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The bridges introduced this time are three bridges spanning the upstream part of the Kamejima River, which runs from the northwest of Shinkawa (Shinkawa 1-chome) to the southwest (Shinkawa 2-chome), and the northwest of Shinkawa.

The Kamejima River is a first-class river with a total length of about 1.1 km from Nihonbashi Sluice Gate on the right bank downstream of Kayaba Bridge (the bridge upstream side of Minato Bridge) over the Nihonbashi River to the Kamejima River Sluice Gate at the junction of the Sumida River.

The Shinkawa on the left bank of the Kamejima River and the Nihonbashikayabacho, Hatchobori and Minato on the right bank are lowlands near the Sumida River, so two sluice gates have been set up in preparation for storm surges and tsunamis, protecting the lives of people living in this basin.

The name Kamejima is based on the theory that there were many merchants selling bottles, and that this area was once a turtle-like Kojima. In the Edo period, the Shogunate's Mifune-gumi mansion and Funami Bansho were set up downstream of the Kamejima River, and played an important role in censorship of ships entering Edo. .

So, in this blog, I would like to take up Reigishi Bridge, Shin Kameshima Bridge, and Kamejima Bridge over the Kamejima River.

Created based on the "Chuo-ku Area Map" (information board established by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction in March 2006) near the "Monument of the Ruins of Shinkawa"

<Scenery of the Kamejima River in Showa>

(Above) Reconstruction Bureau Bridge Design Drawing-Reigishi Bridge-Vol. 5 (published in 1930). Mitsui Bank Nihonbashi Branch was located on the north side of Nishizume Bridge (left in the photo).

(Lower) History of Chuo-ku overlooking Shin-Kameshima Bridge from Kameshima Bridge (published in 1958). There was a ryokan on the right bank of the Kamejima River (left in the photo), and a tall chimney on the left bank (right in the photo).

(Provided by Kyobashi Library, Chuo Ward)

In Shinkawa, at the beginning of the Edo period, Reiganji Temple was founded in 1624 (Kanei 1st year), and was founded in 1554 (Tenbun 23) to 1641 (Kanei 18)). After the great fire of the Meiryaku era, I moved to Shirakawa, Koto-ku (1st blog about the first time). First of all, I would like to take a look at Reiganji Temple, which was the origin of the name of the bridge, Reiganji Temple, which is located near Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station, where the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and the Toei Oedo Line pass.

<Reiganji Temple>

Reiganji is formally called Dohonzan Tokaiin Reiganji, and Amida Buddha is Jodo sect temple in main deity, one of the Kanto 18-danrin (Note 1). On the precincts, there are also one copper Jizo Bodhisattva statue of Edo Rokujizo (Note 2) and the tomb of Sadanobu Matsudaira (Note 3).

Next year, Reiganji Temple celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1624 (the first year of Kanei), and new construction of Sanmon and guest hall kitchen hall was underway to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its founding. There was also a kindergarten in the precincts, and it felt as if there was an academic atmosphere that inherited the place of learning from the Edo period.

(Note 1) Kanto Juhachidanrin (Kanto Juhachidanrin) is a 18-ji temple located in the Kanto region that trained Buddhist monk in Jodo sect during the Edo period. In the old days, it was also called danjo, danjo, and danrin. (From Shinsanjodo Dictionary of the Jodo sect)

(Note 2) Edo Rokujizo (Edoro Kujizo) is a Jizobo Shogen of Edo Fukagawa who suffered an incurable disease and prayed to Jizo Bodhisattva for the cure of the disease, and was healed safelyJizo Bodhisattva. (From the explanation board in front of the "Copper Jizo Bodhisattva Statue" in the precincts.)

(Note 3) Sadanobu Matsudaira has established a seven-minute deposit system in Edo City in order to rescue the poor. In 1872 (Meiji 5), this reserve was taken over by Tokyo Prefecture. As a result, bridges and roads were repaired, gas maintenance, and the establishment of a nursing home were promoted. Eiichi Shibusawa promoted Sadanobu's honor and edited a biography, and in 1929 (Showa 4), he held Sadanobu's 100th anniversary at Reiganji Temple. (From the explanation board of "Place related to Eiichi Shibuzawa, Koto-ku" in front of "Sadanobu Matsudaira Tomb" in the precincts)

Clock clockwise from the top left: 1 main hall (whole), 2 main hall (expanded), 3 Sadanobu Matsudaira Tomb (nationally designated historic site), 4 Copper Jizo Bodhisattva statue (one of Edo Rokujizo, Tangible Cultural Property designated by Tokyo)

(Left) Edo map of Meiryaku era (1657, 1657) "Shinzoe Edono map". This figure is famous as a figure published just before the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era. Before the great fire, you can see that Reiganji was on the left bank (east side) of the Kamejima River.

