The 51st scene of Utagawa Hiroshige’s “100 Famous Views of Edo” is the festival of Sumiyoshi, Tsukuda Island, the original picture is here.
The photo about the Tsukuda Fes is very summery and witty, let’s go there! I think my ambition was not so bad. However, the lingering summer heat far exceeded the strength of my ambition, and my body was defeated by the heat, and my heart was broken by the completely changed scenery of Tsukuda Island, so the photos I brought back ended up looking like this.
I’m really sorry.
I’m pretty sure this was taken in the precincts of Sumiyoshi Shrine on Tsukuda Island, the same place as the original picture, but you can’t see the ocean, the fishing boats, or of course, the portable shrine coming on the shore. Instead of a festival banner, I ended up with a dull picture of a stone lantern. The only thing I can see is a pine tree branch sticking out of the left side of the picture.
The location of the shrine is the same as in the old map, and what has changed is the surrounding landscape.
The area around tiny Tsukuda Island, built by fishermen in the shallows, has now been completely reclaimed, and Tsukuda and Tsukishima are a large residential territory of Tokyo’s Chuo Ward.
In the ↓ photo, the old Tsukuda Island contrasts nicely with the skyscrapers of modern River City.
The bridge with the red parapet in the back is the Tsukuda Kobashi bridge from the time of the original Tsukuda Island, built in 1644 (of course it has probably been replaced several times), and the channel in the center was apparently a moat divider for fishermen to pull in their boats.
Incidentally, the history of Tsukudo-jima is detailed on this site.
And last but not least, this photo of the precincts of Sumiyoshi Shrine.
It is not that old as far as time is concerned, and was dedicated in 1953 by a wholesalers’ association of dried bonito flakes. The size, shape, and color of the statue had quite an impact on me, so I was drawn to it and ended up taking this photo.
The “100 Views Spots” of this year’s photo shoot
