Ryōgoku Bridge
35°41′40″N 139°47′19″E / 35.69431°N 139.788719°E
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Ryōgoku Bridge (両国橋, Ryōgoku-bashi, literally, "two provinces" bridge) connected Musashi Province and Shimōsa Province in the Edo period of Japan. The bridge crossed the Sumida River in the area of modern Tokyo.[1]
History[change | change source]
Timeline[change | change source]
- 1659 (Manji 2): Building began on the Ryōgoku Bridge.[2]
- September 1, 1923 (Taishō 12, 1st day of the 9th month): The bridge was damaged during the Great Kantō earthquake.[3]
- 1932 (Shōwa 7): Bridge re-building completed.[3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ National Association of Japan-America Societies, Ryōgoku Archived 2009-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-3-25.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tokyo Metropolitan Government. (1937). An Administrative Perspective of Tokyo, Vol. 1937, p.85.
