隅田堤桜花
Cherry Blossoms on the Sumida Embankment
Cherry blossoms fill the space overhead like a white haze, held up by dark trunks. Even after the Meiji era began, people kept planting cherry trees along the embankment of the Sumida River.
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The cherry blossoms spread out white, almost covering the sky. Beneath them, many thick black trunks lean at angles, and the undergrowth and the path at their feet sink into shadow. Only the middle of the right side opens up brightly, with flat country visible far off. A few small figures stand among the trees.
The stretch of the Sumida River embankment from Mokuboji Temple to around the residence of the Mito Tokugawa family has long been called Bokutei. Planting continued there after the Meiji era began, and another 1,000 trees were added in 1874. In 1880 the Mito Tokugawa family also planted cherry trees in front of its residence, and the row of trees reached all the way to Makura Bridge.
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- 『東京名所写真帖』（明治35年12月）
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