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     In December 1918, Kafu moved to Tsukiji 2-30, Tsukiji near Tsukiji Honganji Temple, but before that, for a short period of about six months, a small house was rented in Tsukiji. I have.　After his father died in 1913 in 1913, it was in May 1915, where the current Ginza Capital Hotel is located at 1-6 Tsukiji, Kyobashi-ku. Furthermore, in 1916, for a short period of time, he rented a house on the banks of Daiji, the current Yanagibashi 1-chome. Kibikicho (currently Ginza 8-chome) was chosen after Tsukiji 1-chome and Yanagibashi, and was in September 1917. (Saburo Kawamoto, "Kafu and Tokyo"; 56)

　Therefore, it is necessary to organize the address history of Tsukiji, Chuo-ku in chronological order in order.

In May 1915, Tsukiji 1-chome

Taisho 5 (1916), Daiji Riverbank (currently Yanagibashi 1-chome)

In September 1917, Kibikicho (currently Ginza 8-chome)

December 1918, Tsukiji 2-chome　

In May 1920, he moved to Hebei-cho, Azabu-ku.　　　　　　　　　It will be.

     The life at Tsukiji 1-chome is described in an essay titled "Tsukiji So" (1916), but I would like to introduce Tsukishima and Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine.　Since "Shokutei Nijo" started in September 1917, it does not appear in "Shokutei Nijo".

If you have been sick for a long time, you will walk along the settlement in the morning and cross the Tsukuda and visit Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine to visit the day. Tsukuda Island Now has completely lost the taste of a fishing village, but it is a view that can be thrown away along with the small flag of a house selling Tsukudani, such as throwing an anchor on the banks of the house and drying a net in the eaves of a house. She rides with a woman who looks gorgeously on a boat. Sold the fisherman's daughter's daughter, but when she visits her parents' riddle, she is indulge in an unparalleled fantasy.

One rainy season is the rainy season, and this year, the stormy days Shikaba Sumiyoshi pilgrimage will not be neglected. From that time on, I spent half a day at the auditorium of Hatchobori, which crossed the back of Shintomi-cho.

　Kafu's "Hyowa Geta" is a book that has been said to be a classic of walking around Tokyo, and "Eitai Bridge" is described as follows.

"Contrary to being abandoned by the scenery of Kaku Shinagawa, the sight of Okawaguchi, which stands with a row of ship sailing pillars and smoke cylinders of factories, may be able to delight one of the poets for an unexpected long time in light of a kind of hobby as seen in Western manga. Mokutaro Kinoshita At one time, the Psalm of the Kitahara Hakushu family did not seem to have been inspired by the life around Tsukishima Eitai Bridge and its scenery from the old settlement of Tsukiji. If you look at various Japanese-style cargo ships and West-style sailboats who leave the factory in Ishikawajima and stay overnight with several sail pillars, you will find a special kind of poetry. When I come into contact with the sight of this estuary that works when crossing the Eitai Bridge, I come up with a lovely story of his "La Nibelneez" depicting the life of a ship back and forth on the Seen River. Today's Eitai Bridge is the earliest to recall the old days of Tatsumi. Therefore, I don't think it's as ugly as Azuma-bashi Bridge or Ryogoku Bridge instead of Eitai Bridge. The new iron bridge often matches the scenery of the estuary." （13-334）

　The first bridge of Eitai Bridge was built in 1698 (1698) and was about 150 meters upstream from the current bridge position. It was a large wooden bridge at the time, with a very good view, and was known as a cool place in summer. After that, replacements were carried out several times due to accidents, etc. In 1897 (1897), an iron bridge was built at the current location. However, since this bridge was also damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, it was replaced in 1926 as part of the earthquake reconstruction project. (page 127, "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia")

　Since this Kafu's "Hyori Geta" was serialized in the magazine "Mita Literature" for about a year since the beginning of the summer of 1914, the Eitai Bridge depicted here was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and not the current one.

　Current Eitai Bridge (taken on September 23, 2015)

　Kafu used to rent a house in Chuo-ku, such as Tsukiji, and around Tsukiji and Akashicho often appear.

　For example, on September 11, 1921, 1921.

