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[[Image:Azumabashi.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Azuma-bashi as it appears today, looking east, from the [[Asakusa]] side.]]
*''Built: [[1774]]''
*''Other Names'': 大川橋 ''(Oogawa-bashi)''
*''Japanese'': 吾妻橋 ''(Azuma-bashi)''
Azuma-bashi is a bridge in [[Tokyo]] which stretches across the [[Sumidagawa]] (Sumida River), connecting the [[Asakusa]] and Mukojima districts. It was originally erected in [[1774]], at which time it was called Ôgawa-bashi, since in the [[Edo period]] the Sumida was itself called simply Ôgawa ("Big" or "Great River").
Azuma-bashi was the traditional departure point from which people began their journey from [[Edo]] proper to the Shin-[[Yoshiwara]] pleasure quarters upriver. As such, it frequently appears in poetry, prose and imagery from the period, especially in ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints and paintings, and humorous writings related to the Yoshiwara.
Though originally a wooden bridge, Azuma-bashi has since been reconstructed in steel.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%90%BE%E5%A6%BB%E6%A9%8B Azumabashi]." Digital Daijisen デジタル大辞泉. Shogakukan, Inc.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%90%BE%E5%A6%BB%E6%A9%8B&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.710128,139.798866&spn=0.001174,0.002642&sll=35.717249,139.809448&sspn=0.00466,0.010568&t=h&hnear=Azumabashi,+Sumida,+Tokyo,+Japan&z=19 Azuma-bashi on Google Maps]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historical Buildings]]
*''Built: [[1774]]''
*''Other Names'': 大川橋 ''(Oogawa-bashi)''
*''Japanese'': 吾妻橋 ''(Azuma-bashi)''
Azuma-bashi is a bridge in [[Tokyo]] which stretches across the [[Sumidagawa]] (Sumida River), connecting the [[Asakusa]] and Mukojima districts. It was originally erected in [[1774]], at which time it was called Ôgawa-bashi, since in the [[Edo period]] the Sumida was itself called simply Ôgawa ("Big" or "Great River").
Azuma-bashi was the traditional departure point from which people began their journey from [[Edo]] proper to the Shin-[[Yoshiwara]] pleasure quarters upriver. As such, it frequently appears in poetry, prose and imagery from the period, especially in ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' prints and paintings, and humorous writings related to the Yoshiwara.
Though originally a wooden bridge, Azuma-bashi has since been reconstructed in steel.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%90%BE%E5%A6%BB%E6%A9%8B Azumabashi]." Digital Daijisen デジタル大辞泉. Shogakukan, Inc.
==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%90%BE%E5%A6%BB%E6%A9%8B&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.710128,139.798866&spn=0.001174,0.002642&sll=35.717249,139.809448&sspn=0.00466,0.010568&t=h&hnear=Azumabashi,+Sumida,+Tokyo,+Japan&z=19 Azuma-bashi on Google Maps]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historical Buildings]]