The current Yaesu-dori is a landfill of the Momiji River, which was dug as a canal for transporting materials for the construction of Edo Castle in Keicho 17 (1612). Ten canals (Funairi moat) were dug on the coastline between the Edobashi Junction on the Metropolitan Expressway and the Kyobashi ramp. Eight of these were reclaimed in Genroku 3 (1690). The canal of Yaesu Street (Momiji River) connected to outer moat between Kaji Bridge and Gofuku Bridge. During the Enpo era (1673-80), the western half of the area, that is, Chuo-dori, the Momiji River (west side) on the outer moat side was reclaimed, and in 1774, the area from Kyobashi Intersection to Kuyasu Bridge (east side of the Momiji River) was reclaimed.
A picture showing the cityscape of Nakahashi Hirokoji appears at the Edo Famous Zoukai. Two roads (Chuo-dori and a right-angle road) are drawn, which one is Chuo-dori? You can guess that the road running from right to left is probably "Chuo-dori", can you decide?
There are many townspeople on the thick road, so I guess they are walking around the commercial areas of Ginza in Nihonbashi. The samurai and their servants are walking along the road that crosses from the upper left to the lower right, but they probably head to the castle. If this guess is "positive", the road going left and right is Chuo-dori. Let's analyze whether the guess based on this situation evidence is correct.
Looking at the oldest existing gu ticket map, the width of Tooricho (currently a block along Chuo-dori) was as shown in the figure below.
A = Countryside 10 B = Kyoma 6 C = Yokocho / Shindo Kyoma 3-4 (1 between Kyoma and 1 between Edo and 1.83m)
According to the "Hoei era 7 Tiger Year (Minami Temmacho Figure), the east side of Nakahashi Hirokoji Temple is only down between Chuo-dori and "X-A". After understanding this, let's take a look at the Edo famous place map. If you connect the eaves of the cityscape presumed to be Chuo-dori to the north and south (red line), it will be (red line), and you can see that the east side is decreasing in number as expected. From this consideration, it can be seen that the road leading to the left and right of the famous place is "Chuo-dori". I don't know how many X is.
