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There was a "that incident" that appeared in textbooks between Nihonbashi and Edobashi!

▲Excerpt from "Edo Famous Zoukai Vol. 7" Digital Archives of the National Diet Library

It's moss.

As the name implies, Chuo-ku was a bustling area that was the center of Edo during the Edo period. Water transportation such as rivers and moats has developed to collect various supplies from various countries, and along the river stretched throughout Edo, "river banks" have been set up to unload goods.

In particular, the fish riverbank, located in Nihonbashi Kitazume, is famous as a place that supported the eating habits of Edo people from the beginning of the 17th century to the relocation to Tsukiji Market in 1935.

At that time, river banks were often set up for each item to be unloaded, so for example, on the side of Kyobashi, what kind of things were unloaded, such as the "bamboo riverbank" where bamboo was accumulated, and the "daikon riverbank" where vegetables were unloaded Some can be guessed from the name.

Suddenly, I wondered what kind of riverbank was on the Nihonbashi River besides the fish shore, so I decided to look at the Chuo-ku history map I had obtained before.

Reference: This year, "Chuo-ku history map collection" is distributed at a special price!

The riverbank between Nihonbashi and Edobashi

There was a "that incident" that appeared in textbooks between the riverbank Nihonbashi and Edobashi between Nihonbashi and Edobashi!

The revised "Edonoshita-cho Restoration Map" published in the Chuo-ku History Map Book is a diagram that restores the state of Edoshita-machi around the Kaei era (1848-1851).

According to this document, from the west side of Nihonbashi to Edobashi, there are "Shiba River Bank", "Fish River Bank", "Naka River Bank", "Jihiki River Bank", and "Takama River Bank".

I looked it up,
・Shiba Riverside: Fish market opened by turf fishermen
・Chihiki Riverside: The riverbank that was unloading fish (sardines, flounder, flounder, etc.) obtained by seine net fishing
It seems that the middle bank was called like that because it was installed in the middle of the river bank dealing with marine products.

Then, when it comes to the remaining "Takama Riverside", it seems that there is a situation that is slightly different from other banks.

This is the first "Uchikoshi" site in Edo

This is Edo's first "Uchikoshi" site "That incident" that appeared in the textbook between Nihonbashi and Edobashi was happening!

▲Excerpt from the Tokyo National Museum, "late Tokugawa shogunate Edo City Uproar Map"
(It depicts the defeat of Keio 2 (1866))

Do you know the person "Denbee Takama"?

Denbei, who had loaned money with annual tribute in Shunan Village, Shuhui-gun, Kazusa-gun (currently Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture), entered Edo in the early Kyoho era (around 1716). We set up 24 rice warehouses in Isecho, Nihonbashi, and set up a "Takama Riverside" in nearby Hon Funamachi to unload rice.

The Kyoho period was the era of the 8th Shogun, Yoshimune Tokugawa, who was known as the "US Shogun". The Shogunate, which was struggling to control rice prices, noticed Denbee Takama's business talent, and in 1730 (Kyoho 15), adjusted rice prices under Tadasuke Ooka, a town magistrate. Appoint.

Meanwhile, in Kyoho 17 (1732), "Kyoho's Great Famine" occurred in West Japan. As a rescue measure, the Shogunate sent eastern rice and rice purchased in the previous year to the western country, resulting in a shortage of rice in Edo.

When rice is scarce, rice is soaring. As a countermeasure, Denbei proposes to sell the stockpiled rice to the city at a low price, and obtains permission from the Shogunate.

However, among townspeople, it was misunderstood that "rice is soaring because Denbee Takama is buying rice", and in January of Kyoho 18 (1733), a store in Hon Funamachi in Denbee Takama (Tana) There was an incident in which as many as 1,700 townspeople attacked.

At that time, the Takama family was in Kazusa and did not suffer any direct harm, but household goods and rice bales in the house were crushed and thrown into the river in front of them.

This is "Kyoho's Uchikowashi" which is also described in textbooks.

This event, also known as the "Takama riot", is said to be the first break in the Edo period, and is engraved on one page of history as an event that symbolizes the power of Edo townspeople at that time.

Now on the banks of the Takama River

Today, along the banks of Takama, there was a "that incident" that appeared in textbooks between Motohashi and Edobashi!

The Edobashi, which is now being bridged, was bridged with the opening of Showa-dori in 1927, and Kitazume spans the former Chibiki riverbank and the Takama riverbank.

The place once called the Takama Riverbank is located in the northeast of the current Edobashi, but there is no particular memory of those days.

Nevertheless, as many as 1,700 townspeople gathered here to make a turmoil, so just imagining the situation, it seems that you can hear the townspeople's anger and hustle and bustle.