Recorded Joy·Rakuchū / Kawaramachi

Shumoku-no-zushi (alley)

Shumoku-no-zushi is a through-passage lane between Nishikikōji and Shijō, west of the Muromachi line. Its name comes from the way a branch cutting west toward Shinmachi forms a T, likened to a shumoku, the T-shaped mallet used to strike a temple gong. Properly Kannondō-higashi-zushi, it also appears on Edo-period maps as "Kannon-no-zushi," with the name Shumoku coming into parallel use later.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.