Yodobashi Mizuguruma from "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo Vol.4"
Compiled by Saitō Chōshū, Painted by Hasegawa Settan 1834-1836 (Tempō 5 to Tempō 7) Kaga Collection 256

Yodobashi is said to be the oldest bridge built across Kanda aqueduct. It is said that when the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu performed falcon hunting in this place, the surrounding scenery reminded him of the place called Yodo in Yamashiro (Kyoto) and so ordered that the place be called Yodobashi. There was a water wheel (Mizuguruma) nearby for hulling the rice and wheat from neighboring farming villages.


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