"Keiichiro had to take a break from the sake newspaper company in Hamacho, where he worked."
There is such a sentence at the beginning of the private novel "Works hardships" published in the early Showa period.
In the story of Tokyo, Hamacho comes to mind the Hamacho Chuo-ku Hamacho, which has Meijiza and parks, and a subway station.
However, as you continue reading, you can see that the main character's work is near Eitai Bridge.
If you look at the postal map of this time, you can find the place name Hamacho on Reigishima Island (now Shinkawa, Chuo-ku) in Kyobashi Ward.
It seems that there was a company where the main character worked beside the canal, which was the origin of the place name of Shinkawa.
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1 You can see the place name "Reiganjima Hamacho"
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The novel depicts the suffering of the protagonist who came to Tokyo after abandoning his hometown and his wife and children, and the distress of life, but the state of Shinkawa, Chuo-ku during the Taisho era is depicted with a tasteful brushstroke.
At that time, Shinkawa seemed to have many breweries and liquor sales-related companies that unloaded and stored sake from the Kansai area.
"(Omitted) Several sake boats have arrived on the banks of Shinkawa. (Omitted) The young people of the wholesaler are carrying it into the warehouse while rolling a futo barrel with a twisted headband on the front of hemp and rolling it into a warehouse (Omitted) I listened for a while without listening to the hauta with the beats of the powerful young people. "
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My novels are written based on my own experience, but it is also true that Isota worked for the sake newspaper company, although the company name is different, but it was a real company. Whether he had a bad deal with the company's people, he only lasted about six months and left the company without permission.
By the way, there is no company that has become a model for the sake newspaper, but another company established by the president at that time continues to operate in Shinkawa.
In addition, the canal, Shinkawa, where sake barrels were unloaded, was reclaimed in 1948, and Isota's image of the atmosphere is no longer visible.
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1 At present, only the monument of Shinkawanoseki remains.
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