500 years ago, a young man from the village had fallen in love with お里 O-Sato, but the lord of 弁天島 Benten Island, a Tengu, also loved O-Sato.
O-Sato had fallen in love with a young Samurai and the angry Tengu produced a huge flood to wash the Samurai away. O-Sato became a nun. She got healing power and a 霊泉 healing well from Benten sama and begun to heal people. They say she was an incarnation of Benten herself.

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. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten .

. Edo, Tokyo 江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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11/30/2018

Ueno Taito ward

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Ueno 上野 Ueno district
Taito ward

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... best known as the home of Ueno Station and Ueno Park.
Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and the National Science Museum, as well as a major public concert hall. Many Buddhist temples are in the area, including the Bentendo temple dedicated to goddess Benzaiten, on an island in Shinobazu Pond. The Kanei-ji, a major temple of the Tokugawa shoguns, stood in this area, and its pagoda is now within the grounds of the Ueno Zoo. Nearby is the Ueno Tōshōgū, a Shinto shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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. Ameyoko あめよこ (アメ横) Ueno .

. Kuromoncho 黒門町 Kuromon district .

. Okachimachi 御徒町 Okachimachi district .

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Uenosakuragi cho 上野桜木町 Uenosakuragi district "Ueno Cherry Trees"
上野桜木一丁目, 上野桜木二丁目 first and second sub-district
The former name was 下谷桜木町 Shitaya Sakuragi
. Kaneiji 寛永寺 Temple Kanei-Ji .
in 東京都台東区上野桜木一丁目
Kanei-Ji has many sub-temples in the area.

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Ueno Sakuragi Atari is a collection of shops and community rooms, housed in 3 buildings from 1938, bringing the Old Tokyo feel to life. It is located in the Ueno Sakuragi area, just south of Yanaka Cemetery and north of Ueno park.
It is nice to see all the initiatives in Tokyo to protect and renovate older buildings. In the Yanaka neighbourhood, we have SCAI The Bath House opening in 1993, Hagiso in 2013 and this Ueno Sakuragi Atari building complex in 2015, which consists of three houses built in 1938. They have been renovated into shops and community spaces that can be used for events.
These buildings are a perfect example of the building style in the 1930s, with Japanese shikkui plaster walls (ecological nontoxic Japanese lime plaster) and with both Western and Japanese style rooms. Two of the buildings were specifically designed to offer panoramic views over the interior (formerly private) garden.
What makes this place special is that you can experience some traditional buildings that are actively being used, out in the open, for the community and the visitor to use. There are many old houses all over Japan that are turned into museums.
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上野山した」 Uenoyama Shita
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige 名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo Hyakkei

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. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .
woodblock prints


清水堂 Ueno Kiyomizudo



上野東照宮 Snow at Toshogu in Ueno

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Shinobazu no Ike 不忍池 Shinobazu Pond
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... a pond within Ueno Park (a spacious public park located in the Ueno section of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan), and a historically prominent Shitamachi feature often appearing in history and works of art. The park occupies the site of the former Kanei-ji, a temple closely associated with the Tokugawa shōguns, who had built it to guard Edo Castle against the northeast, a direction believed to be unlucky by traditional geomancy. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War. The pond, although modified many times and even once drained, is natural.
... Situated in the south of Ueno Park, the pond is divided in three sections (see map), one called
Lotus Pond (蓮の池 Hasu no Ike) because of the plants that during the summer completely cover its surface, one called
Boat Pond (ボートの池 Bōto no Ike) from the rental boats it hosts, and the third called
Cormorant Pond (鵜の池 U no Ike), which lies within the limits of the Ueno Zoo and takes its name from the birds that inhabit it.
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According to the stone inscription on Benten Island, the area between the Ueno Plateau and the Hongo Plateau used to be called Shinobugaoka (忍ヶ丘), and the pond just took its name from it, but there are alternative theories.
According to one, the early name Shinowazu (篠輪津 Shino wa zu) due to the presence of bamboo grass later turned into Shinobazu.
Another claims the name comes from the habit of young men and women to meet secretly here.
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Rainy Night at Shinobazu Pond / Misty Evening at Shinobazu Pond
Shiro Kasamatsu

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Flower Viewing at Shinobazu Pond
『江戸名所図会』 不忍池 蓮見


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Shinobazu no Ike, Pond in Ueno
Odano Naotake”Toeizan Shinobazuike”(1770s)
Akita Museum of Modern Art
. Akita ranga 秋田蘭画 Paintings from the Akita school .

