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The textbook "From Edo to Tokyo" published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education (for Tokyo Metropolitan High School Geographical History Department, 2011 edition = left photo) already introduced on this blog (2011 edition) was sold to the public from April 27. It was created because it is important to learn modern and modern history of Japan because Japanese history will be compulsory from 2012 at Tokyo Metropolitan High School.

"Let's learn the history of Edo and Tokyo and make use of the wisdom of our predecessors," he edited the history from the opening of Edo to the present day, incorporating photographs and charts. It seems that this is the first time a textbook in Tokyo has been marketed, and it can be said that it is an affordable book as an introductory history or supplementary reading. As reported, there are many items related to Chuo-ku, so there are also many items related to Chuo-ku.Chuo-kuIt is also useful for learning about history and culture and visiting historical sites. A4 size color printing, 208 pages in total. Price is 640 yen. It is sold in the Tokyo Metropolitan Information Room on the third floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1.

By the way, this textbook lists the brick streets of Civilization and enlightenment and Ginza as "Ginza with Gas Lamps" (pages 58-59). Among them, there is a column (pictured right) that says "gas lights in Ginza", but this description of the textbook is published on November 24, 2009, published by Kosei on the correspondent blog of the tourist association, "Chuo-ku Here is History <15> ~ Where the gas of the Ginza gas lamps was made ~" is quite similar. Kosei went to Shibaura, Kodaira, etc., interviewed and posted articles, and the description of this textbook summarizes reference photos and pictorial drawings in addition to the quotation points of the inscription and the flow of the sentence, I am surprised that it looks very similar to the student blog post.

It is good that the history of Ginza Gas Light is widely known, but was it coincidence that the contents of the essay on the Kosei blog and the textbook description similar? If you are interested, please read and compare it. ●Akira Makibuchi

The Spring History Walk 2011 Ginza Course, hosted by the Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Supporter Association of the Chuo-ku Town Walking Volunteer Guide, was held from 1:00 pm on April 24 (Sun). The annual event was held on the Ginza course, following the previous Nihonbashi course (April 16).

The application for participation was recruited in the ward bulletin "News of the Ward", and on this day, 19 people gathered in front of Ginza 1-chome police box in Minamizume, Kyobashi. Many of the participants were residents of the ward, and some were consecutive with the Nihonbashi course. Walk along the course to the site of Shimbashi across Chuo-dori. The monuments of the birthplace of Edo Kabuki and the ruins of the Daikon River at the site of Kyobashi tell the history from Edo. The first tour of the shrine is Yuki Inari of Namiki-dori St. While walking along the alley, go to the birthplace of Ginza. After going through the gas lamp street, Hodo Inari sits behind the alley. Matsuya-dori is an unusual Asahi Inari that connects worship hall on the first floor of the building to main hall on the rooftop. Azuma Inari crosses the Mihara Bridge at the site of Sanjumabori. Heading from Chuo-dori, a pedestrian paradise, to 7-chome, there is Toyo Iwaine cargo in a narrow alley. This time, I omitted the department store, but the tour of the shrines in Ginza seems to be popular.

The remains of the Ginza Brick Street remain on Kinharu Street. This is where the Kinharu Yashiki is located, and the Noh Festival is held in summer. It was a 2-hour walk in Ginza that arrived at the site of Shimbashi after the site of Shibakuchi Gomon. Participants said, "I enjoyed Ginza that I didn't know." In the early summer climate, the young shoots of willows are growing day by day, and it is a perfect day for walking around the town. ●Akira Makibuchi

In Chuo-kuA revised new edition of the "Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Tour Map" (published by the Chuo-ku Board of Education), which can be seen at a glance, such as historic sites and cultural properties, has been published. So farChuo-kuThis is the first revised version in three years, with the addition of explanation boards installed after that.

The map shows the location of cultural properties, historical sites, historic sites, monuments, Historic buildings, etc. In addition to the Tokiwa Hashikado ruins, the main building of the Bank of Japan head office, and the Takashimaya Tokyo store, which was designated as a national important cultural property for the first time as a department store, was also posted. There are 16 items in the Kyobashi area, including the Meijiya Kyobashi Building in Designated Cultural Property. The Tsukishima area has four items, including the site of the Tsukuda Island Ferry Terminal. The size is B2 size, one folding sheet. All-color printing.

The new "Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Tour Map" is available at the Municipal Local Tenmonkan (Akashicho, Chuo-ku12-1, Tel. 03-3546-5537) and also distributed at the Chuo-ku Tourism Association. ●Akira Makibuchi

The 2011 Spring History Walk / Nihonbashi Course, hosted by the Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Supporters Association of the Chuo-ku Volunteer Guide, was held from 1:00 pm on April 16 (Sat). This is an annual event, Kotoshi will be held on the Nihonbashi course and the Ginza course (scheduled for April 24).

Applicants who applied in the ward bulletin "News Chuo of the Ward" gathered at the Nihonbashi Minamizume Falls Square where the recently completed dock is located. Perhaps due to the impact of the recent earthquake, the number of recruiters was 11, about one-third, a small number. Nihonbashi, which celebrated its 100th anniversary of the bridge, has been cleaned and has traces of war damage. Visit the site of the famous Shirakiya well, the birthplace of the postal system.

