, meaning "Headland of the Moon", was a name formerly in use for part of a plateau in Mita, Minato-ku,

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in Japan. One explanation of the name is that it was considered a particularly good place to view the moon over what is now

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. In the

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, it was well known as one of seven capes ( ''Nanasaki'') around the Edo area, the other six being , , , , and . The name had become obsolete by the middle or late

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, when references were made to the loss of the view due to new buildings. composed a

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on ''Tsuki no Misaki'': There are some origin candidates for it, which might be originated from admiration of nice view including the moon: *

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named it in

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; * it was a nearby place of a notice board set up at 1-chome; * formerly it was a name of the premises of , , and then it was used for a neighborhood area. * it was a generic name of

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Hiroshige

Japanese artist

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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

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, but Yatsuyama was leveled and its soil was used to construct

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in the late Edo period.History of Shinagawa ward () in 1973-74

References

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