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What is Edokko?

[Nyan,] January 29, 2019 09:00

"Hey, what kind of temperament do you say when you say Edo kid?"
"That's that, you don't have any money for the evening, or you're a genuine Edo-no-enuki?"
"Yes, Mr. Kyoden Santo has defined some other things, such as Iki and Hari as the main territory. Well, I say, "I'm born in Shiba and grow up in Kanda."
"Oh, I'll tell you. Kanda is a townman that symbolizes Edo, so Kandakko says like a synonym for Edokko."
"Now, Nihonbashi is mentioned as the center of Edo, but why do Kanda speaks to represent Edo?"
"Oh ... Well, Edo was originally a Minato built in "Enodo" where the Sumida River and others flowed in, so I originally mentioned the area around Edobashi and Nihonbashi."
"Oh, I know well. That's right. In the "Edo direction map", it was written as "Kanda to the north and Edo to the south", and it was strictly considered that Edo and Kanda were different. Then why is Kanda kid synonymous with Edo kid?"
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"... I'm living with youYllaYllaYllaYllaYlla" (abbreviated below)

"The answer is," because I didn't get hired! !"」
"Eh? ? ?』
 
・・・ You who say that the expressway has ruined the scenery of Nihonbashi ...
 
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Nihonbashi is located in front of Tokiwa Bridge Gate in front of Edo Castle, and was a region where supplies from the top and from all over the country gathered and scattered.
In addition, it has a function as a financial center including Koza, and is an area created as the center of the castle town, as the name Honmachi.
Here, upper merchants with headquarters in Ise, Oomi, Kyoto, etc. set up large stores. This Edo branch, that is, the Edo store (Dana), is a place to earn money thoroughly, and the clerks were brought from the upper head office, so they did not hire them locally in Edo.
There was no voice to those who said, "I don't use the money of the evening." They had no choice but to get a job in Kanda, a little away from Nihonbashi, and to become a full-fledged craftsman or merchant.
(This is described as "I didn't get hired" to a large store.)
 
It seems that the townspeople outside Kanda Hashikado had to create a unique atmosphere = Kanda kid that could coexist with them surrounded by samurai and shopkeepers.
(Reference: Tokyo people "Towners Following Edo" (October 2016 issue))
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karuta.jpg(In the photo, I chose something that seems to be related to Edokko rather than Nihonbashi Karuta.)
kanda.jpg(In addition, Kanda Myojin (because Edokko refers to people born in Sanno Gongen and Kanda Myojin shrine parishioner area)
 
There is also a detailed description of CAM's "What is Edokko?"
 /archive/2017/09/post-4591.html