Sumida city Course
8 Iwase Kyo zan Haka (The grave of Iwase Kyo zan)
The grave of Iwase Kyozan (1769-1858), a popular fiction writer in the late Edo period and the younger brother of Santo Kyoden. He used to serve Shinoyama Domain before writing fiction. After Kyoden's death, Kyozan made his son succeed as the head of the family and acted as a guardian for the son, while succeeding the brother's business by himself. He was a productive writer; his uniqueness is noticeable in books of the collected stories with the mixture of a popular plot and moral lessons, mainly assuming women as readers.
Opening times
- Date :
- Year-round
- Time :
- 9:00-16:30
- Charge
- Free
- Access & Required Time
- 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 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)