(Right) Enpo 7 (1679) "Edo Hokaku Yasumi Encyclopedia" 5. The left half of the figure of 20 Reganshima and Niihori. This map is west on the top and north on the right, but the map at that time (Edo map) generally depicts the west of Edo Castle on the top. Shinkawa, which was excavated in Manji 3 (1660), is also on the map.

Reigishi Bridge seems to be drawn on both the left and right maps.

These maps were reprinted from the Chuo-ku Kyobashi Library with the permission of the Chuo-ku Kyobashi Library, "Chuo-ku History Map [Kyobashi Hen]" (Chuo-ku Kyobashi Library, issued on March 31, 1996).

<Reigishi Bridge>

By the way, since I actually saw Reiganji Temple, this time about the main theme of Reigishi Bridge.

Reigishi Bridge is the first bridge over the Kamejima River, which branches southwest from Nihonbashi River at Nihonbashi Suimon, and connects Shinkawa 1-chome and Nihonbashi Kayabacho 1-chome, and Eitai-dori St. (Tokyo Metropolitan Road / Chiba Prefectural Road No. 10 Tokyo Urayasu Line) passes.

It is said that the details are unknown in the early Edo period. By the way, it seems that it has already been drawn in the above "Shinzoe Edonozu" (1657 (Meiryo 3)) and "Edo Hokaku Yasumi Encyclopedia" (1679 (Yenho 7)).

In 1923 (Daisho 12), it was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and in 1930 (Showa 5), it was rebuilt as a four-way reinforced concrete girder bridge (41.3m long, 33.0m wide) by a reconstruction project after the earthquake. Was.

The current bridge was replaced in 1985 (Showa 60).

The bridge is managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction), and in this series (including those scheduled to be introduced in the future), Eitai Bridge and Chuo-ohashi Bridge are Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Construction Bureau). On the other hand, Minato Bridge, Toyomi Bridge, Shin Kameshima Bridge, Kameshima Bridge, Takahashi, and Minami Takahashi are managed by Chuo-ku (Environmental Civil Engineering Department).

About bridge (managers) in Chuo-ku, please see this (Chuo-ku homepage / bridge in ward).

Nihonbashi sluice gate seen from Nihonbashi River (form: steel single-leaf roller gate, diameter: 15m x 2 rows, gate height: 8.1m, completed: 1971 (from Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction HP), (lower left) Reishibashi main pillar on the north side of Nishizume, (lower right) Kamejima Kaya River 2-chome (Nihonbashi). Reeds on the seawall are growing very much.

[Bridges]

<Format> Simple steel floor slab box girder bridge

<Bridge length> 53.0ｍ

<width> 33.8ｍ

<Completion> March, 1985

<Constructor> Tokyo

※ There is no explanation board in Hashizume, so I contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Construction Bureau Daiichi Kensetsu Office (repair section), which manages Reigishi Bridge, and told me.

[Literature work in which Reigishi Bridge appears]

For example, Reigishi Bridge appears in the following works (some quotes) 。

■ Sokichi Nagai (Kafu Nagai) “The 13th Volume of Kafu Complete Works” (Hiyowa Geta No. 6 Water Ferry) Iwanami Shoten, February 1963, P.337

The view around Shintsuji Bridge in Honjo Yanagihara, Shiraoi Bridge in Kyobashi Hatchobori, and Reigishi Bridge on Reigishi Island is a place where the water of Horiwari or is separated or combined, the bridge is in contact with the bridge, the flow is intensely intense, and the ship is trying to hit the ship. In such a landscape, I see the Arafu Bridge on one side of the large water that forms a diamond shape from the top of Edobashi with Nihonbashi in the background, and the view of the Armor Bridge on one side, combined with the bustling miscellaneous goods of the city bridge head, it will be the greatest spectacular view among the moats in Tokyo city. In particular, the lights of cars coming and going on the bridge, such as the night view of the year-end gift, are far more beautiful than the lights on the streets of Ginza, which move onto the water all night, in conjunction with the lights on the coast.

