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Administrative division of Bunkyō-ku (page under construction)

Disclaimer: This is a hand drawn map and is not 100% reliable. The aim is, however, to make it as accurate as possible so any discovered errors are gratefully accepted. Please use this contact form. For more reliable sources, see the section "sources" below.

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About Bunkyō-ku division

Bunkyo or Bunkyō-ku is one of the 23 special wards (特別区) in Tokyo. It was created in 1947 when two (of the then 35) wards, Hongō-ku and Koishikawa-ku, were merged [1]. Hongō-ku and Koishikawa-ku were in turn formed in the beginning of the Meiji era. They were initially two of 15 wards in 1889. Today Bunkyō-ku consists of 19 districts (町 chō), 8 roughly make up old Hongō-ku and the remaining 11 Koishikawa-ku. Each district is divided into 2 to 7 sub-districts, chōme (丁目). Hongō-ku has 30 such sub-districts and Koishikawa 38. The districts of Bunkyō-ku are listed below. The digit after the name indicated the number of sub-districts. Here the districts are divided depending on if they belong to former Hongō-ku or Koishikawa-ku, but formally no such division is done today. A clear feature of the landscape in Bunkyo is the difference in elevation. Five plateaus (台地, daichi) exist in the ward, from west to east: Sekiguchi(関口), Kohinataa (小日向), Koishikawa (小石川), Hakusan (白山), and Hongō (本郷). This can be seen in the old names where four old districts called daimachi (台町).

New districts (in old Hongō)

  1. Hongō (本郷) 7
  2. Yushima (湯島) 4
  3. Yayoi (弥生) 2
  4. Nishikata (西片) 2
  5. Nezu (根津) 2
  6. Mukōgaoka (向丘) 2
  7. Sendagi (千駄木) 5
  8. Honkomagome (本駒込) 6

New districts (in old Koishikawa)

  1. Kōraku (後楽) 2
  2. Kasuga (春日) 2
  3. Koishikawa (小石川) 5
  4. Hakusan (白山) 4
  5. Sengoku (千石) 4
  6. Suidō (水道) 2
  7. Kohinata (小日向) 4
  8. Sekiguchi (関口) 3
  9. Meijirodai (目白台) 3
  10. Otowa (音羽) 3
  11. Ōtsuka (大塚) 6

Old districts (Hongō-ku)

Before Hongō-ku and Koishikawa-ku merged the districts were smaller. Hongo had 48 and Koishikawa 61 A list of all old districts are shown below (including a few that disappeared before the map was made). Some have a group name, Kanshō (冠称), e.g., Hongō, Yushima, Komagome, Maruyama, Mukōgaoka, and Nezu. The a large redistricting was done i 1964-1966. Some districts disappeared earlier (Hongō-Higashi-Takechō (本郷東竹町) and Hongō-Nishi-Takechō (本郷西竹町) became part of Hongo in 1933) or lost their kanshō (several in 1911, e.g. Hongo). The map is from pre-war Showa so, some changes happened since Meiji.

