A Walk on Ieyasu Tokugawa, the First Shogun of Edo Bakufu

a walk on Ieyasu Tokugawa 徳川家康公ゆかりの散歩道

A Walk on Ieyasu Tokugawa, the First Shogun of Edo Bakufu

There are several noted spots related to Ieyasu Tokugawa in Ichikawa-shi, Edogawa-ku, Funabashi-shi and so forth. After the Siege of Odawara in 1589, Ieyasu Tokugawa moved to Edo. Soon after that, he built Onagigawa and Shinkawa as canals that brought salt from Gyotoku, and he built some roads to march his arms in these areas. Therefore, there are many stories him and landmarks related to Ieyasu. By the big project called 'Tonegawa Tosen (moving the direction of Tonegawa River to the east) ordered by Ieyasu, Edogawa River had become a great water way that thousands of ships from northern provinces having brought a lot of products to Edo. The views of those ships on Edogawa River was painted by Hiroshige Utagawa and Sadahide Gyokuransai, and they were described in some guide books in Edo period such as Edo Meisho Zue, Katsushikashi and Katsushika Shiryaku. According to Katsushika Shiryaku, a lot of large and small ships were passing on the river days and nights and boatmen were singing on them. On the east bank of the river, there is Satomi Koen Park that was built on the remains of Konodaijo Castle built by Dokan Ota and destroyed by Ieyasu Tokugawa. And the smallest Toshogu Shrine named Funagashi Toshogu Shrine exists near the beginning of Onari Kaido Highway that Ieyasu built to go hawking at Togane in Kazusa province.
In this page, you could find some noted spots related to the First Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa in areas near Nakayama. Why don't you visit them?

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