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江戸高名会亭尽 下谷広小路 Shitaya Hirokoji
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

In front of the temple Kanei-Ji were many shopping areas and restaurants.
From a restaurant where Shinobazu Pond can be seen, people eating
. hasumeshi 蓮飯 special lotus rice .
and other lotus dishes

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Shinobazu no ike no rakugan 不忍池の落雁
geese alighting at Shinobazu Pond

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

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Ueno Yamashita 上野山下
Located around today's Ueno Station, Ueno Yamashita was one of Edo's entertainment districts
that developed from the late 18th to early 19th centuries.
The earliest entertainment district in Japan was 両国界隈 the area around Ryōgoku,
and this was then followed by 浅草寺界隈 the Sensō-ji Temple neighborhood,
上野山下 Ueno Yamashita, and 江戸橋広小路 Edobashi Hirokōji.
The area was extremely lively with street performers gathering and show tents being set up,
and people would flock to the area all year round.
. source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library .

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. Legends from Shinobazu Pond .

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. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 - in Edo .

夕涼や草臥に出る上野山
yuusuzu ya kutabire ni deru Ueno yama

evening cool--
weariness sets in
on Ueno Hill

Tr. David Lanoue

. yuusuzumi 夕涼み enjoy a cool evening breeze .
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. Taitoo, Taitō 台東区 Taito Ward .

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

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

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11/16/2018

Kawase Hasui Painter

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Persons and People of Edo - Personen .
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Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957)

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He was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement.
..... Style
Kawase worked almost exclusively on landscape and townscape prints based on sketches he made in Tokyo and during travels around Japan. However, his prints are not merely meishō (famous places) prints that are typical of earlier ukiyo-e masters such as Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Kawase's prints feature locales that are tranquil and obscure in urbanizing Japan.
Hasui
considered himself a realist and employed his training in Western painting in his compositions. Like Hiroshige he made travel and landscape prints, though his subjects were less known locations rendered with naturalistic light, shade, and texture, without the captions and titles that were standard in prints of Hiroshige's age.
Kawase
left a large body of woodblock prints and watercolors. Many of the watercolors are linked to the woodblock prints, he also produced oil paintings, traditional hanging scrolls and a few byōbu (folding screens).
In the West,
Kawase is mainly known as a Japanese woodblock printmaker. He and Hiroshi Yoshida are widely regarded as two of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and are known especially for their landscape prints.
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Tokyo Juni Dai 東京十二題 / Tôkyô jûnidai
Twelve Scenes of Tōkyō / Twelve Views of Tokyo / (1919–1921)
Tokyo Niju Kei / Tokyo Nijukkei 東京二十景 Twenty Views of Tokyo


The twelve views are produced in more subdued colors and often feature people who live in this area.


. Akashi 明石町 .
- hokakebune 帆かけ舟 boat with high sail - Akashi bay
12 - full moon at Akashi bay
- Akashi 明石町乃雨後 Akashi after the rain /20


. Arakawa Satsuki ame 五月雨(荒川) May Rain Arakawa .
Early Summer Rain, Arakawa River (1932) (Samidare (Arakawa)
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. Atagoyama in spring 春のあたご山 Haru no Atagoyama .
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. Daikongashi no asa 大根河岸の朝 Morning at Daikon Gashi / Daikon-gashi .
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. Edogawa - Yuki no Edogawa 雪の江戸川 - Evening Snow at Edo River .

