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A well at old residence of
Ichiyo Higuchi
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A well in Hongo Kikuzaka that short-lived writer Ichiyo
Higuchi used
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The prominent Meiji Era writer Ichiyo Higuchi, known as her
works such as a short story Takekurabe (Comparing Heights).
She spent her late years in short life in Hongo, and lived
in Hongo Kikuzaka from when she was 18 years old to 21.
It is said that Ichiyo used the well on daily basis for washing
of others in order to help make her living. Today the well
still locates at the very point, also works as water is pumped
for watering plants.
As of 2004 landscape of Bunkyo area is rapidly changing as
constructions of large condominiums accelerates, but some
of the narrow and tangled alleys are still preserved, and
Ichiyo's well can be found in one of them.
Location: 4-32 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Transportation: 10 minutes walk from "Kasuga" station
on Toei Mita line or Toei Oedo Line, 13 minutes walk from
"Korakuen" station on Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line or
Marunouchi Line
Contact: Bunkyo Furusato Rekishi-Kan (Bunkyo Local History
Office) 81-(3)-3818-7221
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A pawnshop Ichiyo
often visited still stands in Hongo |
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The well situates
quietly in alley |
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