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「筋違御門の内側で、正月の凧遊びに興じる人々を描いた浮世絵です。新年の挨拶をかわす人や、露天商の姿も見えます。筋違御門は、将軍が上野寛永寺、日光東照宮へ参拝する御成道(おなりみち)と、日本橋を起点に本郷へ向かう中山道(なかせんどう)がちょうどこの門で交差することから名付けられました。門内は、防火のための広場である火除地(ひよけち)でした。(The 48 famous places of Tokyo: Kite flying)This is an ukiyoe woodblock print of people playing with kites on New Year's Day inside the gates of Sujikai Gomon. In the picture are people greeting each other in the New Year, and there are also store keepers. "Sujikai" is the name for the "diagonal bracings" used in architecture, and this gate was given this name because it was where the Onarimichi Road that the shogun used to make his pilgrimage to Uenokan'ei-ji Temple and Nikkō Tōshōgū Shrine intersected with Nakasendō Road starting from Nihonbashi and heading toward Hongō. The area inside the gate was an open space, which served as a firebreak to prevent fires from spreading.」
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