Eitai-bashi Bridge
The bridge was located approximately 100 meters upstream from its current position in the Edo Period. The bridge is said to have been built in either 1696 or 1698, and before this was a ferry called "Fukagawa no watashi" (Fukagawa ferry). The name of the bridge came from the fact that the bridge was built facing towards the region which was called Eitaijima because it was long ago an island, however there is also a theory that it was partially in celebration of the 50th birthday of the 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi. In 1807, one of the bridge girders collapsed under the crowds heading towards the Fukagawa Hachiman festival, and nearly 1,500 people drowned. It is famous as the bridge the Akoh-gishi (47 ronin) crossed when they withdrew from the Honjo Kira residence to Sengaku-ji Temple.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
永代橋
東都名所永代橋全図
名所江戸百景 永代橋佃しま
江戸名所 永代橋佃島
東都名所 永代橋深川新地
江戸十橋之内永代橋
江戸名所之内 永代橋の風景
東都永代橋之景
Photos
東京石川島造船所製品図集
東京風景
東京府名勝図絵
Other Materials
Landmarks around Eitai-bashi Bridge
Teppozu Tsukudajima Mannen-bashi Bridge Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine Tori-itchome Nihon-bashi Bridge Odenma-cho Sanjusangendo Ekoin Temple Kyo-bashi Bridge
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