North from Higashi-Nihonbashi to Kuramae, Galleries and Tableware

Following lessons learned from the Great Meireki Fire, Ryogoku Hirokoji was developed in 1657, flourishing as an entertainment district and a key transportation hub of Edo. This area was originally called "Ryogoku."

During the Great Fire of Meireki, officials mistook the release of prisoners for a jailbreak and closed the Asakusabashi Gate, leaving many people who were trying to flee toward Asakusa with nowhere to go, resulting in many deaths.

In Genna 6 (1620), the shogunate leveled Torigoeyama, the hill where the shrine stood, to use the earth for landfill in constructing the Asakusa rice storehouses. The shrine's precincts, which had covered about 20,000 tsubo, are said to have been confiscated.

This temple holds a grave where the 132 fallen members of the Shogitai were buried; out of deference to the imperial army, only the words "Namu Amida Butsu" are inscribed on it. The grave of Katsukawa Shunshō, Hokusai's teacher, is also here.