Waseda

Japanese: 早稲田 - わせだ
Waseda

This area is located on the northern edge of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, south of the Kanda River. The names of the towns include Waseda-cho, Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Waseda Minami-cho, and Nishi-Waseda. The lowlands were once rice paddy areas, as can be seen from the origins of the place names. It is known throughout Japan for the name of Waseda University (then Tokyo Senmon Gakko, renamed in 1902), which was founded here in 1882 (Meiji 15) by Okuma Shigenobu. Near Waseda Station on the Toden Arakawa Line are Kansen-en Park, Mizuinari Shrine, and the Horibe Yasubei (1670-1703) Vengeance Monument. On the plateau west of Waseda Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line is Anahachiman-gu, and there is Nekozuka (Cat's mound) at the site of Soseki's temple in Waseda Minami-cho to the southeast.

[Kiyoshi Sawada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

東京都新宿区北端、神田(かんだ)川の南側にある地区。町名に早稲田町、早稲田鶴巻町、早稲田南町、西早稲田がある。低地は水田地域であったことが地名の由来から知れる。1882年(明治15)大隈重信(おおくましげのぶ)によってこの地に創立された早稲田大学(当時は東京専門学校で1902年改称)の名で全国に知られる。都電荒川線早稲田駅付近に甘泉園(かんせんえん)公園、水稲荷(みずいなり)神社、堀部安兵衛(やすべえ)(1670―1703)仇討(あだうち)の碑などがある。東京地下鉄東西線早稲田駅の西方台地上には穴八幡宮(あなはちまんぐう)があり、また南東の早稲田南町の漱石(そうせき)山房跡に猫塚がある。

[沢田 清]

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