Tone River Map - Tonegawazushi

Japanese: 利根川図志 - とねがわずし

A geographical book from the late Edo period. Written by Akamatsu Sotan (Yoshitomo), a doctor from Fukawa, Shimousa Province (present-day Tone Town, Kitasoma County, Ibaraki Prefecture). 6 volumes. Includes a preface from 1855 (Ansei 2). It is said to have been published in 1858, but the exact date is unclear. Starting from Bosen no Watashi, downstream of the Kami Tone River (present-day Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture and Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture), where the Akabori River and Gongendo River branch off, the book describes the coasts of the Naka and Shimo Tone Rivers, as well as Lake Teganuma and Lake Inbanuma that flow into both rivers, and describes the temples and shrines in the vicinity, famous places, historical sites, products, legends, ecology of plants and animals, and natural phenomena, following the course of the rivers to Choshi at their mouth. The book also includes 80 illustrations, making it a unique geographical work that covers an area along a single river. It is included in the Iwanami Bunko and Ibaraki Prefecture Historical Materials: Early Modern Geography.

[Suzuki Eiichi]

"Tone River Illustrated Guide"
A map of Kinoshita-gashi. Located on the right bank of the Tone River, west of Lake Inban, Kinoshita-gashi was an important place for shipping during the Edo period. It is said that the area was also bustling with tourists, many of whom made pilgrimages to the three shrines of Kashima, Katori, and Ikusu, and sightseeing trips to Choshiura. Volume 3, "A Map of Boats Departing for a Pilgrimage to the Three Shrines," by Akamatsu Sotan, edited by Yanagita Kunio, published in 1938 (Showa 13), Iwanami Bunko, National Diet Library .

"Tone River Illustrated Guide"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

江戸後期の地誌。下総国(しもうさのくに)布川(ふかわ)（現、茨城県北相馬郡利根町）の医者赤松宗旦(あかまつそうたん)（義知(よしとも)）著。6冊。1855年（安政2）の自序がある。出版は1858年ともいうがはっきりしない。上利根川の下流房川の渡(ぼうせんのわたし)（現、埼玉県久喜市と茨城県古河市の間）以下、赤堀川、権現堂川(ごんげんどうがわ)と分かれる所から起筆、中・下利根川の沿岸および両川に流れ入る手賀沼(てがぬま)、印旛沼(いんばぬま)を含め、その近辺の寺社、名所、旧跡、物産、伝説、動植物の生態、自然現象などを川の流れに沿って河口の銚子まで記述。本文中に80点に及ぶ図版も掲載し、一河川に沿う地域を対象とした地誌としてユニークな存在である。『岩波文庫』『茨城県史料　近世地誌編』に所収。

［鈴木暎一］

『利根川図志』
木下河岸の図。利根川右岸、印旛沼の西に位置し、江戸時代舟運の要地。旅客でも、鹿島・香取・息栖の三社詣でや、銚子浦への遊覧客でにぎわったという。巻3　「三社詣出舟之図」　赤松宗旦著　柳田国男校　1938年（昭和13）刊　岩波文庫国立国会図書館所蔵">

『利根川図志』

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