Risso Bridge Monument

There is a Risso Bridge Monument at the foot of the bridge that spans Daimaru Canal (Sugebori) at 656 Higashi Naganuma. This stone monument commemorates the replacement of the wooden bridge over the Daimaru canal, which had played an extremely important role as agricultural water from that time, with a stone bridge in 1838 with the cooperation of Naganuma and Oshidate villages. It was built in commemoration.
The stone monument is prismatic in shape, measuring 126 cm in height, 35 cm in width, and 23 cm in thickness, and the origin of Risso Bridge is engraved on its surface. This inscription states that the stone bridge was completed in October 1997, but there is no mention of when the stone monument was built. It is thought that it was probably built at the end of the Edo period, after the 9th year of the Tenpo period. On the right side of the stone monument, a poem is engraved: ``The bridges of the Kyodawa River and the Mugura of Tama are empty, and the stones of Miyo and Naran, which do not move,'' are engraved. , which expresses the feelings of the people of both villages who wish for a stable world. On the left side, distances to Edo, Hachioji, Kawagoe, Fuchu, Odawara, Mt. Daisen, Kawasaki, and Mt. Nikko are written, indicating that it functioned as a guidepost. . On the back side, it says ``Naganuma Village/Oshidate Village Somura Junior High School'', indicating that it was built through cooperation between the two villages.
The old road that crosses the Rissobashi Bridge leads north to the Tama River Ferry Pier (Oshidate Ferry) and was one of the main roads at the time. For Naganuma Village, which lies south of Oshidate Village on the north side of the Daimaru Canal, the presence of the Sokusa Bridge on the main road is very important, and replacing it with a stone bridge seems to have been the long-cherished desire of the residents of both villages. The Risso Bridge Monument is a stone bridge monument, but it is also a rare and valuable stone monument that also functions as a guidepost.