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[Akira Makibuchi / Sharakusai]
Nov. 24, 2009 18:00
Four restored gas lights installed in October 1985 (1985) are lit on Ginza 3-chome "Ginza Gas Light Street". This is commemorated in 1874 (1874) that 85 gas lamps were built between Shiba Kanesugibashi and Kyobashi, illuminating Ginza [Photo 4]. In addition, a gas lamps have been restored at the site of Kyobashi (east side of Minamizume). Where did this gas come from?
Currently, there is a “founding monument” in front of the Tokyo Gas headquarters near JR Hamamatsucho Station (Photo 1). The inscription states, "... Construction of the Nigas Factory in Shiba-Hamasaki-cho, 1873 (1873) Nishite gas supply started in December 1873, Ginza Street Nigas Light ignited, Gyojin Oshite surprise no eyes (Miha) Rashimeshiha ... "
Tokyo Gas's "Gas Museum" (Kodaira City) has left a blueprint for gas streetlights from 1874 (1874) written by the French Pre-Grand, who instructed the Japanese gas business. It is a plan drawing from Kanesugibashi to Ginza / Kyobashi, as well as Kanda and Honmachidori to Asakusabashi. In Ginza, in addition to the current Chuo-dori street, gas lamps are laid on Miyuki-dori, Harumi-dori St. and Ginza Sakura-dori St. 1-chome Ginza.
At that time, the gas lamps were only burning yellow flames, and the candlelight was 40 lux, while the open flame gas lamps were 60 lux. However, it is said that in the dark, it was brighter than Japanese lantern, and a large number of spectators gathered, including high color and rareness.
For lighting, a person called `` Tenshokata '' wearing a half coat has an ignition stick made of sulfur as a fire, and lit it alone on about 50 gas lights for about an hour. It is said that He had to be erased in the morning, so he had to be a wife in order not to sleep in the morning. [Photo 3: Ginza gas lamp restoration commemorative postcard "Ginza-dori brick building" (part) Hiroshige Midai: Kyobashi Library Collection)
According to the museum, Shintomiza, built by Kanya Morita in 1878 (1878), is a modern theater that uses plenty of gas lamps and is also used for stage lighting, and it was the first nighttime performance in Tokyo.
In addition, inside the museum garden
Along with gas lamps from Yokohama City, London and Paris, two gas lamps that were built in Tsukiji Akashicho and Hamarikyu are also lit. The upper firehouse part is a reproduction, but the iron pillar is said to be from that time. Certainly, the design of the pillar is different. [Photo 2: Restored gas lamps from Tsukiji Akashicho in the foreground and Hamarikyu in the back]
From the Shimbashi Station to the Ginza Brick Street, and the Tsukiji Hotel, many scenes at that time were depicted in Nishiki-e as a symbol of the nation's renewal from Edo to Tokyo. It tells the era when Chuo-ku now transformed into a modern civilization.
[Akira Makibuchi / Sharakusai]
Nov. 9, 2009 09:30
On November 8 (Sun), the “Autumn Chuo-ku Cultural Properties Tour” (sponsored by the Chuo-ku Board of Education) was held as a project for Tokyo Cultural Properties Week 2009. . The lecturer on this day was Tetsushi Okamoto, who appeared on the NHK TV "Bura Tamori" Ginza guide broadcast on October 22.
At 9:30 in the morning, a bus carrying 20 participants departs from the Local Tenmonkan (Time Dome Akashi) and heads to Akashi Elementary School. For today, I went up to the roof of the school building, and saw the buildings from the early days of the earthquake reconstruction project from close to me. Beyond that, you can see the cross of St. Luke's College of Nursing. In Ginza, you will see the inside of the Ginza Lion 7-chome store before opening, and it was built in the early Showa era and you will be fascinated by the interior decoration. Now we go to Sukiyabashi Park while walking across Ginza's specialty "Alley". Yasuaki Elementary School is the same earthquake reconstruction project, but it has a different style from Akashi Elementary School (photo = commentary while looking at Yasuaki Elementary School internal photos).
In the afternoon, I started walking from the Tokyo International Forum and saw the inside of the Mitsubishi No. 1 building, which was restored earlier. At the Meiji Seimeikan, you can go around the tour course and feel the "masterpiece of modern architecture". In Kyobashi, you can see the Meijiya Kyobashi Building in Designated Cultural Property, Chuo-ku from the exterior. Eventually, we arrive at the final point, Takashimaya Tokyo store. This building was registered as a National Important Cultural Property for the first time as a department store in June. It is divided into two groups and receives detailed explanations from the store concierge. The circumference looks around, there is a tour and explanation inside, and the interior surrounded by marble feels heavy. Take the elevator at the time of construction to the rooftop. I think of the famous elephant "Takako". Even now, the remnants were in the tower. Soon at 4:00 p.m., I finished a tour of cultural properties here.
A refreshing autumn day through buildings
Being able to experience a part of the history and culture of Chuo-ku was largely attributable to Lecturer Okamoto's easy-to-understand, careful, and expert commentary. I would like to participate in today's cultural property tour and re-read the research work centered on the lecturer Ginza.
[Akira Makibuchi / Sharakusai]
Nov. 6, 2009 12:00
Continuing from the last time, the story of "Kyobashi". Kyobashi is said to have been built around the same time as Nihonbashi in the early Edo period. Because it is a bridge that leads to the capital of Kyoto, it is likely to be named "Kyobashi". Nihonbashi and Kyobashi are characterized by the fact that giboshi was applied as an official bridge under the direct control of the Shogunate.
At present, the main pillar of Kyobashi, which was built in 1875 (1875), a cultural property of the central ward, remains in both the north and south Hashizume. The name of the bridge is the eldest son of Akira Sasaki (Akinobu), who served as a poet and Chinese scholar of the Meiji era (Minami and Kitamachi magistrates). By the way, it seems to be related to the confectionery shop in amazake Yokocho, Ningyocho.
The main pillar on the west side of Minamizume (Ginza 1-chome Koban side) is engraved as "Kiyahashi", and it can be distinguished that "Kiyau" is the old pseudonym of "Kyo". The fact that it is not modern notation refers to the old days.
On the other hand, if you look closely at the main pillar of the kanji remaining on the east side of Kitazume (in front of the Police Museum) and the history nameplate installed in 1938 (1938) beside it, it is engraved as "Iji (=Kyo's variant character, see the note below) Bridge" (photo). As you have noticed, "I" is contained in the "mouth" section of "Kyoto". In other words, it is an unusual character that is not a "mouth" but a "word" (see figure).
[Note] In recent years, "Kyo" can be used to process fonts for the word "silo" that is not the mouth, but it may not be possible to handle the heterogeneous characters depending on the model such as the website.
In the early Meiji era, "Kyo" in "Tokyo" was sometimes referred to as "silence" instead of "mouth". This was pronounced as "Tokei", and this period was called "Eato-Tokei era". Because of the remnants of the Edo period and the old curtain, he hated the upper style of "Kyo = Kyo", read "Kyo = Kei", that is, "Tokei", and many people used "Ishi" instead of "Kyo". It is said that there were many people, and it is often seen in literature and essays at that time.
As for the reading of "Kyo", "Kyo" is read as "Kyo", "Kei" is Chinese sound, and "Kin" is Karatone. "Keihin-Keihin" is a reading of Chinese sound, and "Beijing-Pekin" is a tang sound. Therefore, "Toji (Kyo is not a mouth, but a word) = Tokei" was called. Has it already become a dead word?
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