  1. Hongō (本郷 1-6)
  2. Hongō-Kinsukechō (本郷金助町)
  3. Hongō-Harukichō (本郷春木町 1-3)
  4. Hongō-Motofujichō (本郷本富士町)
  5. Hongō-Motomachi (本郷元町 1-2)
  6. Hongō-Higashi-Takechō (本郷東竹町) (diappeared 1933, not on map)
  7. Hongō-Nishi-Takechō (本郷西竹町) (diappeared 1933, not on map)
  8. Hongō-Masagochō (本郷真砂町)
  9. Hongō-Yumichō (本郷弓町 1-2)
  10. Hongō-Kikusakachō (本郷菊坂町)
  11. Hongō-Daimachi (本郷台町)
  12. Hongō-Tamachi (本郷田町)
  13. Hongō-Morikawachō (本郷森川町)
  14. Hongō-Tatsuokachō (本郷龍岡町)
  15. Yushima (湯島 1-6)
  16. Yushima-Shinhanachō (湯島新花町)
  17. Yushima-Mikumichō (湯島三組町)
  18. Yushima-Tenjinchō (湯島天神町 1-3)
  19. Yushima-Umezonomachi (湯島梅園町)
  20. Yushima-Tenjinshita-Dōbōchō (湯島天神下同朋町)
  21. Yushima-Kiridōshisakamachi (湯島切通坂町)
  22. Yushima-Kiridōshichō (湯島切通町)
  23. Yushima-Ryōmonchō (湯島両門町)
  24. Tsumakoichō (妻恋町)
  25. Komagome-Higashi-Katamachi (駒込東片町)
  26. Komagome-Nishi-Katamachi (駒込西片町)
  27. Komagome-Akebonochō (駒込曙町)
  28. Komagome-Asakachō (駒込浅嘉町)
  29. Komagome-Oiwakechō (駒込追分町)
  30. Komagome-Sakanamachi (駒込肴町)
  31. Komagome-Hōraichō (駒込蓬莱町)
  32. Komagome-Sendagichō (駒込千駄木町)
  33. Komagome-Sendagi-Hayashichō (駒込千駄木林町)
  34. Komagome-Sendagi-Sakashitachō (駒込千駄木坂下町)
  35. Komagome-Katamachi (駒込片町)
  36. Komagome-Kisshōjichō (駒込吉祥寺町)
  37. Komagome-Fujimaechō (駒込富士前町)
  38. Komagome-Kami-Fujimaechō (駒込上富士前町)
  39. Maruyama-Fukuyamachō (丸山福山町)
  40. Maruyama-Shimmachi (丸山新町)
  41. Nezu-Miyanagachō (根津宮永町)
  42. Nezu-Yaegakichō (根津八重垣町)
  43. Nezu-Sugachō (根津須賀町)
  44. Nezu-Nishi-Sugachō (根津西須賀町)
  45. Nezu-Katamachi (根津片町)
  46. Nezu-Aizomechō (根津藍染町)
  47. Nezu-Shimizuchō (根津清水町)
  48. Mukōgaoka-Yayoichō (向ヶ丘弥生町)
  49. Komagome-Shimmeichō (駒込神明町)
  50. Komagome-Dōzakachō (駒込動坂町)

Old districts (Koishikawa-ku)

Four kanshō were used in Koishikawa-ku: Koishikawa, Kobinata, Sekiguchi, and Takada. Like Hongō-ku, most districts changed in 1964-1966. kanshō was also removed in 1911 in most cases. In 1940, the five districts No. 18-22 became Koishikawa-Tomisakachō (1-2) on the map. Note that No. 62 and No. 63 are fragmented areas, not continuous.

