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Article: Ryogoku-Yanagibashi: Stephen Mansfield continues his literary tour of Tokyo with a tale from the Ryogoku-Yanagibashi riverbanks.(Writer's Tokyo)
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- September 1, 2003
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FACING each other on opposite sides of the Sumida-gawa river, Ryogoku and Yanagibashi, though transformed by postwar development, resonate strongly in the popular imagination, figuring prominently in the lore and literature of Tokyo. Ryogoku-bashi was one of five bridges forming the eastern approach to Edo (former name for Tokyo) during the period of Tokugawa rule (1600-1867). The view from the bridge, telescoping the slopes of Mt. Fuji with the roofs of the city, was clearly a better prospect than today. Ryogoku Hirokoji, a broad firebreak leading to the bridge, seems to have blended into what have been termed areas of "social non-attachment." Usually contiguous with ...
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