The rosemary sea is a close-up of "gifts and I enjoy myself".
Kuroeya, a long-established lacquerware company, was founded in Genroku 2 (1689), as I explained last time.
This time, I would like to talk about Mr. Kuroeya's history.
Mr. Tanaka, Managing Director of Kuroeya Co., Ltd., for permission to publish it.
The photo above shows Kuroeya's shop before the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Kuroeya's "Kuroe" is derived from Kuroe-mura, Nagusa-gun, Kii (currently Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture). Hainan City is a warm hilly area belonging to the Setouchi climate adjacent to Wakayama City, Arida City, Kinokawa City, etc.
In the first year of Shoo during the Kamakura period (1288), Buddhist monk and others who were chased from Mt. Koya-san moved to Naga-gun, Kii Province, upstream of the Kino River and built Negoro-ji Temple.
And time passed during the Warring States period, Negoro-ji rebelled against Nobunaga Oda. Nobunaga was angry and ordered Hideyoshi to burn it down Negoro-ji Temple.
Negoro, which was famous as a production area of lacquerware, and the Buddhist monk who made Negoro paint there flowed to various places, and one group went to Kuroe Village downstream. It is said that this led to the spread of lacquerware making in Kuroe Village.
There is a person who came from Kuroe Village to Osaka first and from there to Edo.
My first and last name is unknown, but I opened a lacquerware shop in Nihonbashi Honmachi.
This is the roots of Kuroeya.
Mr. Kuroeya, the management right will be transferred in 1774.
M&A I'm talking about now. The new manager is Mr. Kashiwaya, the Kashiwabara family, which has continued to date.
He did a wide range of business, mainly in kimono booth wholesalers.
In 1856, the store was moved from Honmachi to its current location, and it continues to this day.
It is also derived from the Kashiwabara family that Kuroeya's trademark is "Kashiwa".
At that time, he served various daimyo, Ooku, etc., and since the Meiji era, he has also served the Imperial Household Ministry. It is also listed in the 1890 edition of the famous merchant family collection "Tokyo Shopping Guide".
Previously, the first floor was a high-quality lacquerware from all over the country, and the second and third floors were a sales floor for wedding furniture and furniture.
The ancestor of the Kashiwabara family was retainer, the Duke of Kato Kiyomasa, and opened a kimono and booth wholesale store in Kyoto during the Kanei era (1624-1643).
In addition, as an Edo store, we decided to have a wholesaler in Honmachi, such as booth items and cotton belonging to Edo Jugumi wholesalers.
There is a mansion about 300 years ago in Gojo, Kyoto, which now originated as a Kyosho person with an Edo store. In addition, the contents of the storehouse are displayed twice a year under the name of Rakuto Shihokan. At the Museum of Kyoto in Sanjo Takakura, Kyoto, a 1/20 model of Machiya from the Edo period is displayed.
This is about "Street Sanken" in Nihonbashi.
From the time of Edo Genroku, there were three lacquerware shops lined up along the streets of Nihonbashi in the Meiji, Taisho era, and Showa eras.
All are large shops (Odana), "Kiya", "Kinto", and "Kuroeya". It was commonly called "Sorisanken" by fellow traders and was popular until before the war.
"Kiya" is a lacquerware shop of a branch of Kiya, just like that "Kiya no Kiya".
Unfortunately, it went out of business after the war.
"Kinto" was named "Kondo" in a combination of the name of Oomiya and Fujiemon, but was later changed to "Kinto" because it was mistaken for "Kinto".
This lacquerware shop has also been transferred and closed immediately after the war.
Kuroeya continues to adhere to the precision of lacquer crafts and tradition at the base of Nihonbashi.
The current president of Kuroeya Kashiwabara Co., Ltd. is the 12th generation company.
The lacquerware sales business, the paper sales business dealing with board paper (Itagami), and the real estate leasing business are the three pillars of the current Kashiwabara family business.
1-2-6 Nihonbashi Kuroeya Kokubu Building 2F
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Business hours 9:00 to 18:00
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
1 minute walk from Exit B9 of Tokyo Metro Nihombashi Station
3-minute walk from Exit B5 of Mitsukoshimae Station
From the bridge in Nihonbashi, it is on the second floor next to Eitaro Sohonho.
Click here for Kuroeya's website ⇒ http://www.kuroeya.com/
