Ryōgoku Bridge

Japanese bridge in Tokyo built in 1659

35°41′40″N 139°47′19″E / 35.69431°N 139.788719°E / 35.69431; 139.788719

Ryōgoku Bridge by Hiroshige, c. 1856-1858

Ryōgoku Bridge (両国橋, Ryōgoku-bashi, literally, "two provinces" bridge) connected Musashi Province and Shimōsa Province in the Edo period of Japan. The bridge crossed the Sumida River in the area of modern Tokyo.^[1]

History

Timeline

1659 (Manji 2): Building began on the Ryōgoku Bridge.^[2]
September 1, 1923 (Taishō 12, 1st day of the 9th month): The bridge was damaged during the Great Kantō earthquake.^[3]
1932 (Shōwa 7): Bridge re-building completed.^[3]

References

↑ National Association of Japan-America Societies, Ryōgoku Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-25.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937). An Administrative Perspective of Tokyo, Vol. 1937, p.85.

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