  1. Koishikawa-Takehayachō (小石川竹早町)
  2. Koishikawa-Ōtsuka-Kubomachi (小石川大塚窪町)
  3. Koishikawa-Ōtsukamachi (小石川大塚町)
  4. Koishikawa-Ōtsuka-Sakashitamachi (小石川大塚坂下町)
  5. Koishikawa-Ōtsuka-Nakamachi (小石川大塚仲町)
  6. Koishikawa-Ōtsuka-Kamimachi (小石川大塚上町)
  7. Koishikawa-Ōtsuka-Tsujimachi (小石川大塚辻町)
  8. Koishikawa-Kasugachō (小石川春日町 1-3)
  9. Koishikawa-Suwachō (小石川諏訪町)
  10. Koishikawa-Shin-Suwachō (小石川新諏訪町)
  11. Koishikawa-Ichibee-Gashi (小石川市兵衛河岸)
  12. Koishikawa-Edogawachō (小石川江戸川町)
  13. Koishikawa-Yamatochō (小石川大和町)
  14. Koishikawa-Suidōchō (小石川水道町)
  15. Koishikawa-Daimonchō (小石川大門町)
  16. Koishikawa-Omotechō (小石川表町)
  17. Koishikawa-Nakamachi (小石川仲町)
  18. Koishikawa-Kami-Tomisakachō (小石川上富坂町)
  19. Koishikawa-Naka-Tomisakachō (小石川中富坂町)
  20. Koishikawa-Shimo-Tomisakachō (小石川下富坂町)
  21. Koishikawa-Nishi-Tomisakachō (小石川西富坂町)
  22. Koishikawa-Esashichō (小石川餌差町)
  23. Koishikawa-Hatsunechō (小石川初音町)
  24. Koishikawa-Yanagichō (小石川柳町)
  25. Koishikawa-Sōjichō (小石川掃除町) (changed name to Yachiyochō (八千代町) in 1925)
  26. Koishikawa-Sasugayachō (小石川指ヶ谷町)
  27. Koishikawa-Hakusammaechō (小石川白山前町)
  28. Hakusan-Gotemmachi (白山御殿町)
  29. Koishikawa-Hikawashitamachi (小石川氷川下町)
  30. Koishikawa-Tosakichō (小石川戸崎町)
  31. Koishikawa-Kanatomichō (小石川金富町)
  32. Koishikawa-Dōshinchō (小石川同心町)
  33. Koishikawa-Hisakatachō (小石川久堅町)
  34. Koishikawa-Haramachi (小石川原町)
  35. Koishikawa-Hayashichō (小石川林町)
  36. Koishikawa-Ōharachō (小石川大原町)
  37. Koishikawa-Maruyamachō (小石川丸山町)
  38. Koishikawa-Miyashitachō (小石川宮下町)
  39. Koishikawa-Kagomachi (小石川駕籠町)
  40. Koishikawa-Nishimaruchō (小石川西丸町)
  41. Koishikawa-Nishiharamachi (小石川西原町 1-2)
  42. Koishikawachō (小石川 1-2)
  43. Nishi-Edogawachō (西江戸川町)
  44. Kobinata-Takeshimachō (小日向武島町)
  45. Kobinata-Dairokutemmachi (小日向第六天町)
  46. Kobinata-Suidōbata (小日向水道端 1-2)
  47. Kobinata-Myōgadanichō (小日向茗荷谷町)
  48. Kobinata-Shimizudanimachi (小日向清水谷町)
  49. Kobinata-Daimachi (小日向台町 1-3)
  50. Kobinata-Suidōchō (小日向水道町)
  51. Kobinata-Sankenchō (小日向三軒町)
  52. Kobinata-Higashi-Furukawachō (小日向東古川町)
  53. Kobinata-Nishi-Furukawachō (小日向西古川町)
  54. Kobinata-Matsugaechō (小日向松ヶ枝町)
  55. Kobinatachō (小日向町)
  56. Sakuragichō (桜木町)
  57. Otowachō (音羽町 1-9)
  58. Higashi-Aoyagimachi (東青柳町)
  59. Nishi-Aoyagimachi (西青柳町)
  60. Sekiguchi-Suidōchō (関口水道町)
  61. Sekiguchi-Komaichō (関口駒井町)
  62. Sekiguchi-Daimachi (関口台町) (area split in two parts)
  63. Sekiguchimachi (関口町) (area split in five parts)
  64. Takada-Oimatsuchō (高田老松町)
  65. Takada-Toyokawachō (高田豊川町)
  66. Zōshigayachō (雑司ヶ谷町)

Notes

  1. The area 小日向 is today officially called Kohinata (こひなた), but in the past the pronunciation Kobinata (こびなた) was widespread.

Sources

  1. ぶんきょうの町名由来 - 文京ふるさと歴史館 (Origins of town names in Bunkyo, Published by Bunkyo Musuem, 9th ed. 2021)
  2. 角川日本地名大辞典 - 13 東京都 (Kadokawa Dictionary of place names in Japan, vol 13. Tokyo, page 982-994, Published by Kadokawa, Tokyo 1978)
  3. 人文社編集部 - 古地図・現代図で歩く 昭和東京散歩 (Showa Tokyo stroll with old and present maps, Published by Jinbunsha, Tokyo 2004)
  4. 江戸町巡り https://edo.amebaownd.com/posts/3375722
  5. 江戸町巡り https://edo.amebaownd.com/posts/3375720
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