Hakusan

Hakusan-jinya Shrine, which is also the origin of the area name, was an enshrinement of Kaga Hakusan's Hakusan-jinja Shrine and the village shrine for Koishikawa. The shrine flourished as the major shrine for worship of Hakusan in Edo. The Hakusan-jinja Shrine was relocated to its present position when the 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi was the head of the Tatebayashi Clan, and the Koishikawa Goten (a stately mansion at Koishikawa, also known as Hakusan Goten) was constructed at the site of the ruins. The mansion drew water from the Sen-kawa River and was surrounded by a moat and was said to have been a very picturesque site. In 1684, a Yakuen (a garden for medicinal herbs) was established at the north corner of the site, and it was expanded in later years. At present the site is The University of Tokyo affiliated Koishikawa Botanical Gardens. The Nakasendo Highway branch off of the Nikko Highway at Komagomeoiwake passed through Hakusan, and the area was commonly called Kaiseigakubo. It is said this is because the sound of a bird crying was heard every morning in the Shimousa Koga Clan villa, and when the location the bird cry was heard from was dug up, a golden rooster was found.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

〔江戸高名会亭尽〕　白山傾城か窪

白山傾城か窪

Other Materials

• 小石川　白山権現社（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [13]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• 白山神社（本文）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [13]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)

Landmarks around Hakusan

Sendagi　Hongo　Nezu　Ushigome / Kagurazaka　Dokanyama　Shinobazu no ike Pond　Yanaka　Surugadai　Yushima　Nippori