Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Nihon-bashi Bridge

Refers to both the bridge which spans the Nihonbashi-gawa River and the area centering on the bridge. This was the starting point of the Five Highways, including the Tokaido Highway, and the milestones on those highways were set using this as their origin point, with a Japanese highway starting milestone still on the central steel pylon of the bridge today. The date the bridge was built is unknown, but it was said to have been finished in 1603. Because boat traffic passes under the bridge, the bridge platform was constructed high up on stone walls, forming an arch shape. The area around Nihon-bashi bridge was the center of downtown Edo, and featured the Shogunate government offices, lines of famous stores and was a very active area. There were fish markets in the areas around Honfunacho and Hon’odawaracho on the north side of Nihon-bashi Bridge which served as a supply of fish for the Shogunate government and developed as the center of Edo's fish business. The fish business was relocated to Tsukiji after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

東海道 : 広重画五拾三次現状写真対照

東海道風景図会 2編 [1]

東海道五十三次 [1]

改正五十三驛

江戸日本橋ヨリ富士ヲ見ル図

江戸名所日本橋

江戸名所

江戸名所橋尽

江戸名所三夕の眺

木曽街道続ノ壱

新撰江戸名所

東海道　一

東海道　日本橋

東都名所日本橋雪[中]

東都名所日本橋之白雨

五十三次名所図会　一　日本橋,五十三次名所図会　二　品川

日本橋

東海道五拾三次　日本橋・朝之景

日本橋魚市繁榮圖

名所江戸百景　日本橋江戸ばし

東都名所　日本橋真景并ニ魚市全図

東都名所日本橋雪中之景

江戸八景　日本橋の晴嵐

日本橋美人の夕景

日本橋雪のあけぼの

名所江戸百景　日本橋雪晴

東都名所日本はし雪晴之図

日本橋より一石橋を見る圖

冨嶽三十六景

夕照　（日本橋）

Photos

東京景色写真版

日本之名勝

旅の家つと第２９都の巻

日本之名勝

日本商工大家集 : 日露戦争記念

最新東京名所写真帖

東京風景

東京府名勝図絵

実写奠都五十年史

東海道 : 広重画五拾三次現状写真対照

Other Materials

Landmarks around Nihon-bashi Bridge

Tori-itchome　Konya-cho　Odenma-cho　Kyo-bashi Bridge　Teppozu　Bakuro-cho　Eitai-bashi Bridge　Shohei-bashi Bridge　Ryogoku-bashi Bridge　Yamashita-cho

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