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Hidden : 10/25/2010
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1 out of 5
Terrain:
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Kuramae Bridge West.

Shubi no Matsu

About 100 meters (about 330 ft.) down the Sumida River from this monument, on the riverbank, there used to be famous no Matsu tree Shubi no Matsu. (pine tree of success).
The origin of the name of the pine tree Shubi is not exactly clear but here are some explanations:

1. It was named because a man, a shogun's retainer, 'successfully' rode a horse across the flooded Sumida River from the pine tree to the other bank in the presence of the third shogun, Iemitsu.
2. Men of the world talked together under this pine tree about their 'Shubi (success)' at Yoshiwara when they crossed the Sumida river.
3. Laver (edible seaweed) used to be harvested here using 'hibi' (long sticks to collect laver) stuck in the river, and the pronunciation of 'hibi' was corrupted into 'shubi.'

The first 'Shubi no Matsu' was blown down during the An'ei era (1772-1780), its successor died during the Ansei era (1854-1859), the third pine died at the end of the Meiji era (around 1910), and their successors were entirely destroyed by the fires of the Kanto Great Earthquake of 1923 and the Second World War. In December, 1962, members of Asakusa-nanbu Association of Commerce, Industry and Tourism regretted the loss of these pines and built a monument close to this bridge in cooperation with the local people. The present pine monument is said to be the seventh tree.

   
首尾の松(しゅびのまつ) 
 この碑から約百メートル川下に当たる。浅草御蔵の四番堀と五番堀のあいだの隅田川岸に、枝が川面にさし
かかるように枝垂れていた「首尾の松」があった。
 その由来については次のような諸説がある。
  一、寛永年間(1624〜42)に隅田川が氾濫したとき、三代将軍家光の面前で謹慎中の阿倍豊後守
    忠秋が、列中に伍している中から進み出て、人馬もろとも勇躍して川中に飛び入り見事対岸に渡り
    つき、家光がこれを賞して勘気を解いたので、かたわらにあった松を「首尾の松」と称したという。
  二、吉原に遊びに行く通人たちは、隅田川をさかのぼり山谷堀から入り込んだものだが、上がり下りの
    舟が、途中この松陰によって「首尾」を求め語ったところからの説。
  三、首尾は「ひび」の訛りから転じたとする説。江戸時代、このあたりで海苔をとるために「ひび」を
    水中に立てたが訛って首尾となり、近くにあった松を「首尾の松」と称したという。
 初代「首尾の松」は安永年間(1772〜80)風災に倒れ、更に植継いだ松の安政年間(1854〜5
9)に枯れ、三度植え継いだ松も明治の末頃枯れてしまい、その後「河畔の蒼松」に改名したが、これも
関東大震災、第二次世界大戦の戦災で全焼してしまった。昭和三十七年十二月、これを惜しんだ浅草南部商
工観光協会が、地元関係者とともに、この橋際に碑を建設した。現在の松は七代目といわれている。

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