The old Joban Bridge, which walks to Ichiishi Bridge, lost Shiroishi Bridge, and Tokiwa Bridge, cannot be crossed because it is under construction. The main building of the Bank of Japan, an important cultural property, conveys its history and profoundness to modern architecture. The Mitsui Main Building, which was built in the early Showa period, symbolizes the recovery from the Great Kanto Earthquake. The area facing Chuo-dori in front of Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store is undergoing redevelopment following Cored Muromachi.

The site of the Nihonbashi Fish Bank and Fish Market is a place before it moved to the current Tsukiji Temple, where the footprints of reconstruction after the earthquake remain. It traces the remnants of the Gokaido connecting the countries in the Edo period in the square of the road mark. Finally, we finished a two-hour historical walk on the west side of Minamizume, where the high billboard was located. The cherry trees shine on the surface of the river with a fresh green atmosphere, and the seasonal change in the early summer shines. ●Akira Makibuchi

＊The pattern of the day, the TV publicity of the ward "Hello　Chuo-kuIt's scheduled to be broadcast from April 24 (Sun).

I would like to briefly introduce the historic site explanation board of the newly established Chuo-ku Board of Education.

First, "Sakaimachi / Fukiya-cho Theater Ruins" (upper photo) was set up on Ningyocho-dori, which headed northwest from Ningyocho intersection. Of the Edo Sanza, Nakamuraza moved to Sakaimachi in 1651 (1652). Ichimura-za was founded in Fukiya-cho in 1634 (1635). After that, it is a venerable area that flourished as a play town for about 200 years until it was relocated to Asakusa Saruwaka-cho in 1842 due to the reform of Tenpo.

The next "Juzaburo Tsutaya" Koshodo "remains" (pictured) was set up on Honcho-dori St., Otemmacho. Juzaburo Tsutaya was called "Tsutashige" and was active as a bookstore, publisher, and producer. Born in Shinkichi Hara in 1750 (1750), in 1783 (1783), he entered Toyu-cho in this area, and opened Koshodo as a land bookstore. He has published works by playwrights such as Nanpo Ota and Kyoden Santo, as well as painters such as Hokusai, Utamaro, and Sharaku, and can be said to be a key player in the formation of Edo culture.

Last but not least, it was installed in September last year, but it is located in Otemmacho near Takarada Ebisu Shrine in "Magome Kansoyu Yashiki Ruins" (bottom photo). Kanmu Magome was given Takarada Village (around Gofuku Bridge Gomon) in Edo Castle at Ieyasu, but moved here to Otemmacho due to the expansion of Edo Castle. Together with Minami Temmacho, he played the role of a horse on the way. In the mansion, the guardian of the old land, Ebisu God, was enshrined, and it became the current Takarada Ebisu Shrine, known as "Betara City". ●Akira Makibuchi

Earlier, I mentioned the "Ansei Edo Earthquake" that hit directly below Edo (posted on March 16, 2011), but Hiroshige Utagawa's "Hundred Views of Famous Edo" may have depicted the scenery of Edo that will be restored after the earthquake. It is said.

Hiroshige was born in 1797 (1797) in the Genemon Ando family, a concentric fire extinguisher in Edo Yatsushiro Sukawagi (now around the Meiji Seimeikan). Later, he took over concentric positions and renamed Shigeemon due to his father's death. He became the subordinate of Toyohiro Utagawa, and named himself "Hiro" in Toyohiro's "Hiro" and "heavy" from his real name "Hiro". Later, he retired from concentric job and published the famous Tokaido Gojusanji in 1832 (1832) and walked on his path as a landscape painter.

1842 (1842) Moved to Kyobashi Okogiri Town. This is the east side of Nakahashi Hirokoji Temple, next to the Kano Nakabashi family, one of the Kano Yotsuya. The current location is located on the southeast side of the Bridgestone Museum of Art (above photo).

In October 1855 (1855), the Ansei Edo Earthquake occurred. Near the house The collapse of the house in Minami Temmacho was also published in tile editions and publications. The following year, at the age of 60, he worked on the production of "Hundred Views of Edo", and was completed two years later in 1858 (1858). Then, in September of that year, he closed his 62-year-old life, and Kyobashi Nakahashi, who drew this masterpiece, became the land of demise.

"Hundred Famous Views of Edo" has 119 views, one of which was drawn by Hiroshige Nidai. Researchers argue that nearly 60% of this series are related to the reconstruction of the Ansei Edo Earthquake. The quake turned around nine rings at the top of Senso-ji Temple five-storied pagoda, but the 100 views of Asakusa Kinryuzan (left photo) depicted a beautifully repaired vermilion five-storied pagoda, expressing the reconstruction of Edo in red and white contrasted with the snow scenery. In addition, "Shitaya Hirokoji" depicts the scene of Matsuzakaya, and "Tetsubosu Tsukiji Gate Ruins" (lower right photo) depicts the restoration of Honganji Temple.

In this Great East Japan Earthquake, I saw some articles about the Ansei Edo Earthquake. The Asahi Shimbun's Tenshojin (March 23, 2011) outlined the Ansei Edo Earthquake, as the tip of the Tokyo Tower was bent in the same way as the previous Senso-ji Temple five-storied pagoda Kuwa.

Because Edokko Hiroshige served as a fire extinguisher, did he entrust the scene of reconstruction to the masterpiece "Hundred Famous Edo Views" by projecting the state of Edo before the collapse and burning in the earthquake? Expectations for a new era of Edo seem to be symbolized by the scenery of cherry blossoms in full bloom in spring. As I stare at this work, which also influenced the japonism of Western Europe, Hiroshige's passion for Edo was conveyed. ●Akira Makibuchi