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built in 1659 spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the

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. The neighborhood at the east end of the bridge,

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Timeline

* 1659 ('' Manji 2''): Building began on the Ryōgoku Bridge. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 413.
/ref> * September 1, 1923 ('' Taishō 12, 1st day of the 9th month''): The bridge was damaged during the Great Kantō earthquake.Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937)
''An Administrative Perspective of Tokyo,'' Vol. 1937, p.85
* 1932 ('' Shōwa 7''): Bridge re-building completed.

Gallery

File:Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida river at Onmagayashi.jpg, Hokusai File:Brooklyn Museum - Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank No 59 from One Hundred Views of Edo - Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando).jpg, Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank (8th Month, 1856) - Brooklyn Museum File:Tōtō_Ryōgokubashi_natsu_keshiki-Panoramic_View_of_Ryōgoku_Bridge_in_the_Summer_MET_DP148147.jpg, Panoramic View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Summer (c. 1859) File:Ryogoku bashi old.jpg, 1904 File:Ryogoku bashi old2.jpg, 1875 File:Ryogoku Bridge.jpg, Ryōgoku Bridge (c. 1780)

References

Buildings and structures in Chūō, Tokyo Buildings and structures in Sumida, Tokyo {{Japan-bridge-struct-stub