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Registration of inhabitants of a ward cultural property for the 100th year
This year, the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923, the stone monument "Great Kanto Earthquake Evacuation Monument" built in Hashizume on the Chuo-ku side of Shinohashi is a ward cultural property registered. Was This monument was erected when Shin-ohashi Bridge remained unburned in the Great Kanto Earthquake and saved many lives (it is estimated to have been erected in 1933 and rebuilt in 1964). ). It is a fairly large stone monument with a height of 5.57m, a width of 2.11m and a thickness of 0.36m, including the pedestal.
Shinohashi came to be called "help bridge (or help bridge)" because people who evacuated to Hashigami were saved. At that time, it was a new iron bridge that was completed and was only about 10 years old, so it seems that fire spread and collapse could be prevented. It is also believed that Shinohashi was not burnt down because a police officer in evacuation guidance dumped refugee's luggage to prevent igniting the luggage, and that he sits in refugee for more confusion.
The current Shin-ohashi Bridge was completed in 1977. The tower to support the cable in the center of the bridge includes "The Origin of Shinohashi", "Relief of Shin-ohashi Bridge (steel bridge) bridged in 1912 (Meiji 45), and "Relief of Shinohashi (Kibashi) in the Edo period (Nishiki-e of Hiroshige Utagawa) "is displayed.
By the way, at the same time as the "Great Kanto Earthquake Evacuation Monument", "Tsukuda Island Former Meishu Mori Family and Related Materials" was also registered as a ward cultural property. This document is handed down to the Mori family, who served as the master of Tsukuda Island during the Edo period. You can learn about the history of Tsukuda Island, not only paper materials such as genealogy and documents, but also seals and photographs. From July 29 (Sat) to September 3 (Sun), the "Newly Registered Residents' Cultural Properties Exhibition 2023-Memory of the Earthquake and Tsukuda Island Recordgallery space" (free admission) is on display.