日本橋より一石橋を見る圖
Ichikoku Bridge from Nihonbashi
Packed solid with people, a wooden bridge arches high. The picture looks from Nihonbashi toward Ichikoku Bridge, and the bridge and the water share the same grayish green.
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Against the sky, the people on the bridge form a row of small black heads, making a jagged line that follows the arch. The thick piles and cross braces are set like a lattice, and through the gaps, boats float on the water. In the pale ocher sky, there are a few small, bird-like shapes.
Ichikoku Bridge is said to owe its name to a pun. To the north and south of the bridge stood the residences of two Goto families: one family ran the gold mint, and the other was the official supplier of kimono cloth. Two "Goto," heard as go-to ("five to"), make ichikoku ("one koku"). From the bridge, you could see eight bridges counting Ichikoku itself, among them Nihonbashi and Edo Bridge, so it was also called Yatsumi no Hashi, "the bridge of eight views."
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- Source title
- 『日本橋より一石橋を見る圖』（[江戸後期]）
- Held by
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
- Original item
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- Made
- 150+ years ago (Edo period)
- Added to site
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