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Shinkawa, Chūō, Tokyo
is an area in Chūō, Tokyo located in the Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyōbashi area that was formerly Kyōbashi Ward. The current administrative names are Shinkawa 1-chome and Shinkawa 2-chome. The area is surrounded by the Sumida River, Nihonbashi River, and Kamejima River. The area was historically called Reiganjima. Overview This area was originally an island in the Sumida River facing the mouth of the Hatchobori River, a branch of the Hirakawa River (formerly the Kanda River), and was called Edo Nakajima. Tokugawa Ieyasu reclaimed the island during Edo Castle, Edo construction. Reiganjima was excavated from the Kamejima River side south of Reigan Bridge to the south of Eitai Bridge, and this later came to be known as "Shinkawa". The northern side of the Shinbori moat was called Hakozakijima (now Nihonbashi Hakozakicho), and the southern side was called Reiganjima. Further south, there was a small U-shaped moat surrounding the Fukui Domain residence, which was called "Echizenbori". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumida River
The is a river that flows through central Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi (in Kita-ku) and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. It passes through the Kita, Adachi, Arakawa, Sumida, Taitō, Kōtō and Chūō wards of Tokyo. What is now known as the "Sumida River" was previously the path of the Ara-kawa. Toward the end of the Meiji era, the Ara-kawa was manually diverted to prevent flooding, as the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda is nearby. Art Sumida Gawa pottery was named after the Sumida River and was originally manufactured in the Asakusa district near Tokyo by potter Inoue Ryosai I and his son Inoue Ryosai II. In the late 1890s, Ryosai I developed a style of applied figures on a surface with flowing glaze, based on Chinese glazes called "flambe." Sumida pieces could be teapots, ash trays, or vases, and were made for export to the West. Inoue Ryosai III, grandson of Ryosai I, moved the manufacturi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |