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During the Edo period, the drifter ship sailed from Eitai Bridge.
Last month, I wrote about the road nickname of Nihonbashihakozakicho, "Hakozaki Kita Niihori-dori", but when I was investigating the Kita-Niihori Riverside and Eitai Bridge in the Edo period, I found interesting materials, so I'm a little maniac, but I'll introduce you.
Eitai Bridge was one of the five bridges over the Sumida River during the Edo period, and was an important bridge for crossing the Fukagawa River, one of Edo's leading commercial and downtown areas. There was a Funatebansho at the side of the bridge, and there were shops such as teahouses, and it was a lively place with many traffic.
Well, take a look at the picture above. It depicts a scene where a ship sails from the side of Eitai Bridge, but on the ship, people who enter the cage and people who see off the ship cry and shout at the side of the bridge.
This ship is a "Ryujin Ship" that sends sinners to the island, and during the Edo period, a "Ryujin Ship" sailed from the side of Eitai Bridge.
The title of this picture is "Picture of Departing Toshima". The following sentence is written.
"Toshima blows a conch shell with two or three officials on the boat as shown in the figure, and does not signal the departure, and connects the Ofuna to the island. Those who are exiled from Edo depart from Eitai Bridge and send them to Oshima, Hachijojima Island, Miyakejima Island, Niijima Island, Kozushima Island, Toshima Island, Mikurajima Island, Right Nanatsujima Island, and Sado from Edo. Those who are exiled from Kyoto University Sakanishi China send to the right in Satsuma Goto, Oki Iki Amakusa-gun, sent to the right."
The picture below shows the "Ryujin Ship", which departed from Eitai Bridge, transfers to a large ship heading offshore to Izu Nanashima. There is a banner with the word "Rinsen" on the ship.
In the Edo period, the so-called island sink (exin, Toshima) was the second sentence after the death penalty. Inmates who were exiled in Edo and eastern Japan were sent to Izu-Nanashima. In the late Edo period, three of Nanatsujima islands, Hachijojima Island, Miyakejima Island, and Niijima Island, were exiled, and thought criminals and criminals were sent to Hachijojima Island, and relatively light sinners were sent to Miyakejima Island and Niijima Island.
In addition to Eitai Bridge, drifter ships sailed from Mannen Bridge, Reigishima Island, and Shiba Kanesugibashi. From Eitai Bridge, a sinner who could not return at any time, and from Mannen Bridge, Rei Kishijima, and Kanesugibashi, a ship of a sinner who could be forgiven several years later I sailed.
Below is a map of the Edo period, which shows the departure location of the drifter ship.
It's a bit maniac, but it was a story about a drifter ship from the Edo period.