. Fukagawa Kaminohashi 深川上の橋 Kami no Hashi, Bridge over the Fukagawa .
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. Ikegami 池上本門寺の塔 Honmonji Temple at Ikegami .
- Honmonji Temple in Snow / Pagoda

. Inokashira 井の頭 .
Inokashira 井の頭の残雪 Snow at Inokashira
The Inokashira Benten Shrine in Snow (Shatô no yuki)

. Kiba no yuugure 木場の夕暮れ Dusk at Kiba, Twilight at Kiba .

. Kiyosu Bridge 清洲橋 Kiyosubashi Bridge . - Koto ward

. Komagata kashi, Komagatagashi 駒形河岸 Komagata embankment .
12 Komagata-gashi

. Magome no tsuki 馬込の月 Moon at Magome .
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. Mukôjima, yuki no Mukoojima 雪の向島 Snow at Mukojima .

. Ochanomizu in Snow お茶の水 .
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. Sakuradamon 桜田門 Sakurada Gate .
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. Sannoo - Hie Jinja 日枝神社 Sanno 山王 .
samidare furu Sanno 五月雨ふる山王 After Rain at Sanno Shrine

. Sekiyado 雪の関宿 Snow in Sekiyado .

. Sensoku ike / Senzoku ike 千束池 Senzokuike pond .

Shiba 芝増上寺 Snow at Shibazojoji Temple

Shinagawa oki 品川沖 Bay off Shinagawa

. Shinkawa - yoru no Shinkawa 夜の新川 / 夜乃新川 Shinkawa at night .
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. Shirahige - Yuki no Shirahige 雪の白ひげ / 白鬚 Shirahige in the snow. .
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. Terajima mura 寺嶋村 / 寺島村 .
Terashima - yuki ni kure no Terashima mura 雪に暮れる寺嶋村  Evening Snow at Terashima Village / Terajima in Snow
Yuki ni ?Kururu (fururu), Terashima-mura) 寺島
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. Toyama no hara / Toyama-no-hara 戸山の原 Toyama plain .
東京都新宿区中央部 ・ 戸山ヶ原 Toyamagahara

Tsukijima - Snow at Tsukijima
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. Ueno 上野 .
上野清水堂 Ueno Kiyomizudo in snow
上野東照宮 Snow at Toshogu
上野春の夕 Evening Glow at Toshogu

. Yaguchi 矢口 - 矢ノ口 Yaguchi .
kumoribi no Yaguchi 曇り日の矢口 Cloudy Day at Yaguchi / 12 views and 20 views

. Yotsuya 四谷 / 四ッ谷 Misty Morning at Yotsuya Mitsuke .


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10/12/2018

Arakawa ward

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Arakawa ku 荒川区 Arakawa ward - "wild river"



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The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumida. In English, the ward calls itself Arakawa City.
... The Sumida River forms the northern boundary.
- History
The area was mainly agricultural in the Edo period. In 1651, Kozukappara, the Tokugawa's largest execution ground (now located next to Minami-Senju station), was built.
Beginning in the Meiji era, the area became industrial as factories were built on the water front.
In 1932, it became one of the 35 wards of Tokyo City.
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Arakawa 荒川(あらかわ)(in the middle)
Higashi-Nippori 東日暮里(ひがしにっぽり) / Nishi-Nippori 西日暮里(にしにっぽり)
Higashi-Ogu 東尾久(ひがしおぐ) / Nishi-Ogu 西尾久(にしおぐ)
Machiya 町屋(まちや)
Minami-Senju 南千住(みなみせんじゅ)

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. Kozukappara keijō 小塚原刑場 execution ground .

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Arakawa 荒川 Arakawa district - "wild river"
Arakawa, 荒川 一丁目-八丁目 from first to 8th sub-district

Located in the middle of Arakawa ward, see map above.
The name comes from the river Arakawa. In 1932 the districts of 南千住 Minami-Senju, 日暮里 Nippori,
三河島 Mikawashima and 尾久 Ogu became part of Arakawa ward.
The river Arakawa was then relocated and called 隅田川 Sumidagawa.



