Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Hello. This is a new correspondent, Hanes.
The other day, I went to the special exhibition Edo lottery "Wealth"-rich, dream of common people-a special exhibition held at the Money Museum until February 24 (Sun).
Photos cannot be posted inside because photography is prohibited, but photos cannot be posted.
If you are interested in the exhibition, please check the link above.



By the way, it is a familiar lottery for those who have taken the Chuo-ku sightseeing test, but it is a familiar lottery.
Let's check what it was based on "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia that can be seen on foot"

■What is Edo's lottery performance?
・Major outbreaks during the Hoei era (1704-1711)
・The purpose is to pay for the renovation of shrines and temples.
・In 1842, it was banned by the reform by Tadakuni Mizuno.

I am vaguely thinking that it would be a lottery-like betting because it was just a "rich lottery".
I didn't dig any further, though
When I saw this exhibition, I looked a little bit about what I was interested in.

■There was no "he" group!
One of the exhibits this time was the "Wealth Number Book".
This event was held at the lottery performance held in Yagamura, Ashigara-kami-gun, Sagami in 1862.
This is a book with a copy of the name and number of the issued wealth bill.

The commentary states, "In the order of Iroha, 10 sets, from" I "to" ru "( lacking" he "), and 100 pieces of each group, a total of 1,000 pieces of wealth bills were issued."
"Why do you lack 'he'?"
At that time, the first thing I came up with was the Edomachi fire extinguisher group introduced earlier.
Here, there are no He / La / Hi / Ngumi, and in order they lead to "fart", hidden words, "fire", and poor language.
It is said that there were no such groups.



Regarding this matter, we did not find any description in the literature.
In the reference book (published at the end of the article), there was a commentary such as "The good characters such as Sho-chiku-bai, Tsurugame, and Seven Lucky Gods are used to mark the set" (p. 340).
Therefore, I can't hear congratulations due to the same association as the town fire extinguisher group.
"He" may have been omitted (* It's my guess.)

■Actually, world wide!
"Fukuji" was already practiced in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the early modern era as a form of urban gambling. In 1521, the town-run "Fukuji" was released in Osnabruck, Germany, and the "Fukuji" sold in Laurence, Italy in 1530 has a prize money." (p. 59).
(Original quote: "Dream is on the world ... Ayumi of the 30th Year of Lottery" (Daiichi Kangyo Bank Lottery Department, 1975), p. 10)

In world history, Pope Leo XIV, from the Medici family, was just before Luther's religious reform.
I learned that he sold a reminder to raise funds for the renovation of San-Pietro Cathedral.
It is similar to the lottery in terms of raising funds for renovation.
The appeasement says, "If you buy, the sins of this world will be redeemed and you will go to heaven."
It is different from lottery in that it has a stronger religious color.

However, the fact that there was something equivalent to Japan's "rich lottery" existed in Western Europe.
This is the first time I learned about how it was done.
Like Edo, I was also worried about whether it was banned at some time!
I don't write in detail here, but if you are interested, please go to the library.

■Visit the monument of Tomizuka
Sugimori Shrine in Nihonbashi Horidome-cho has a "Tomizuka Monument" commemorating the once-largest lottery performance.
The monument seen today was rebuilt after the Great Kanto Earthquake and is registered as a ward-owned folk cultural property.



When purchasing a lottery, some people pray for winning here.
It seems that dreaming of getting rich is the same in the Edo period.

<Aside> The coming of spring
When I visited Sugimori Shrine, there was a customer in Chozuya!
That's two cute Japanese white-eye



I was bathing with beautiful colored wings and drinking water.
It seems that spring has come so far.

[References]
Masaya Takiguchi, "Edo Society and Gomen Tomi-Tokuji, Temple and Common People-" (Iwata Shoin, 2009)