Hashiba / Imado

The area from Imado-bashi Bridge to Kanegafuchi on the right bank of the Sumida-gawa River. It is noted in the "Gikeiki" (a military epic about the life of Yoshitsune) and the "Genpei Seisuiki" (The Rise and Decline of the Minamoto and Taira Clans) that there was a floating bridge at Hashiba, and that is said to be the origin of the name. There was a crematorium such that the phrase "Hashiba no kemuri" (smoke from Hashiba) means the smoke from a cremation. The Hashiba ferry linked the present day Hashiba 2 chome with Sumida Ward Tsutsumi-dori Road. A new port was opened in Imado while an old port existed in nearby Ishihama, and it is thought the name Imazu (current port) became linguistically corrupted to Imado. Imado Ware (dolls, tiles, etc.) were one of Edo's meibutsu (famous products), and the kilns and smoke of Imado Ware being baked were often pictured in nishiki-e.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

今戸焼物

墨田河橋場の渡かわら竈

隅田川橋場渡之図

隅田川八景橋場暮雪

東都名所ノ内　隅田川八景今戸夕照

橋場雪中

Other Materials

• 橋場（本文）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [17]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
• [隅田川西岸]其二　思川　橋場渡（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [17]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)

Landmarks around Hashiba / Imado

Sumida-gawa River　Massaki　Matsuchiyama Shodengu Temple / Imado-bashi Bridge　Nihonzutsumi　Mimeguri Inari no Yashiro Shrine　Mukojima Hyakkaen　Sumidazutsumi　Saruwaka-cho　Akiba Daigongen no Yashiro Shrine　Koumezutsumi