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"Kanda festival" isn't an Edo kid, but Teyan Day!

[Marsha Horiuchi of Edo] April 28, 2015 09:00

More than 1300 years ago, Kanda Myojin was founded around Otemachi.
It has been 400 years since I was transferred to Sotokanda in 1616 as the guardian of Omote unlucky direction.
Kanda festival in Tokyo has become an indispensable part of the downtown community as an annual event.
This year marks the 400th anniversary of Ieyasu's death, and together with NHK Taiga drama series, you can feel familiar with Edo.

 

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Kanda Myojin

 

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Reproduction of Edo period festival @ Museum special exhibition (until July 26)

 

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Ukiyo-e of Kanda festival in Kanda Myojin

 

Because we are celebrating three gods (Daikoku-sama, Ebisu-sama, and Masakado-sama).
I think it's an All Mighty Japanese shrine, I came to visit last Saturday.

 

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Ebisu's kumade Museum special exhibition

 

By the way, the Kanda Festival will be held from 5/7 to 5/15 after Golden Week.

On May 9th of the festival, one of the main events, the Shinko Festival.
Led by Ren Otori and portable shrine, there are about 500 floats in line with shrine parishioner's town, 108 from 8:00 am to 19:00 pm
(A distance of about 30 km from Kanda, Jimbocho, Otemachi, Nihonbashi, Akihabara, Ningyocho and Kanda).
*It's exciting to hear that it's a festival, but if you're busy, you might want to broadcast the Internet on May 10.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kanda_ch

 

This year, it seems that Tsunetaka Tokugawa, the 18th head of the Tokugawa sect, and Hiroshi Aramata, a famous Edokko naturalist, will also participate.

 

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Kanda Myojin URL http://www.kandamyoujin.or.jp/

 

 

 

"Culture and History of Mitsui"

[Marsha Horiuchi of Edo] April 23, 2015 14:00

A special exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Mitsui Bunko and the 10th anniversary of the Mitsui Memorial Museum is being held at the Mitsui Memorial Museum, which celebrated its 10th anniversary.

 

The contents are "A Masterpiece of Chanoyu" from the previous term (April 11-May 6) and
In the second half (May 14-June 10), it is Japan's leading "350 years of Mitsui talked about by management historical materials".

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Mitsui Memorial Museum gallery space 1  

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gallery space 3, Joan, Mitsui Memorial Museum

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When you enter this museum, designed with an elevator, calm appearance, and light lighting up to the 7th floor of the Mitsui Main Building.
There is a sense of being released from the hustle and bustle of the world. The tea ceremony developed during the Muromachi period in Kamakura, which ended in the war, is a tea ceremony.
In such a situation, the tea room "Nyoan", which may have provided a temporary samurai seeking peace of mind, is reproduced.

 

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Important Cultural Property Kuroraku Chawan Name Toshihiro Chojiro, Momoyama period 16th century
Exhibition period of Mitsui Memorial Museum April 11-May 6

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Among the many bowls, the most impressive thing is this black bowl, the gentle type that many people have touched it for hundreds of years, seems to be a unique Japanese sensibilities. I think.

 

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19th century Mitsui Bunko Collection Exhibition Period May 14-June 10, 2018

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Meiji period, 18th-19th Century Mitsui Bunko Collection Exhibition Period May 14th-June 10th

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The history of Mitsui dates back to Ise and Matsuzaka for about 350 years, during the Edo period.
Overcoming many hardships in the kimono and cotton kimono store division (Mitsui Echigoya) and the financial division (Mitsui currency exchange store).
It's up to now. The ukiyo-e of Muromachi 2-chome, where Mount Fuji can be seen, still has its impression.
It is said that there are more than 20,000 companies in Japan that have been in business for more than 100 years, and it seems like a world-class long-lived company.
Many are small and medium-sized long-established stores, but Mitsui is a global Japanese company representing large stores (Odana).

 

Mitsui Memorial Museum → The nearest station is Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza Line.

Click here for details http://www.mitsui-museum.jp/

※Each image is owned by the Mitsui Memorial Museum. Secondary use is strictly prohibited.

 

 

 

"Traditional Crafts, Japanese Paper (World Intangible Cultural Property) "

[Marsha Horiuchi of Edo] April 9, 2015 14:00

Last November, UNESCO registered "Washi Japanese Handmade Washi Technology" with Intangible Cultural Property.
"Washi" washi, a long-established Ozu Washi that has been around for more than 360 years at Nihonbashi Honmachi 3-chome.
I'm from Ise Matsuzaka.

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Originally, I was interested in "Matsuzaka and Omi merchants" related to many long-established stores in Nihonbashi, and I was invited by the cheerful spring weather.
I went bravely. On the first floor of the store, there are a lot of Japanese paper with very calm colors.

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Iwami Hanshi (Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture) and Hon Mino Paper (Mino City, Gifu Prefecture) registered in the World Intangible Cultural Property.
In addition to the three Japanese paper "Hosokawa Paper" (Ogawa-cho, Saitama-ken, Higashi-Chichibu-mura), Japanese calligraphy tools are available.

There is also a handmade Japanese paper experience workshop on the first floor, so it seems that you can experience making A4 size paper.

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The second floor will be a gallery and cultural classroom, and the third floor will be renewed in early May at the Ozu Historical Museum and Ozu Washi Teruran (free of charge).
I'm really looking forward to it.
I'm thinking about making New Year's cards next year.

If you look at the side of the road, a monument of "The origin of Bettara City" is built.

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Yes, this is located in the neighborhood of Honmachi near Kodemmacho.

Click here for more information. → URL http://www.ozuwashi.net/

 

 
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