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Tokyo Bay Kisen on Reigishi Island
The left photo is a monument to Edo Minato at the mouth of the Kamejima River, which is sometimes introduced on the correspondent blog.
On the front, "The Keicho Year Edo shogunate built Edo Minato in this area and supported the economy of Edo as the center of water transportation. Until 1936, it was crowded as a starting point for routes to countries such as Izu-Nanashima. Yes, it is.
The "sea route to countries" is based on Tokyo Bay Kisen, and on the side, "Tokyo Bay Kisen was established here in 1889 as a steamship departure and arrival point to remote islands." It is engraved. "Established as a departure point to remote islands" seems a little different from the fact, but as a result, it was a company that had a significant impact on the Izu Islands route.
The turbulent history from the formation of the Tokyo Bay Kisen (now Tokai Kisen) to the present is very interesting because it is full of episodes that can be lightly turned into a single book.
I can't write everything very much, so here I'll take a brief look at the days when Tokyo Bay Kisen was active on Rei Kishi Island from the two prints left in the Local Tenmonkan archive.
The Beginning of Tokyo Bay Kisen
The print on the left is published with the permission of the Local Tenmonkan, and the commentary on the material is "Meiji Car Steamship Map Tokyo Bay Kisen Rei Kishijima Departure Site Musashi Saito". It seems that a steamboat is an outer ring ship. Click here for an enlarged photo of prints.
The photo on the right is an image of "San Fukuzawa Maru", which was licensed by the original owner Yuichi Morita via the Japan Maritime Public Relations Association and reprinted the photo published in the magazine "La Mail". is.
According to the Ship History Report, Tokyo Bay Kisen owned a total of 137 ships, large and small, of which only two outer ring ships owned at the beginning of its establishment. The names are "Third (San) Fukuzawa Maru (111 tons)" and "First Hiryu Maru (92 tons)". Both were sold in 1917, so the print on the left seems to have drawn either of them.
What is interesting is that both ships were built at the same time at the Fukuzawa Shipyard. Therefore, it is presumed that the appearance was similar to either ship. That's why I posted a photo of Daisan Fukuzawa Maru for reference.
By the way, the representative of this shipyard was "Tatsuzo Fukuzawa", one of the founding members of Tokyo Bay Kisen. The address is 2-3 Echizen-dori, along the Sumida River near the place where Tokyo Bay Kisen Company headquarters was located in 1889 (formerly Shogen Riverside). Eitai Bridge is shown at the back of the photo of Daisan Fukuzawa Maru, but it seems to have been taken just from that area (Mr. Morita pointed out).
The outer ring ship had a defect that the power was weaker than the screw ship and it was easy to break down, but it seems that it was useful in old river traffic etc. because of its shallow drainage. Speaking of which, when Admiral Perry arrived at the end of the Tokugawa period, the black ship "Sasuke Hana" was also an outer ring ship.
The author, Musashi Saito (Fusafumi Musa), was a printmaker who was mainly active in the early Showa era, and his residence seemed to be on Rei Kishi Island.
Tokyo Bay Kisen leaves Reigishi Island
The commentary on the print on the left is "Musa Saito". February 14, 1936 Fire at the departure and arrival point of Tokyo Bay Kisen Rei Kishijima ". In fact, in October of this year, the Tokyo Bay Kisen closed nearly 50 years of history on Reigishi Island and moved to Shibaura. The monument "until 1936" refers to this.
Click here for an enlarged photo of prints.
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The right is an article from the Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo) on February 15, the day after the fire. Although about 300 tsubo of the cafeteria and three cargo warehouses were burned, fortunately there were no casualties and there was little effect on the diamond. It is said that there was a government building of Chief Mizukami next to it, so the staff of the water department played a major role in total dispatch.
Click here for an enlarged photo of newspaper articles.
According to "Ayumi of Tokai Kisen 1980 (published by 1970), a request from Tokyo City (according to the construction of Kachidokibashi) and the fact that this fire was the decisive factor in the decision to relocate. . (Because the scale of the burnout is 485 tsubo of the main building and 600 tsubo of the warehouse and attached building, it seems that the damage is much greater than newspaper articles.)
In 1936, the lowermost bridge of the Sumida River was Eitai Bridge. No matter how high the mast they had, the ship that left the Departure of Reigishi Island was in the time when they could go out to the open sea without being blocked by the bridge. 。
An extra
The newspaper article on the left was from December 12, 1917, and even at this time, the Tokyo Bay Kisen burned down five warehouses due to fire. They also suffered catastrophic damage during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (the ship seemed to have been safe because it was on the sea).
Click here for an enlarged photo of the newspaper article (left)
In addition to the fire, there were quite a few ships that sank or went missing due to various marine accidents. In Pacific War, after the relocation of Shibaura and the company name was changed, there were countless damage to ships that were triggered by military use. Tokyo Bay Kisen / Tokai Kisen is a really amazing company that survives the present without losing those difficulties.
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The article on the right is the article when moving from Reigishi Island to Shibaura. The subtitle says "Bright Tokyo specialty", and when you read the article, "This building was built with a cheerful feeling so that if the suicide sick person came here, it would be better immediately." There is a description of concern. Is it an example of suicide? ？
Click here for an enlarged photo of the newspaper article (right)
In fact, according to Ayumi, in February 1933, "In the wake of a high school girl's Mt. Mihara crater suicide, a strange phenomenon of the suicide epidemic of Mt. Mihara throwing suicide occurred, and a kind of Oshima boom emerged. By September of this year, 117 men and 12 women were cast on Mt. Mihara. "It seems that a little incredible thing happened.
Acknowledgment
It is a short blog article of my essay, but I took care of various people and facilities.
First of all, Mr. Do I need to apply for image posting when I first contacted me? There was a story that it was said, but when posting on the correspondent blog, you could say that you can use it freely if you clearly indicate that it is "the name of the material and the collection of Chuo Ward Local Tenmonkan" Time Dome Akashi "". .
Thank you very much for your attention to the Maritime Center. At the Diet Library, I was able to borrow "Sea and Ship Magazine La Mail (currently discontinued)" and "Ayumi of Tokai Kisen 80 Years", which could only be copied, and valuable ship history manuscripts.
And above all, the publisher of La Mail, Japan Maritime Public Relations Association (located in Minato 2-chome, Chuo-ku). In publishing the photos, we not only promptly asked the original owner about whether or not it was possible to obtain permission, but also introduced the original owner, Mr. Morita himself (I am the director of a shipping company in Tsukishima).
In addition, he gave it to the back number where Kudan's photo was posted, saying, "I happened to have stock!" Thank you very much.
Click here for the website of the Japan Maritime Public Relations Association.