五月雨(荒川) May Rain Arakawa

"Full moon at Arakawa River" 荒川の月

. Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 (1883 - 1957) .

. Hamarikyu 浜離宮 Hamarikyu and Shio-iri 汐入 Shioiri .

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Machiya 町屋 district
Arakawa, 町屋 一丁目-八丁目 from first to 8th sub-district



machi 町 is a place where many people meet, ya 屋 means a home or house.

A district with the atmosphere of Shitamachi, Downtown Edo.
The many old wooden houses pose a threat in case of fire.


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Nippori 日暮里 district
Arakawa, 日暮里 一丁目- 六丁目 from first to 6th sub-district

During the Edo period, this was 新堀村 Nippori mura, "village with a new moat".
A retainer of Ota Dokan named 新堀玄蕃 Nippori Genba, lived here, hence the name.
Now,
A 里 district where you can 暮 spend 日 one day without getting bored, 「日暮らしの里」higurashi no sato.

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Traditional fabrics, ancient temple grounds, and a 1950s-style amusement park
Adjacent to the retro-chic neighborhood of Ueno, Nippori maintains a similar old-school appeal.
DIY hobbyists will love Nippori Textile District, a one-kilometer stretch of road occupied by textile and fabric stores. You’ll find affordable cloth, buttons, and traditional fabrics available in both personal and wholesale volumes. Also nearby is Arakawa Yuen, an amusement park boasting classic rides for kids, a petting zoo, and a summertime splash zone. Temple lovers will enjoy Tennoji Temple and the surrounding Yanaka neighborhood directly adjacent to Nippori Station


- - - A century-old street for garment makers and artisans - 日暮里繊維街
Dating back to the early Taisho period (1910s), the Nippori Textile District is Tokyo’s fabric town, offering every fabric and sewing tool imaginable. The approximately 100 stores cater to both personal hobbyists and wholesale buyers. Take your time exploring each shop to find what you’re looking for.
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Landscaped Gardens at the Nippori Temple - Higurashi no sato jiin no rinsen
Utagawa Hiroshige



Nippori Suwanodai / Suwa Bluff at Nippori
Utagawa Hiroshige


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Famous Spots of the Eastern Capital: Nippori
Utagawa Yoshikazu
Nippori, also called "Higurashi-no-Sato" (an alternative rendering of the Chinese characters in Nippori), became a noted spot for sakura (cherry blossoms) in the mid-Edo period.
It is said to have become a celebrated place for sakura viewing as a result of many temples competing with one another in creating landscape gardens by planting sakura and azaleas.
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. Oota Dookan, Ōta Dōkan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486) .

. Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社, 西日暮里 Nishi-Nippori .


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Ogu 尾久 / 尾久町 Ogu machi - district
Arakawa 尾久 一丁目-八丁目 from the first to the 8th sub-district
The name could be spelled おうぐ ougu, oogu 小具, 越具, or 奥.

In the Kamakura period, there was 武蔵国豊島郡小具郷 Musashi no kuni, Toshima district,
小具郷 Ogu no sato - Ogu village
Or the name refers to the fact that
in the Edo period 北の奥(おく) the Northern Part of Oku, the Harem of the Shogun, could be seen from here.
In 1889, the name was changed to 尾久村 Ogu mura village.



The station name is spelled Oku 「おく」 尾久駅.

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あらかわの今昔ものがたり Arakawa Konjaku Monogatari - Tales



荒川ふるさと文化館 - 荒川区南千住六丁目63番1号 - 3 PDF-files
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ichoo 異鳥 a strange bird - 新堀村 Nippori village
The headman of Nippori village, 権四郎 Gonshiro, had a sugi 杉 cedar tree near his home. Around April he heard a strange voice calling every night, ポンポン pon-pon pon-pon,
The voice reverberated in all directions.
A month later a villager caught a strange bird. It was twice as big as a hishikui 鵁 bean goose (Anser fabalis), its wings sparkled like 瑠璃色 lapis lazuli, the circles around its eyes sparkled like gold. Its legs were all yellow.

