Sumida River shrine
This is ...、Higashishirahige Apartment is a group of 18 apartments with a total length of 1km or more.、Anyway, the slender appearance is a masterpiece。
There are shops and clinics on the premises、A little town ... a nostalgic atmosphere。
Sumidagawa Shrine is behind it、It's just inside the Mukojima Line of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 6 that extends along the Sumida River.、The one torii is、Right in the middle of the housing complex ... It's steadily building facing Bokutei-dori.。
The approach that continues from there、6Passing between Building No. 7 and Building No. 7、Passing between the baseball field and tennis court in Higashishirahige Park、Go through the side of the square with the matoi monument、It continues almost straight to the precincts of Sumidagawa Shrine。
Precincts of the Sumida River shrine、Bright and have been developed to "garden" like atmosphere。
But Metropolitan is running just behind、Surprisingly quiet even。
This is one of the features untimely guardian "Komakame" is、Gamera Ppoku if there are ears and tusks、But for us a playful downright、Looks pretty old?
further、A stone statue that looks like a "turtle" in a small shrine in front of the torii gate on the Metropolitan Expressway side ... Isn't this older?
Even so、Why a turtle? Because it's a water shrine?
Around the stone monument、Around the cat ... A peaceful and pleasant company。(2018.1 shooting)
《Ruins of the Water God Forest》
"Downstream of Arakawa、This place that crossed Kanegafuchi and made a big turn、At the end of the Sumida River、There used to be a dense forest。It was also known by people as the Mizukami Forest and the Fuzhou Forest.。
Olden days、The cove starts from here、"Eguchi" because it was the sea、In other words, it is said to have become the etymology of "Edo".。
Mizukami no Mori is as described in "Edo Famous Places"、It was the guardian forest of the water shrine (Sumidagawa shrine) on the riverbank.。People who came down the river acted as a forest at the entrance of the Sumida River、As a forest that informs people who climb the river that the difficult points of Kanegafuchi are near、It was a good landmark。
after that、The forest that survived the earthquake and war was lost in postwar development.、Sumidagawa Shrine itself was moved about 100 meters and settled at the current location.。Than "precincts guide plate
Sumida inn、At an inn that is said to have been established by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the 4th year of the Jisho era (1180) ("Azuma Kagami")、It is believed that it was originally a military base for medieval samurai corps such as Mr. Edo.。By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties at the latest, it seems that an urban place where people and things gathered was formed.、In the song of the middle of the 13th century that the poet Mitsutoshi Fujiwara wrote、It depicts many boats berthed and crowded ("Ogi Wakasho").。
Also、In "Gikeiki", which was established in the Muromachi period, it looks like "Sumida's migratory places".、It can be seen that Sumida-juku was an inn that had a sense of unity with the vicinity of Ishihama on the opposite bank.。
There are still many unclear points about the relationship with the opposite bank.、About the spread of inns on the eastern bank of the Sumida River、Some folklore and pictorial maps in the Edo period geography will be helpful.。
According to the research results that analyzed them、The location range is assumed as shown in the figure.。
It should be noted、The legend of Umewaka telling the tragic story of Umewakamaru and his mother who were kidnapped by hostages、And the legend of the stone pillow (Hitotsuya legend) that tells the tragedy of a sinful old mother and daughter、Some prominent legends have been left in the Sumida River basin。Sumida inn established near here、It seems that it was also a place to nurture such a legend.。
From the information board of "Sumida Ward Board of Education" in March 2013
Huge fire wall (height 40m) in the event of a disaster、Disaster prevention complex with a deformed structure with a total length of 1.2 km)。Connections between buildings、Veranda of each house, etc.、All openings are fire shutters、In the event of a disaster、The shutter is released、It seems to be a huge "wall"。
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