Tsuki no Misaki explained

, meaning "Headland of the Moon", was a name formerly in use for part of a plateau in Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. One explanation of the name is that it was considered a particularly good place to view the moon over what is now Tokyo Bay.

In the Edo period, it was well known as one of seven capes (Japanese: 七崎 Nanasaki) around the Edo area, the other six being,,,, and .

The name had become obsolete by the middle or late Meiji period, when references were made to the loss of the view due to new buildings.^[1]

composed a tanka on Tsuki no Misaki:^[2]

There are some origin candidates for it, which might be originated from admiration of nice view including the moon:^[3]

• Tokugawa Ieyasu named it in Keichō era;^[4]
• it was a nearby place of a notice board set up at 1-chome;^[5]
• formerly it was a name of the premises of,, and then it was used for a neighborhood area.^[6]
• it was a generic name of Saikai-ji.^[7]

Hiroshige

Japanese artist Hiroshige designed a couple of prints of the moon seen over the bay from within a tea-house or brothel on Tsuki no Misaki. Some doubt has been expressed as to whether these prints depict this location, or one at in Shinagawa,^[8] but Yatsuyama was leveled and its soil was used to construct Daiba in the late Edo period.^[9]

References

1. (Extra Edition) in 1901-2 (Meiji 34-5)
   in 1907 (Meiji 40)
2. in 1719 (Kyōhō 4).
3. Minato Ward Library Jin'bunsha
4. in 1814 (Bunka 11).
5. in 1827-8 (Bunsei 10-11).
6. in 1829 (Bunsei 12). Daienji is now in Suginami, Tokyo;
7. [Edo Meisho Zue]
8. Shueisha in 1992.
9. History of Shinagawa ward in 1973-74