Nihonbashi Fish Market Monument - Chuo City

Hiroshige Ukiyo-e of Nihonbashi in the snow (Ukiyo-e) Nihonbashi has been the center of Japan since the Edo period At the north end of the bridge is a monument to the birthplace of the Nihonbashi fish market. (Photo) The wording of the monument is old and difficult to read, so I'll check it later ... The birthplace of Nihonbashi fish market The flesh of fresh fish roaring between Odawara town and Anshin town on the main ship town, transporting fresh fish from here and there to the sea without hurting, and establishing a city day and night for a lively Edo famous place This is the location of the fish market, Uogashi, in Nihonbashi, and according to the old report, the flood was far away during the Tensho era, along with Ieyasu Tokugawa's entry into the Kanto region, along with over 30 fishermen in Tsukudani, Owada, Nishinari-gun, Settsu. He lived in Edo and went out to fishery for the purpose of offering to the shogunate of the shogunate, and after that he delivered it to the shogunate at the time of Keicho and sold it to the general public. Occurring here from Ozu, gradually adjusting the form of the market, and further, Tewa Sadayoshi, the trade with each country's production area is widespread, so the expansion of the amount of arrival is surprising, and eventually the transformation of the Meiji Restoration After the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1912, relocated to Kyobashi Tsukiji. In the meantime, for more than three hundred years, until the end of the road, Uogashi has become the leading wholesaler town in Edo and Tokyo, and the birthplace of the spirit of the Edo spirit, and has often won the envy of the whole country. Our ancestors for human beings, not for the reason why we wish for prosperity to be made, or to build this monument in Sunahachiko, not to follow our dream of leaving to us. It is inevitable that it will be a memorial for a long-standing culture. Is it true of Edo in Tokyo? On behalf of all former Nihonbashi market officials in March 1929 Mantaro Kubota, Member of the Japan Academy of Arts The Toyomichi Keichu calligraphy of the Japan Academy of Arts The fish market, which has served the Edo citizen's dining table for 300 years since the early Edo period, was relocated to Tsukiji after being damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Taisho era, but a stone monument was built here to remember as Japanese culture. It seems It wasn't as large as a square, but there was a sign of "Otohime Square" in the corner that looked cramped. If you read "Otohime Hiroba", I think the figure's person is Otohime of Ryugu Castle. The head of the fish is seen from both sides of the elephant. What kind of person created the idea?

Before the Great Kanto Earthquake, there was a fish bank here. Moved to Tsukiji after the earthquake.

Nihonbashi Uogashi remains. The fish market flourished with the development of Edo. It was said that the fish market was 1,000 ryo in the morning, the play hut was 1,000 rally in the day, and the Yoshihara yard was 1,000 ryo at night.

A place where there was a fishbank that used Nihonbashi River from Edo period to the Great Kanto Earthquake. Moved to Tsukiji after the earthquake. Currently only monuments are standing.

The Uogashi that was located along the Nihonbashi River from Nihonbashi to Edo Bridge. Although it has been supporting the food of Edo for about 300 years since the Edo period, it moved to Tsukiji after suffering devastating damage from the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. Doesn't it mean that there are no benches to sit on despite the ruins of the Uogashi that convey history?

On the east side of Muromachi side of Hashizume of Nihonbashi is a stone monument engraved as "The birthplace of Nihonbashi fish market" indicating that there was a fish market in Nihonbashi. A stone slab engraved with “Otohime Square” is placed at the foot of the stone monument, and beside the stone monument, there is a sitting statue of a woman, perhaps Otohime. There are several stairs beside it, and when you climb up, there is a space of about 6 tatami mats where you can see Nihonbashi in the distance. It is a park where you can enjoy a little rest with hanging baskets of flowers. Currently, the fish market in Toyosu has long been popular in Tsukiji, but since the Edo period, the fish market was Nihonbashi. The fact that we moved from Nihonbashi to Tsukiji was triggered by the Great Kanto Earthquake, and we can't see a fish market from the town of Nihonbashi at all, but only this monument shows its history.

It is now behind the highway, but it seems that there was a fish bank as a canal in the past days.

While imagining the bustle of those days Read the commentary. 300 years from the Edo period to the Great Kanto Earthquake It is said that this was the bank of a large fish and shellfish. From here to Tsukiji. And now Toyosu. November 2021