"The autumn sky is thin and cloudy, like a dream. In the afternoon, if you visit Yuriko, you will work together to go to Fugetsudo and have a dinner, and walk along the coast of Akashicho in the digging. The night view of Tsukuda Island has the taste of copperplate prints. Spread a handkerchief on the stone wall, hold your hands, and talk with your shoulders. Suddenly, like cold and rain, I know the moisture of the clothes collar. Yuriko's heart question is, but it's not hard to understand this. There is a taste of peanut flow water. I don't have to worry about it. He picked up his hands again and walked along the waterside, reached the Kasumori stop and broke up. Yuriko is a reason to fable to Tsurumi's Ryokan Kazanso. "

　The concise expression of the literary sentence is wonderful, but in particular, "there is a taste of peanut flow water" or "I don't feel relaxed" ...

　And this woman named Yuriko says, "Yuriko's real name is Tomoko" (October 18), but the real name at this time was Tomoko Honma, and was charged with the responsibility of the so-called Bataan death march after the defeat. He was the wife of the Army Middle General (final) of Masaharu Honma who was executed.

In addition, the relationship 　between Kafu and Tomoko deepened from September to October, and on October 9, "... go to Kagetsu." ・・ ・ The rain should finally return to the end. It's a good idea to stay in one room with Yo and Yuriko. ・・ ・ ・ ・ ・ After this, Shiga Tashi wrote here, on October 18, "I will bring a bowl of Yuriko flowers. ・... ", October 19, "I leave around noon Yuriko." On October 20, "... Yuriko comes home and stays," and on October 21, "I go to Yuriko and Shirakiya to see Western paintings on display. It rains again on the way home. Staying in Yuriko Matayo's House, October 24, "Wind rain, Yuriko's all day in the Go family", November 5, "Yuriko comes." When we have a dinner at Fugetsu-do and drop in at Yuuraku-za and return home, ... "

Knowing 　that this subsequent "development" and Tomoko divorced Honma on December 16, 1921, reading the above-mentioned September 11 narrative will further deepen its excitement.

　And even after Tomoko divorced Honma, on December 18th, "... have a dinner at Yuriko and Fugetsudo ...", December 31st, "... I'm going to visit Ginza-dori year-long night, I'm going to visit the New Year's Day, Yuriko Hira, 9th of New Year's Day, 1922) New Year's Day, Yuriko

　Kafu wrote about "Kiyosu Bridge" under construction on April 4, 1927.

"I see the construction of a railway bridge that should be crossed from the Nakashu riverbank to Kiyosumi-cho, Fukagawa. Shimbashi was erected toward Hamacho and the road could be removed. At the time, there is a small play called Masago-za on the banks of the Nakashu, along the banks of the Mebashi, and there is a Yaba famous liquor store in the alley of the side, pulling the sleeves of a suspicious female Gyojin even in the daytime, After the earthquake, the traces of Masago-za were not difficult to ask or ask, and cross the new bridge Shino Bridge. It's cloudy from Japan and North Korea, and the wind is coming out. "

　The construction of Kiyosu Bridge was started in March 1925 as a reconstruction project following the Great Kanto Earthquake (September 1, 1923), and was completed in March 1928. Kafu wrote that on April 25, 1928, he saw the completed Kiyosu Bridge.

"... I went to Kyobashi and went to Nakashu Hospital to ask for medicine. From Kayabacho, the dust swirls around the water shrine, disturbed the mud-filled car line, and Hase Sechigafu on the right left, and the city of Tokyo is getting used to it every day. I have to be ugly and even more amazed now. I can see the construction of a new railway bridge over Fukagawa from the banks of the Nakashu River, and ... "

　In addition, "Taji" mentioned on April 7 is "Tiger" and is a representative cafe in Ginza at the intersection of Owaricho (Ginza 4-chome). The Tiger was formed in 1924. A large store with a female salary of 200 people at one time. Kan Kikuchi brought many friends and employees of Bungei Shunju and drunk beer. "Ginza March" (1928) says, "I like Tiger Girl's Bunshi and I like Lion Weightress Lady." "Lion" is also a cafe in Ginza that was located at the intersection of Owaricho (Ginza 4-chome), and the store opened in 1911 by Seiyoken Tsukiji. Café was originally supposed to be a coffee shop, but the character of the cafe at that time was a pure bar. (Saburo Kawamoto, Kafu and Tokyo: 307)

　Current Kiyosu Bridge (taken on September 23, 2015)

　In 1917, Kafu lived in a rented house in Kobiki-cho, Muyo-an, when he began writing "Shokutei Nijo". However, it is just a double life, for the convenience of going to a sick hospital, and while keeping the main house in Okubo Yochomachi.

