July 14, 2018

EDO - Koishikawa district Bunkyo

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2017/10/sashigaya-koishikawa.html

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Koishikawa 小石川 Koishikawa district
Bunkyo ward 文京区

In the Muromachi period, this district was known as 小石河 Koishkawa. There were many small rivers (kawa) with small stones (koishi). There was later even a river named Koishikawa. 
It used to be a ward of its own, 小石川区 Koishikawa ku, until 1947.



The sub-districts are
大塚一丁目 - 六丁目
音羽一丁目・二丁目
春日一丁目・二丁目
小石川一丁目 - 五丁目
後楽一丁目・二丁目
小日向一丁目 - 四丁目
水道一丁目・二丁目
関口一丁目 - 三丁目
千石一丁目 - 四丁目
白山一丁目 - 五丁目
目白台一丁目 - 三丁目



Katsushika Hokusai 礫川雪ノ旦/小石川雪ノ旦
snow at the tea house in Koishikawa

Koishikawa (小石川) is a locality within Bunkyo, Tokyo.
It is located nearby with the same name are two well regarded gardens: the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (related to Tokyo University) in Hakusan, and the Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Korakuen.
Koishikawa Garden
The construction was started in 1629 by Tokugawa Yorifusa, the daimyo (feudal lord) of Mito domain, and was completed by his successor, Tokugawa Mitsukuni.
Mitsukuni named this garden "Kōraku-en"
(Kōraku means "enjoying afterwards") after a Chinese teaching of "a governor should worry before people and enjoy after people". The garden shows strong Chinese character in its design, as it was influenced by the West Lake of Hangzhou.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !


. Koishikawa Denzu-In, Dentsu-in, Dentsuin 小石川伝通院 .

. Koishikawa 小石川養生所 Koishikawa Yojosho Hospital .

. Matsuo Basho in Koishikawa 松尾芭蕉 小石川 .


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