Sumida city Course
7 Iwase Kyo den Haka (The grave of Iwase Kyoden)
The grave of Iwase Kyoden (1761-1816), a popular fiction writer in the late Edo period. His first name was Samuru and pseudonym was Santo Kyoden. He wrote many books such as "Edoumare Uwakino Kabayaki" and "Keiseikai Shijuhatte." By Kansei Reform, he was punished because of his Sharebon (a gay-quarter novelette). But he wrote many books after consequences of his mischievous pen. He died in 1816 and held a funeral in Ekoin Temple.
Opening times
- Date :
- Year-round
- Time :
- 9:00-16:30
- Charge
- Free
- Access & Required Time
- Ekoin Temple, 2-8-10 Ryogoku, Sumida City
2-min walk from JR Sobu Line Ryogoku Station, 8-min walk from Subway Oedo Line Ryogoku Station
- Notes
- The Ryogoku Nigiwai Festival is held for 5 days in early May.No smoking, lavatories : provided, photography prohibited, foreign language support available
Sumida city Course
- Former Yasuda Garden(Kyu-Yasuda Teien)
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Ako Roshi Genroku Gikyo No Ato
- Dozo Amida Nyorai Zazo
- Sekizo Meireki Taika Oshisha-to Kuyoto (Commemoration stone tower for the dead in the Great Fire of Meireki)
- Kato Chikage Haka (The grave of Kato Chikage)
- Iwase Kyo den Haka (The grave of Iwase Kyoden)
- Iwase Kyo zan Haka (The grave of Iwase Kyo zan)