＊Reigishi Bridge is listed on page 66 of the 15th Chuo-ku Tourism Certification Text "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia" (Chuo-ku Tourism Association, October 2022).

Shin-Kameshima Bridge is a bridge located downstream of Reigishi Bridge, upstream of Kameshima Bridge, connecting Shinkawa 1-chome and 2-chome and Nihonbashi Kayabacho 2-chome and 3-chome. Toshin, you can reach Akimasa-dori (Meisho Dori, Shinkawa 1-chome to Shinkawa 2-chome), and go west to Tokyo, Sakura-dori 3-chome.

The sculpture was said to have been a wooden bridge with a length of about 27m and a width of about 5.4m in March 1882.

In 1923 (Daisho 12), it was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and in 1926 (Daisho 15), it was rebuilt as a modern steel girder bridge by a reconstruction project after the earthquake, and the width was tripled to 15m. Was.

The current bridge was replaced in August 1995 (Heisei 7). The balustrade is decorated based on the historical relationship between the area and the Kamejima River, and is decorated with the motif of a `` ship '', and as a `` bridge that conveys history and culture to future generations '', plenty of Edo atmosphere is incorporated, It is elaborate design.

The name of Shin Kameshima Bridge is located downstream of this bridge, and bears a new character on Kamejima Bridge, which has been built since the Genroku era, and is named Shin Kamejima Bridge.

On the south side of Nishizume, there is a memorial to the victims of the war victims who died in the Tokyo Air Raid in Pacific War. On March 10, 1978, the memorial to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 10, 1945.

Shin-Kameshima Bridge (from Nihonbashi Kayabacho 2-chome (Nishizume) to Akimasa Street in the direction of Higashizume)

(Left) The title of the balustrade on the north side (Ringishi Bridge side) is "Okawa Kaisen". From the north side, you can see Reigishi Bridge and Nihonbashi Suimon, and beyond that you can see the Tokyo Sky Tree.

(Right) The title of the balustrade on the south side (Kameshima Bridge side) is "Unloading a ship". You can see the Kameshima Bridge from the south side.

[Bridges]

<Format> Steel-bed Ramen Bridge

<Bridge length> 30.5ｍ

<width> 15.0m Roadway 9.0m, sidewalk 3.0m x 2

<Completion> August, 1995

<Constructor> Chuo-ku

※ Quoted from the explanation monument on the north side of Nishizume (Chuo-ku, September 1997).

[Literature Works in which Shin-Kameshima Bridge appears]

Shin-Kameshima Bridge, for example, appears along with Kameshima Bridge in the following works (some are quoted). 。

■ Aya Koda, "Rohan Complete Works Vol. 29" (Danmizu no Tokyo) Iwanami Shoten, December 1954, P.515

○We went down Nihonbashi, reached Ichiishi Hashimoto at the end, and went to the moat. The moat reaches the mouth of the west waterfall, and you must pass by boat to the south direction of Hogofukubashi Yaesubashi Kajibashi Sukiyabashi Sukiyabashi. In the waterway from Toyomi Bridge to Ichiishi Bridge, those that break southwest and leave between Reigishijima and Kameshimacho descend under Kamejima Bridge and Takahashi, enter Honmio, Kabuto-cho The one that breaks down at the tip of the town and leaves southwest is the Kabutobashi Kaiunbashi Kuyasubashi and other various bridges.

Kameshima Bridge is a bridge located downstream of Shin-Kameshima Bridge, upstream of Takahashi, and connects Shinkawa 2-chome and Hatchobori 1-chome, and Yaesu-dori (Shinkawa 2-chome to Kyobashi 1-chome) heading to Tokyo Station. ) Is passing.

The building was built in 1699 (Genroku 12), damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 (Daisho 12), and in 1929 (Showa 4), it was rebuilt as a steel arch bridge by a reconstruction project after the earthquake. However, railings were provided to compensate for the shortage of supplies during the war.

The current bridge was replaced in June 2002 (2002).

As introduced in the description of the Kamejima River, the name of Kameshima Bridge is that there were many merchants selling bottles, and that this area was once a Kojima similar to a turtle.

On the north side of Nishizume, there is a monument of Horibe Yasube Taketsune. There is a story that forty-seven Akahoshi participated in the defeat at Kira's house and crossed this Kameshima Bridge to Sengakuji Temple, but Anbei's residence was nearby Kyobashi Mizutanicho (currently Ginza 1-chome), so it was built in 1969 (Showa 44) by the members of Hatchobori 1-chome town association.

