Ishikawa Island

Japanese: 石川島 - いしかわじま
Ishikawa Island

Part of Tsukudajima in Chuo Ward, Tokyo. During the Edo period, an island (Yoroijima) developed north of Tsukudajima as a delta at the mouth of the Sumida River, and was originally a separate island from Tsukudajima to the south. Ishikawa Yazaemon bestowed the island with the name Ishikawajima by Tokugawa Iemitsu in the early Edo period. In 1790 (Kansei 2), a labor camp was established to house homeless people, vagrants, and beggars within Edo, and in 1873 (Meiji 6) after the Meiji Restoration, it was renamed a penal colony, and in 1877 it was renamed the Metropolitan Police Department Prison Station, and continued to exist until 1895 when it was moved to Sugamo Prison. Meanwhile, in 1853 (Kaei 6), the Mito Domain established a shipyard, which later became the only one still bearing the name Ishikawajima, as Ishikawajima Shipyard, but the shipyard itself was relocated to Toyosu in Fukagawa Ward (now Koto Ward) in 1939 (Showa 14). After World War II, the shipyard was renamed Ishikawajima Heavy Industries and then Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (now IHI), and the Tsukuda Factory, which handled departments other than shipbuilding, remained, but was gradually downsized, eventually closing and being sold in 1979 (Showa 54). The site became the target of waterfront development, and was reborn as "Okawabata River City 21", construction of which began in 1986, with high-rise residential buildings being built there.

[Kikuchi Masao]

[Reference items] | Waterfront Development | Chuo (ward) | Tsukudajima | Labor Camp
Okawabata River City 21
A group of high-rise housing complexes built on the former site of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries. The project was undertaken by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Housing Supply Corporation, the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (now the Urban Renaissance Agency), and Mitsui Fudosan. Construction began in 1986 (Showa 61) based on the plan for the Comprehensive Support Project for Housing and Urban Development, and it was a pioneer in the development of Tokyo's waterfront. Chuo Ward, Tokyo ©Yutaka Sakano ">

Okawabata River City 21

Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipyard
It was located in Tsukudajima, Kyobashi Ward (present-day Tsukuda, Chuo Ward, Tokyo). "Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipyard Product Illustrations" (1903, Meiji 36) National Diet Library

Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipyard


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

東京都中央区にある佃島(つくだじま)の一部。江戸時代には、佃島の北に隅田(すみだ)川河口の三角州として発達した島(鎧(よろい)島)で、元来は、その南にあった佃島とは別の島であった。江戸初期に石川八左衛門が徳川家光(いえみつ)から拝領したため、石川島の名がついた。1790年(寛政2)江戸府内における無宿、無頼、乞食(こじき)などを収容する人足寄場(にんそくよせば)が設けられ、維新後の1873年(明治6)になって懲役場、1877年警視庁監獄署と改称して存続したが、1895年巣鴨監獄に移転した。一方、1853年(嘉永6)水戸藩によって造船所が設けられ、その後、石川島造船所として石川島の名を残す唯一のものとなったが、造船所自体は1939年(昭和14)深川区(現、江東区)の豊洲(とよす)に移転した。第二次世界大戦後、同造船所は石川島重工業、石川島播磨(はりま)重工業(現、IHI)と改名され、造船以外の部門を扱う佃工場が残っていたが順次縮小され、1979年(昭和54)閉鎖、売却された。跡地はウォーターフロント開発の対象となり、1986年着工の「大川端リバーシティ21」として生まれかわり、超高層住宅が建設された。

[菊池万雄]

[参照項目] | ウォーターフロント開発 | 中央(区) | 佃島 | 人足寄場
大川端リバーシティ21
石川島播磨重工業の工場跡地を利用した高層住宅群。事業主体は東京都、東京都住宅供給公社、住宅・都市整備公団(現都市再生機構)、三井不動産。住宅市街地整備総合支援事業の計画に基づいて1986年(昭和61)に着工、東京のウォーターフロント開発の先駆けとなった。東京都中央区©Yutaka Sakano">

大川端リバーシティ21

東京石川島造船所
京橋区佃島(現在の東京都中央区佃)にあった。『東京石川島造船所製品図集』(1903年〈明治36〉)国立国会図書館所蔵">

東京石川島造船所


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