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◆Chuo-ku There is a history here <16>-A bridge name sign of Inari Bridge over Hatchobori-

[Akira Makibuchi / Sharakusai] 12:00 on December 8, 2009

The remnants of "Inaribashi" (pictured above) is located on "Tetsugunsu-dori" connecting Hatchobori and Minato districts. The name of the bridge is derived from the fact that there was Tepposu Inari Shrine. It is said that around 1624 (1624), he moved to the east side of the bridge's Minamizume and moved to his current location in 1868 (1868). The shrine is designated as a cultural property and building of the central ward.


0913_16_091207_inaribashi.jpg This is where Horikawa's "Hatchobori" was flowing. The distance from the Kamejima River to the Kyobashi River node was Hatchobori (approximately 870m), so it is said to be Hatchobori, but this Inari Bridge was the first bridge at the mouth of the mouth that poured into the Kamejima River. In the Meiji period, Hatchobori changed its name to "Sakuragawa". This area has been reclaimed, but it is still a place where you can feel the terrain like Funairi.


This bridge is also depicted in the Edo map of the Shoo era in 1653 (1653), so when the Akaho Nanji was repatriated in the Genroku era, did you cross the Inari Bridge from Eitai Bridge via Takahashi? . It is also said that Kana Heizo Hasegawa lived around the east side of the current gunpowder Inari.


Looking at the "Hundred Views of Edo" Tepposu Inaribashi Minato Shrine "(pictured below) in Hiroshige Utagawa, where Kyobashi and Ogamachi were the end, the scenery of the Ansei period is clearly reflected. Inari Bridge is drawn between two sail pillars, which may belong to a large ship anchored on the Kamejima River in the foreground, and on the left (south) there is Inari Shrine surrounded by red-painted fences. He was also revered as the god of maritime protection of water owners. Ships up and down carry cargo. You can see Sacred Peak Fuji in the far west. The old bustle of the Hatchobori estuary is photographed.


The southern side of Inaribashi was once called Minami Hatchobori. In the "Edo Famous Zoukai", it is written in the article "Minato Inari no Sha" as "North-South Hatchobori's Ubusuna". Kiyokata Kaburagi entered Suzuki School in Minami Hatchobori in 1884 and studied.


In the 1940s, Sakuragawa (former Hatchobori) was gradually reclaimed, and five bridges, including the Inari Bridge, disappeared from history. Is this "Inaribashi" bridge name mark just before landfill? The area near this bridge is Hatchobori, Minatomachi (Minato) and Irifune-cho (Irifune), etc., indicating that the names and names of towns used to be the waterside of Edo Minato. After the war, it is remembered that rowing shops and boating shops lined the eaves.