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資料解説
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2011大規模企画展(23)「神田川の上を掛樋が通り、中を神田上水が流れています。橋桁の間から見える遠景の橋が水道橋で、この景観は江戸の名所のひとつとなっていました。 神田川は二代将軍秀忠の時代に、水害防止と江戸城外濠を兼ねて平川の流れを曲げ、神田山を東西に堀削して出来た川で、隅田川につながっています。その際にできたのが描かれている人工の渓谷です。(Famous Places of Edo: Ochanomizu)There was a wooden water pipe over Kanda River, and the water of Kanda waterworks flowed through it. The view of the bridge in the distance, visible between the bridge girders is Suidōbashi Bridge, and this was one of the famous sightseeing spots of Edo. During the second-generation shogun, Hidetada's rule, the flow of Kanda River, then known as Hirakawa River, was diverted for the purpose of preventing flood damage and building the outer moat of Edo Castle. This part of the river was made by excavating Mt. Kanda from the east to west, and it flows into Sumida River. The artificial gorge depicted in this illustration was created as the result of this construction work.」
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