  On September 20, 1917, "Because I walked yesterday, I couldn't get hungry this morning. Go to Kokiya in Shimogicho and wait for the visit of Kunite Oishi. In the first place, this Oishi-kun Okubo's house can only be visited by the road, so I borrowed it to receive a medical examination in the event of a sudden disease. ・・ ・ ・ ・ I think of the naming of the bongiya without being able to sleep deeply. At last, I ordered him to make him an unyoan."

On December 29, 1917, "Look at the Ginza All Year Market. Including the Hagoita store in Shimbashi Domae, there are no places that change year by year. "

On October 2, 1918, "Rain geys. I haven't seen it for a long time and enjoy the morning scenery of Tsukiji, and return home after Manpo Kiboricho. "

On October 13, 1918, "Look at Shintomiza with three geisha from Shintomi-cho"

     It has been around for about a year in Kobiki-cho, Muyo-an, and then moved to Tsukiji Honganji in December 1918 at 2-30 Tsukiji. This time I bought a house for sale instead of a rented house. He sold out the house in Okubo Yochomachi, which he inherited from his father, and bought it with the money. I moved my family register here and drew a phone call.

On December 22, 1918, "The house behind Tsukiji 2-chome alleyway is gradually vacant. Take the lead of Takeda's man foot and carry the furniture cabinet."

On December 25, 1918, "I walk in Ginza in the evening." Let's come down again. The night's snow behind the alleys is not the same."

    Before and after moving to Tsukiji 2-chome, during the New Year of Taisho 8 (1919), he frequently met geisha Yae Fuku in Shimbashi, and on December 30, 1918, "When I was going to sleep, Yae Fuku and the gate, and the life of solitary coolness will end with the year. You should be sorrowful that you will be rejoicing." On the 4th of New Year's Day in Taisho 8 (1919), "It became more and more dense following the day of friendship with Yaefuku. I feel comfortable to come in spring suddenly because of the loneliness of many years."

    However, on the 16th of New Year's Day in 1919 (1919), "Invite an old woman of Sakuragi, drop off Yaefuku, and consult with Yuki who became the name of an adopted woman. ・・ ・ If there is no parent or brother to Fukuyuki Yae, and the nature is extremely mild, if it is appropriate to take care of my illness, I will be consulted a few days ago. In order to search for the identity of a woman in Sakuragi's old Jinjin, she is an unthinkable eater, not an adoptive woman, but rather as a guigeisha. People laugh at what they don't see, and this one is kept secret. "　In the description of Yaefuku before and after this, there is a feeling that Kafu fell in love with Yaefuku both physically and mentally, and it is interesting, but unfortunately it is slightly off the purpose of this article, so unfortunately (laughs) I want to do this much .

　Kizo Kumoto appeared in the Nikkei Shimbun "Leader's Bookshelf" today (September 20, 2015), and has listed several works by Kafu Nagai as a favorite book. Even if you say Mr. Kumoto, you will not be well known in Tokyo, but you are the former mayor of Kambe, a former self-government bureaucrat. I had a little edge, and I had spoken a little bit, so I read it interestingly. It seems that Mr. Kumoto was contacted by a university friend about 20 years ago that he was in contact with the Kafu "Shokutei Nijo", but I have been this year.

　It has been half a century since I first came to Tokyo after entering university, but I did not disgust in the terms of "Tokyo" and "Edo" and the Kanto dialect, but suddenly I started to feel interested in Edo culture. It was only this year, and I came to the Chuo-ku Tourism Test. Actually, even though I have lived near Tsukishima Station for more than a dozen years, I ate something called "monjayaki" when I invited a friend from college at the Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine main festival the other day. It was the first time.

　Then, lately, I read the works of Kafu Nagai and Junichirou Tanizaki, and finally obtained the complete collection of both individuals. The complete personal collection is currently traded at an amazing low price in the second-hand market, thank you for what you buy. However, at the Nihonbashi Library in Chuo-ku, it is no better to say that Tanizaki's complete collection is treated as valuables.

　Kafu Nagai's "Shokutei Nijo" is also an abstract of the Iwanami Bunko version, and a complete collection is required to read the full text.

　Finally, the heat has gone, and it will be a great season for a walk for a while. As a poor old man, I would like to take a walk again in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, feeling a bit like a cargo wind while placing the Kafu `` Shokutei Nijo '' `` Hiyori Geta '' and Tanizaki's `` childhood '' on the right. I am thinking.