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. Oide Kitsune, Oidegitsune 御出狐 the Fox Oide .
and the Shrine おいで稲荷 Oide Inari

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arasoi sugi 争い杉 dispute about a cedar tree
Once upon a time, Ota Dokan and another Samurai saw a tree, and one said "It is a 杉 cedar", while the other said "It is a matsu 松 pine".
It turned out to be a cedar, so Dokan killed the samurai and the tree was named "disputed cedar tree", "cedar to fight about".

. sugi 杉 cedar, Cryptomeria .

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. chifusu to densetsu チフスと伝説 Legends about typhus .
Once the younger sister of 新井つね Arai Tsune had typhus. In her dream she saw a priest in red robes who told her:
"If you go in this direction, you will die."
As the woman lie in high fever, she heard the voice of her crying baby and came back to her senses. Gradually she healed completely.

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10/10/2018

Kita ward, Asukayama

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Kita ku 北区 Kita ward, "Northern Ward"



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The ward was founded on March 15, 1947.
- The name Kita, meaning "north," reflects the location among the wards of Tokyo. To its North lie the cities of Kawaguchi and Toda in Saitama Prefecture. To the east, south and west lie other special wards: Adachi, Arakawa, Itabashi, Bunkyō, and Toshima.
- History
The area was a collection of rural villages and towns until the 1880s, when it was connected by rail to central Tokyo (Oji Station opening in 1883). Parts of the area joined Tokyo City in 1932 as the Oji and Takinogawa wards. Kita was officially formed in 1947 by the merger of these wards.
Four rivers run through Kita:
荒川 Arakawa River
隅田川 Sumida River
石神井川(音無川) Shakujii River
新河岸川 Shingashi River


Asukayama Park (飛鳥山公園 Asukayama Kōen)
is a public park in Kita,
- History
In the early eighteenth century, shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune planted many cherry trees in the area and opened up the land for the enjoyment of the "Edokko" or citizens of Tokyo. The park was formally established, alongside Ueno Park, Shiba Park, Asakusa Park, and Fukagawa Park, in 1873 by the Dajō-kan, as Japan's first public parks.
In 1998, three museums were opened inside the park, designed by AXS Satow: the Kita City Asukayama Museum (北区飛鳥山博物館), the Shibusawa Memorial Museum (渋沢史料館), and the Paper Museum (紙の博物館).


A woodblock print showing Emperor Meiji at Asukayama Park

..... A small inclined monorail called the Asukayama Park Monorail (飛鳥山公園モノレール) is provided on the north side of the park to provide access free-of-charge to the park for the mobility-impaired.
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. Akabane 赤羽 Akabane district .
. Juujoo, Jūjō 十条 Jujo district .
. Ooji, Ōji 王子 Oji district .
. Tabata 田端 Tabata district .
. Takinogawa 滝野川地区 Takinogawa district .


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Ando Hiroshige 安藤広重

. Ooji Jinja 王子神社 Oji Shrine .
and Ooji Inari Jinja 王子稲荷神社 Oji Inari Fox Shrine
1-12-26, Kishi-Machi,Kita-Ku,Tokyo // 東京都北区岸町
- with some kitsunebi 狐火 fox fire legends

. 0oji Fudoo no Taki 王子不動之滝 Fudo Waterfall in Oji .
temple 正受院 Shoju-In - 北区滝野川2-49-5 Kita-ku, Takinogawa


