Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　It's finally started.

　The picture is before 17:00.

　Even so it's hot!

　Although the intense heat continues, I walked a little through the city of Tsukuda, less than a week to the Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine Festival.

　The pillars of the large banner and the holding trees have also been assembled, and the festival mood is finally getting excited.

　Temporary places are also set up in some places.

　Matsunosuke Nishiyama said, "Edokko is not a specific entity that has a simple structure with a simple hierarchy, but has a double structure."

"Edo kid who is" Ora Edokko "(Edo kid who has appeared mainly after the Kasei period" (self-proclaimed Edo kid), and instead, "The big husbands on the fish banks of Nihonbashi, Kuramae's bill, Kiba's lumber merchants, Seikishima Island and Shinkawa neighborhoods, and merchants who have lived in Edo, such as Edo, who have grown up in Edo, or a real estate.

　Nishiyama said, "Not only" self-proclaimed Edokko ", but also rich people with a more advanced culture, who enjoyed themselves alone in a sense of superiority that could be considered to be a reverse of inferiority, I would like to clearly discuss the overall picture of Edokko with a double structure." （10）

Nishiyama's book "Edokko" is also described as "a breakthrough achievement that broke the long-standing theory" (Makoto Takeuchi).

　Nishiyama's theory of "double structure of Edokko" can be said to be the same as Yasaburo Ikeda's theory as follows.

＞In addition to the husbands of the merchants of "Honmachi" in Edo, the number of people belonging to the craftsman class increased, forming Edokko. Therefore, even if you preach the temperament about money, when targeting people who belong to the class of merchants, mainly in Honmachi in Edo, you must find the temperament of those who have stored dignifiedly, rather than not using the money of the evening. Must. It is dangerous to bring out the temperament from Edokko, a concept that appears in the world of lectures and rakugo. (Nihonbashi Private Note 88)

In 1787, the stylish book “Tsugen Somagaki” (written by Kyoden Santo), look at a golden fish tiger (Shiyachihoko), bathe the tap water in a hot water, and live on the knee. Then, eat the rice of the milling (Ogamizuki), hit the town with a long parasol. It is said that the root bone of the Edo kid is from the middle of the Japanese chopsticks that goes over everything.

However, "Look at the Gold Fish Tiger," the central keep of Edo Castle was destroyed by the great fire of the Meiryaku era in 1657 and has not been rebuilt since then.

　In addition, as the city planning of Edo and the large urbanization of the downtown area progressed, water supply was practical by large-scale civil engineering work in terms of drinking water measures, so it is certainly Edo's pride, but the water quality was not always good and the amount of water was not rich.

    In 1716 (1716), Otaminami Une (Shusanjin) wrote in a letter sent to Sakanaka, saying, "In Edo, drinking water like a dob of water supply (Kanda Josui, Tamagawajosui, etc.) Some people in Osaka say that they do not work well, but in fact, the water of the Osaka River is extremely clear. " (Ryoichi Okamoto, History of Osaka, 71)

   Akinari Ueda, published in 1766 (1766), described the situation of Edo at this time to those who are going to go out of Osaka to Edo, saying, "I can be swallowed by the muddy water of the water supply ... I don't lose the taste of the water of the Yodo River, but I'm sorry to hear the muddy water of Edo ... " (Matsunosuke Nishiyama, "Edo Tsuko," 168)

　The above is that Edo was scarce in drinking water, but in Edo at that time there was a shortage of supplies, not just water, and in the end, only boring things could be boasted. In Edo, the one that descends from the top is the best, and the one around the ground is "the one that does not fall." This is "Edo is a place where people can't be invincible, a place that can't be separated at a later date" (Saikaku), and "Edo's things are children's narration, stupids, and severe beginnings" ( Masukodan). ).　(Mataji Miyamoto, Kansai and Kanto, 416)

    However, the term "child's house, stupid man's house, and the most intrinsic Edo" here refers to people who have been included in Edokko later, and who work for merchants. Not people (mainly people from Kansai). And the real power of commerce in Edo was held by these merchants. (Mataji Miyamoto, Kansai and Kanto, 416)

Regarding "Edokko", the book "Matsunosuke Nishiyama" "Edokko" (Kikkawa Hirobunkan, 1980) is dedicated to the details, but the explanation in "Heibonsha Daienya" written by Makoto Takeuchi is simple and easy to understand. Below, according to Takeuchi's theory,

＞The word Edokko first appeared in the Tanuma period in the late 18th century. What is called Edokko consciousness or Edokko temperament seems to have been established almost at this time.　・There are two ways to do that. One is that during this period, economic fluctuations were intense, and among Edo townspeople, there was a remarkable change between those who were rich and those who fell and became poor.　Probably, it can be said that the Edokko consciousness was established as the basis of the crisis awareness of the falling Edo townspeople = mental support. (Takeuchi Makoto)

＞During this period (Tanuma period), the upper large merchants with branches in Edo made a great deal of money and took control of the Edo business community, especially for Edo townspeople who were falling economically, the opposition to the <upper> was great. There was a background in which the Edo kid consciousness was established, emphasizing the good spirit of the gold blessing. "Edoko doesn't have any money for the evening," and it seems to be an inverted strength of economic inferiority to the superiors who are good at making money.　(Takeuchi Makoto)

＞Another opportunity for the Edo kid's consciousness to be established in the latter half of the 18th century is that poor farmers who suffered heavy annual tribute and salvation of peasant fees and were unable to eat in rural areas flowed into Edo more than ever before at this time. As a result, many people were born in the country in Edo. Moreover, in response to these <country people>'s first appearance in Edo, the strong consciousness of the birth of Edo grew, and it can be said that this aspect also encouraged the establishment of Edokko consciousness. . (Takeuchi Makoto)

　It is often said that "I was born in Shiba and grew up in Kanda" is an Edo kid. However, if it was "in the past, Kanda moat was bordered, the south was Edo and the north was Kanda," Kanda would not originally be included in the Edo area.

　Mr. Yasaburo Ikeda explains as follows.

＞Historically, if the Edo kid was born in the town of Edo under the shogun's knee, the people in the former Nihonbashi and Kyobashi wards of Chuo-ku are the center of this. In the very old days, both Kanda and Shiba were not Edo. Of course, Asakusa is also outside Edo. However, with the times, those who were born in Shiba and grew up in Kanda have also become Edokko, and the head office Fukagawa facing the river has entered Edo. (Nihonbashi Private Note 88) 　

　The original Edo kid was supposed to have been the people who worked mainlygiboshi and giboshi in the former Nihonbashi and Kyobashi wards in Chuo-ku. Since then, it has gradually been included even people born and lived in Kanda, Shiba, and Honjo Fukagawa.

　Mr. Yasaburo Ikeda stated as follows.

＞In addition to the husbands of the merchants of "Honmachi" in Edo, the number of people belonging to the craftsman class increased, forming Edokko. Therefore, even if you preach the temperament about money, when targeting people who belong to the class of merchants, mainly in Honmachi in Edo, you must find the temperament of those who have stored dignifiedly, rather than not using the money of the evening. Must. It is dangerous to bring out the temperament from Edokko, a concept that appears in the world of lectures and rakugo. (Nihonbashi Private Note 88)