Ryōgoku Bridge

The 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".

Ryōgoku Bridge (c. 2005)

Ryōgoku Bridge and Ryōgoku Kokugikan in 1935

Timeline

1659 (Manji 2): Building began on the Ryōgoku Bridge.[1]
September 1, 1923 (Taishō 12, 1st day of the 9th month): The bridge was damaged during the Great Kantō earthquake.[2]
1932 (Shōwa 7): Bridge re-building completed.[2]

Gallery

Hokusai
Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank (8th Month, 1856) - Brooklyn Museum
Panoramic View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Summer (c. 1859)
1904
1875
Ryōgoku Bridge (c. 1780)

References

Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937). An Administrative Perspective of Tokyo, Vol. 1937, p.85.

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[1] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.

[tokyo-2] Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937). An Administrative Perspective of Tokyo, Vol. 1937, p.85.