Shinagawa

Seafood was abundant off the coast of Shinagawa, and the term "Edo mae" (Edo style) originated here. As one of the Osai Sakana Hachigaura (8 fishing areas which presented seafood to the Shogun family), fishing was very prosperous, however after the Perry Expedition, Odaiba was constructed, and the traffic of warships, etc. made it impossible to use large scale fishing gear, and the seaweed gathering business which was already famous throughout the country, prospered even more. In addition, because the sea was shallow, even the area offshore would become tidal flats past noon, so it was popular for people to go offshore in boats in the early mornings of the spring and summer, wait for the tide, and then gather oysters, clams, flounder and seaweed. On June 7th, the Shinagawa Tenno Matsuri festival was held,and during the festival the mikoshi portable shrines of the Ebara-jinja Shrine, which was south of the Meguro-kawa River at the time, and the mikoshi portable shrines of Shingawa Myojin no Yashiro Shrine, which was located north across the river, passed on the bridge and were also split between the north and south. This became one of the annual events of Edo together with the shellfish gathering mentioned above.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

東海道 : 広重画五拾三次現状写真対照

品川

東海道風景図会 2編 [1]

品川

日本風景選集 2

東海道五十三次 [1]

品川

日本風景選集 2

都南八景の内 品川

改正五十三驛

やつ山の下　品川川さき迄二り半

川瀬巴水版画集 2

品川

江戸名所

江戸名所　品川沖汐干狩之図

品川

品川

品川

品川

江戸自慢三十六興　品川海苔

品川海苔

Photos

旅の家つと 第１２ 東京附近の巻

鈴ヶ森

旅の家つと 第１２ 東京附近の巻

品川海苔取

仁山智水帖

品川汐干

東京風景

品川より芝浦を望む

日本写真帖

烏森停車場

日本写真帖

品川停車場

東海道 : 広重画五拾三次現状写真対照

品川

Other Materials

• 品川汐干（挿絵）　松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [4]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)

Landmarks around Shinagawa

Takanawa Ushimachi　Gotenyama　Suzaki　Yatsuyama　Sengaku-ji Temple　Shinagawa-shuku Station　Takanawa　Kaian-ji Temple　Samezu kaigan Coast　Shibaura