New Ohashi Bridge

Japanese: 新大橋 - しんおおはし

A bridge over the Sumida River. It connects Nihonbashi-Hamacho in Chuo Ward, Tokyo and Shin-Ohashi in Koto Ward. Construction began and was completed in 1693 (6th year of Genroku), but the bridge at that time was a wooden bridge located about 100m downstream from its current location. It is 108 ken (just over 194m) long, and is said to have cost more than 2,343 ryo to build. There were already two bridges over the Sumida River, Senju Ohashi and Ryogoku Bridge, so it was named Shin-Ohashi, and it improved the access between Nihonbashi and the areas of Honjo and Fukagawa, which had been developed since the early Edo period. The bridge is close to Matsuo Basho's residence, and he is known for his poems, "The first snow falls on the bridge that hangs over it" and "Thankful that I receive it, I step on the frost on the bridge."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

隅田川に架かる橋。東京都中央区日本橋浜町と江東区新大橋を結ぶ。1693年(元禄6)に着工，完成したが，当時の橋は木橋で，現在の位置より約100m下流にあった。長さは108間(194m余)，建設に2343両余の費用を要したという。すでに隅田川には千住大橋と両国橋(大橋)の2橋があったため新大橋と名付けられ，江戸初期以来開発の進んだ本所･深川方面と日本橋との交通の便はこれによってよくなった。橋は松尾芭蕉の住居に近く，〈初雪やかけかかりたる橋の上〉〈ありがたやいただいて踏（ふむ）橋の霜〉の句がある。

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