EDO - Kiribatake, Akasaka, Minato ward

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2017/10/akasaka-district.html

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Akasaka Kiribatake 赤坂桐畑 district, "paulownia fields"
Minato ward, Akasaka second district
It was a pleasant view in the Edo period, with some Ukiyo-e about it.


Akasaka kiribatake 赤坂桐畑 - Utagawa Hiroshige 広重

Nishiki-e often pictured fields of kiri paulownia trees and Kinokuni-zaka Hill (so named as it was along the side of the Kii Tokugawa residence).
Paulownia trees were planted as reinforcement for the cisterns as they are fast growing trees.
- source : National Diet Library -



Evening Rain in the Paulownia Garden at Akasaka (1859)
Akasaka Kiribatake uchû yûkei 赤坂桐畑雨中夕けい - Hiroshige 広重


Around 1822, most of the paulownia trees were cut down and a modern town developed.

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