Ryōgoku Bridge
{{Short description|Bridge in Tokyo, Japan}}
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The {{nihongo|Ryōgoku Bridge|両国橋|Ryōgoku-bashi}} is a bridge in Tokyo built in 1659 spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River. Its name, meaning "two provinces", came from its joining Edo (the forerunner of Tokyo in Musashi Province) and Shimōsa Province. The neighborhood at the east end of the bridge, Ryōgoku, derived its name from that of the bridge. The bridge featured in the 2015 anime "Miss Hokusai".
Timeline
- 1659 (Manji 2): Building began on the Ryōgoku Bridge.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA413 Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.]
- January 26, 1881: The Great Ryōgoku Fire occurs.{{cite web |url=https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/kiyochika_tokyo_03/ki_exhib02.html |title=Kiyochika's Tokyo — III |access-date=2024-09-22 |publisher=Visualizing Cultures}}
- September 1, 1923 (Taishō 12, 1st day of the 9th month): The bridge was damaged during the Great Kantō earthquake.Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DdkeAQAAMAAJ&q=ryogoku+bridge+1932 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)
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Category:Buildings and structures in Chūō, Tokyo
Category:Buildings and structures in Sumida, Tokyo
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