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Asukayama 飛鳥山

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飛鳥山 Asukayama (Mt. Asuka)
... Commoners also came, providing they had the time and wherewithal to make a day trip. You see, walking to Asukayama wasn’t easy – even for the rich. This small “mountain” was located outside of Edo in an area known as 武蔵国豊嶋郡王子村 Musashi no Kuni - Toshima-gun 豊嶋郡 Toshima District, , Ōji Mura 王子村 Ōji Village, Musashi Province. Today this area isn’t part of 豊島区 Toshima-ku Toshima Ward, but rather a part of Tōkyō’s 北区 Kita-ku Kita Ward on the northernmost border of 東京都 Tōkyō-to Tōkyō Metropolis and 埼玉県 Saitama-ken Saitama Prefecture.
The village of Ōji
wasn’t a shukuba machi 宿場町 post town, but by the middle of the Edo Period, it was fully prepared to accommodate as many hanami-goers as possible. Elegant teahouses in this rustic area catered to samurai and merchants, but there were also more modest accommodations available for wealthy farmers who might also have made the long journey out here. Presumably, drinking, whoring were rampant.

阿須賀 Asuka
飛鳥 asuka, flying bird

I provided two spelling variants because the first version is used in religious contexts, but the second is used in maps and local histories. Just as spoken language has dialectal differences, kanji use seems to have been localized as well – especially in the untamed eastern provinces. That said, we know there was a 山城 yamajiro hilltop fortress controlled by the 豊嶋氏 Toshima-shi Toshima clan. The fortification at the top of this ovoid plateau was called 飛鳥山城 Asukayama-jō Asukayama Castle. This is reflected the area’s larger administrative name until recently, which was the Toshima District.
The branch of the Toshima clan
that moved to this eastern area, originated in modern 和歌山県 Wakayama-ken Wakayama Prefecture. The area we’re going to be referring to is located in the 紀伊半島 Kii Hantō Kii Peninsula. This is the same area where you can find the 熊野古道 Kumano Kodō Kumano Pilgrimages, a series of ancient roads connecting various religious sites in the Kii Peninsula that date back to at least the 900’s. A specific shrine, associated with the Toshima clan was the 33rd station along the course called the 熊野曼荼羅 Kumano Mandara – this shrine was Asuka Jinja 阿須賀神社 Asuka Shrine.
Open their arrival in the Kantō Chiho 関東地方 Kantō Area,
the Toshima used a process called 分霊 bunrei to split the 神 kami deity of Asuka Shrine in Wakayama and transport it to Ōji Jinja 王子神社 Ōji Shrine as the tutelary kami of their fort on the hill. Ōji Shrine was to serve as their tutelary kami. The difference between the kanji for “Asuka” are quite different, but there doesn’t seem to be any difference etymologically. Maybe the new variant was easier for locals to read – although to me, the original spelling is much clearer.
A Strong Connection to Kii Domain
... the Toshima clan originated in modern day Wakayama Prefecture. From ancient times until the end of the Edo Period, much of that area was called Kii no Kuni 紀伊国 Kii Province, and in fact one of the most important Tokugawa fiefs was in Kii Province, Kii Han 紀伊藩 Kii Domain. The Kii Tokugawa-ke 紀伊徳川家 Kii Tokugawa Family were part of the go-sanke 御三家 the Three Great Families – branch families sired by Tokugawa Ieyasu that were expected to produce a shogun, should the main line fail to produce a capable male successor. The other two families were the Owari Tokugawa-ke 尾張徳川家 Owari Tokugawa Family and the Mito Tokugawa-ke 水戸徳川家 Mito Tokugawa Family.
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歌川広景 Utagawa Hiroshige








Asukayama Bosetsu 飛鳥山暮雪 Asukayama in Snow

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Asuka-bashi bridge 飛鳥橋 Asukabashi
It was during the time of Yoshimune, the 8th Shogun,
when Asuka-yama became a popular spot for sakura viewing.
It began when a lot of cherry trees were planted in Asuka-yama as a part of 享保の改革 the "Kyōhō Reform" to create holiday resorts for Edo residents.
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花曇り都の隅の飛鳥山
hanagumori miyako so sumi no Asukayama

blossom haze -
in a corner of the capital
is Asukayama

Tr. Gabi Greve

. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .

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