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◆ The stone monument of the Tsukiji Naval

[Sumida Fireworks] June 11, 2018 18:00

Yokosuka, a naval port town that I visited on a day trip in March this year. It was a very fun city with its unique sightseeing spots, such as the display of the memorial ship Mikasa of the former Japanese Navy and a tour of the naval port to see Japan-US ships.

 

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While eating Yokosuka Naval Curry, I remembered that Tsukiji in Chuo-ku, Tokyo used to be a naval town. Certainly, there are only stone monuments and explanation boards left in Tsukiji today. When compared to Yokosuka, I feel lonely. 

 

However, the stone monument contains the great thoughts of the person who said, "Let's make it a stone monument."

 

Many of the reasons why the monument was built were that some people remembered those that disappeared and those that were lost, and wanted to pass on that thought to future generations.

So when looking at the stone monument, it may be necessary to "feel" the thought that the builder wanted to convey.

 

With that in mind, I decided to go around Tsukiji's Navy-related monument.

 

 

On the site of the National Cancer Research Center in Tsukiji, two former naval-related monuments are lined up along well.

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On the left "Navy Army Dormitory" and on the right "Navy Army Medical School Ruins".

 

The thought of the person who built the stone monument is written somewhere on the stone monument. 

 

If you do your best on the back of the monument of the Navy Dormitory, which is closely attached to the fence, there are some letters written. The outline is as follows.

 

 "The History of the Naval Dormitory

  ・On July 29, 1871 (Meiji 4), a new naval military dormitory was built here.

  ・Renamed Naval School on August 31, 1876 (Meiji 9).

  ・Relocated to Etajima on August 1, 1888 (Meiji 21)

 Established in May 1934 (Showa 9)

  

The monument was built 46 years later, not when the Naval Academy moved to Etajima.

 

Tsukiji has prospered as a naval town since the early Meiji era, but lost many naval facilities in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. And it is decided that the market will be relocated to this naval site due to the reconstruction of the Imperial City.

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Tsukiji's central wholesale market opened in 1935 (Showa 10). So I could imagine that this monument was built by a person who remembered the naval facility that had left Tsukiji when the market was completed. Minoru Saito, who wrote the name of the monument, was the Prime Minister of the time and a graduate of this school. 

 

 

On the other hand, the site of the Naval Medical School. The medical school lasted until 1945 (Showa 20), the end of the war. The letter on the monument is the brush of the last principal, Miji Kanbayashi, a physician, so it must have been built in memory of the disappearance of the school.

 

Naval medical education began in 1873 (1873) as a school building attached to the Naval Hospital in Tsukiji. After that, despite various changes, many medical professionals were raised and the end of the war was reached in Tsukiji.

 

 

During the Taisho era before the Great Kanto Earthquake, there was a building in the direction of Tsukiji, which could be seen from the area around the Uneme Bridge of the former Tsukiji River.

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It is said that the place where the Saijo Bridge was located was the intersection of the Tsukiji River and the Tsukiji Kawahigashi Branch River in the past. Beyond the Kitamonbashi bridge over the Higashi tributary was the Navy Reference Hall of the Naval University School.

 

When I went to the naval facility in Tsukiji, I would have crossed this Kitamon Bridge. Now, the East tributary has been completely reclaimed and there is no impression that the river was flowing.

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The road next to the high-speed entrance at the side of the Saijo Bridge is where the Kitamon Bridge, which once connected to the site of the Navy, spans the Higashi tributary. If you follow the road as if you were crossing a bridge to the navy site, you could find two monuments of the Navy.

 

 

By the way, we will go to a stone monument that cannot be removed related to the naval of Tsukiji. It is a stone monument of "Hagiyama" at Uogawagishimizu Shrine Yohaisho in Tsukiji Market.

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This stone monument was built in 1937 (Showa 12) after the opening of Tsukiji Market. The text written on the front of this monument is a little thinner. Because it is difficult to read, it may be a good idea, but the outline is probably like this.

 

"This was part of the Tsukiyama set up in scenic spot in the Tokugawa period of Sadanobu Matsudaira's annex "Yuonen".

 ・In 1869 (Meiji 2), naval-related facilities were placed here.

 ・After the establishment of the Naval Headquarters in 1872 (Meiji 5), the Naval Sir flag was set up on this hill and called "Flag Mountain".

 ・This land is exactly the naval management Omoto, and it can be said to be the birthplace of it.

 

It is said that this land is the birthplace of the Navy.

The inscription is still going on, and when you read it, you can tell the thoughts when the monument was built.

 

"...The naval facilities that have been around for a long time have been relocated, and only one or two government offices remain.

 ・The terrain has changed a lot and it has become difficult to find the features of the past.

 ・I decided to build a monument on this land of Flag Mountain and leave it as a memory.

 ・January 5, 1937 (Showa 12) Minister of Naval Osami Nagano "

 

The Tsukiji market will move to Toyosu in October this year. Feeling lonely about leaving seems to have been the same about 80 years ago when the naval facility left Tsukiji.

s_hanabi61-7.jpgWith the relocation of the market, the Yohaisho of Uokawagishimizu Shrine will also move to Toyosu. However, the monument of this flag mountain will continue to remain here in Tsukiji, along with the emotions of the time it was built.

 

 

Finally, it is a stone monument of the Naval Economic School Monument located at the side of Kachidokibashi.

s_hanabi61-8.jpgThis monument, which is finished with a mirror surface and reflects Kachidokibashi on the monument, is easy to understand and is friendly to the reader.

 

The school was opened in Shibayama in 1874 as a Naval Accounting School Building, and then moved to Tsukiji. After the Russo-Japanese War, it became a naval accounting school in 1907 (Meiji 40), and after the earthquake, it was moved to the current multi-story parking lot at Tsukiji Market and continued until the end of the war.

 

The stone monument was built by a school alumni association in 1976 (Showa 51) and 30 years after the war.

 

The stone monument is also engraved on the back side. It's a trick that people who have learned at this school will be happy when they see it. In addition, the content conveys the scene of the school when it was here in Tsukiji.

 

Let's not write the contents here.

s_hanabi61-9.jpgThe out-of-office market will remain in Tsukiji. After having fun at the market, I hope you will see the back of the stone monument at the side of Kachidokibashi where you can see the Sumida River.

 

 

There are still naval-related historical sites in Tsukiji. Recently, monuments of historic sites are often made in the form of information boards.

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It may depend on the shape, but the stone monument is an old one that works with the spirit of preserving it and remains until later years. And if the honest feelings at the time of construction are written in the inscription, I don't feel like I can tell you something delicious when it is read later. When I went around the navy stone monument, I felt so.

 

Maybe this kind of blog post is like a stone monument. If I was impressed or disappointed by something, I thought it would be better to believe that someone would read it later and write down the emotions at that time honestly .

 

 

 
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