Kafu's "Hyowa Geta" is a book that has been said to be a classic of walking around Tokyo, and "Eitai Bridge" is described as follows.
"Contrary to being abandoned by the scenery of Kaku Shinagawa, the sight of Okawaguchi, which stands with a row of ship sailing pillars and smoke cylinders of factories, may be able to delight one of the poets for an unexpected long time in light of a kind of hobby as seen in Western manga. Mokutaro Kinoshita At one time, the Psalm of the Kitahara Hakushu family did not seem to have been inspired by the life around Tsukishima Eitai Bridge and its scenery from the old settlement of Tsukiji. If you look at various Japanese-style cargo ships and West-style sailboats who leave the factory in Ishikawajima and stay overnight with several sail pillars, you will find a special kind of poetry. When I come into contact with the sight of this estuary that works when crossing the Eitai Bridge, I come up with a lovely story of his "La Nibelneez" depicting the life of a ship back and forth on the Seen River. Today's Eitai Bridge is the earliest to recall the old days of Tatsumi. Therefore, I don't think it's as ugly as Azuma-bashi Bridge or Ryogoku Bridge instead of Eitai Bridge. The new iron bridge often matches the scenery of the estuary." （13-334）
The first bridge of Eitai Bridge was built in 1698 (1698) and was about 150 meters upstream from the current bridge position. It was a large wooden bridge at the time, with a very good view, and was known as a cool place in summer. After that, replacements were carried out several times due to accidents, etc. In 1897 (1897), an iron bridge was built at the current location. However, since this bridge was also damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, it was replaced in 1926 as part of the earthquake reconstruction project. (page 127, "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia")
Since this Kafu's "Hyori Geta" was serialized in the magazine "Mita Literature" for about a year since the beginning of the summer of 1914, the Eitai Bridge depicted here was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and not the current one.
Current Eitai Bridge (taken on September 23, 2015)