In addition, on the south side of Nishizume across Yaesu Street, there is also the stone monument of the Matsuo Basho (Matsuobasho) engraved with "Chrysanthemum blooming in Hatchobori and Ishiya Stones (Ahi) Basho (50 years old) 1693 (stone monument characters are now disappearing.) 。 It seems that there were many stone shops in this area because the water transportation was good and it was convenient for transporting stone.

In addition, there is also an explanation board by Sharaku Toshusai and Tadataka Ino as "people who can move to this area and convey their achievements." In the past, there was "Ginza's Yanagi Shisei" behind the explanation board, but unfortunately it is not at present.

Kameshima Bridge (Look from Hatchobori 1-chome (Nishizume) to Shinkawa 2-chome (Higashizume)). The stone monument seen on the left of the photo (north side of Nishizume) is "Monument of Yasubei Horie".

[Bridges]

<Format> Steel arch bridge

<Bridge length> 32.4ｍ

<width> 25.5m Roadway 17.5m, sidewalk 4.0m x 2

<Completion> June, 2002

<Constructor> Chuo-ku

※ Quoted from the explanation board on the north side of Higashizume (Public Works Department, Chuo-ku, June 2002). This explanation board is "Kameshima Bridge-From Edo to the present-History of Shinkawa", and there is also an explanation of Mifunetegumi (Shogengashi) and Zuiken Kawamura (Kawamuzuiken). .

[Literature Works in which Kameshima Bridge appears]

Kameshima Bridge, for example, appears in the following works (some quotes) 。

■ Shuhei Fujisawa’s “Bad Blade Bouncing Hizukisho”, Shinchosha, August 1991, P.71-72

　In the season, I began to see the rain that seems to be the beginning of the rainy season, and the day became so long.

But on that long day, as he passed through several towns following the first village, he finally came to fall.

　The light that falls on the path where people come and go softens, and instead, the town has dark shadows.

"It's still a long way ahead,"

　Also, when Hachiro called out, Hatsumura turned his face to Hachiro for the first time.

"If you cross that bridge, you'll get rid of it."
　Hachiro also saw the bridge pointed to by Hatsumura. The bridge, which is mostly covered with dark shadows, should have been called Kamejima Bridge, and beyond, is the towns of Reigishi Island.

＊The Kamejima River and Kameshima Bridge are on page 66 of the 15th Chuo-ku Tourism Certification Text "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia" (Chuo-ku Tourism Association, October 2022), and the Horibe Yasunori Takeyuki Monument is on the same text page 65. Each is listed.

How was the second time in the series of "9 bridges over Shinkawa"?

Since I started serializing this series (although it is still the second time in the series), I have once again realized the water of Tokyo, Chuo-ku, and Shinkawa.

Water is indispensable to our operations, and is used for domestic water, industrial water, agricultural water, etc., becomes an infrastructure such as water transportation, and gives us peace of mind. In recent years, sea levels have risen due to global warming and extreme weather, increasing the risk of storm surges caused by typhoons and tsunamis caused by major earthquake. We thought it was very important to be able to interact well with water, rivers and canals while being aware of disaster prevention and mitigation.

Kameshima Bridge seen from a cafe on the right bank of the Kamejima River (Hatchobori 2-chome). The view from the terrace seat was the best!

This day was also a hot day, but the wind across the river was comfortable, and the reeds planted on the terrace revetment were shaking greatly. On both banks of the Kamejima River, such terrace seawalls are created, but unfortunately they are not open to the public. I would like you to maintain it as a green promenade as soon as possible and walk. 

[Main reference materials, quotations, etc.] ※ Some descriptions are also included in the text.

・The 15th Chuo-ku Tourism Certification Text "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia for Walking", Chuo-ku Tourism Association, October 2022

・"Boat Transport Sightseeing Guidebook Nihonbashi River, Kamejima River, Kanda River, Sumida River (Central Area)" Chuo-ku Tourism Association, March 2014

・"Measures for Activation of Waterside Use of Chuo-ku", Civil Engineering Department, Chuo-ku, April 2006

※ In addition to the above, information was also received from the person in charge of the Tokyo Metropolitan Construction Bureau Daiichi Kensetsu Office (repair section) and the Chuo-ku Environmental Civil Engineering Department (road section) regarding the various aspects of the bridge. Thank you very much.