"Would you like to come down from the sky with a fortune?"
"If you win the lottery..."
"Sugimori Shrine" located at 1-chome, Nihonbashi Horidomecho, stopped by thinking of something like a lovely tenement house resident "Kuma-san, Yachi-an" in rakugo.
It's like a cedar forest, so in the past, cedar trees were overgrown around here.
"Tomizuka" stands on the left hand of worship hall.
When I was looking at, "Is there a connection to the lottery?"
The appearance after a long absence is a familiar grandfather who is familiar with only useless things.
"This is the place where lottery was held during the Edo period.
It's like the ancestor of the lottery now.
To commemorate that, a monument has been built.
I wonder if there was a lottery in the Edo period.
The lottery has reached its peak during the culture and Bunsei period, which is said to be the maturity of Edo culture.
It was approved by the Shogunate and said that there were more than 30 places in the Edo area alone.
I guess it's a part of public gambling.
The government's lottery has been granted permission to the shrines and shrines under the name of constructing repair costs, etc., as subsidies to temples and shrines have been reduced due to the financial deterioration of the Shogunate.
In the lottery performed at the precincts of the temple and shrine, a wooden tag with a number was placed in a large box, a well-wrapped one, a long handle was inserted through the hole at the top, and the wooden tag was pierced.
"Pine No. 1234" written on the wooden tag is a hit number and can be read high.
The people who gathered in the precincts swayed.
It's a scene that I sometimes see in historical dramas.
Richness is something that people of all ages dream. That's why it's also featured in rakugo and plays.
In particular, "Mitomi in Edo" was counted as Yushima Tenjin, Taninaka Kannoji Temple (Tennoji Temple), and Meguro Fudo.
It seems to have been very prosperous along with visiting temples and shrines.
What was this Sugimori Shrine?
Because it is located in a townhouse facing the main highway in Edo, people would have been able to drop in casually.
Together with Kasumori in Shimbashi and Sparrow Forest in Fukagawa (sometimes include Yanagimori Shrine), it was called "Mimori in Edo". There's no reason to do it.
Even now, it is an auspicious place where Ebisu of Nihonbashi Seven Lucky Gods is celebrated.
However, due to the overheat of the lottery, Tadakuni Mizuno of the Shogunate has been abolished or banned due to the reform of Tenpo.
I think it would be better to walk steadily and steadily while holding a dream.'
When it became a sermon story, the old man quickly left.
"No, sir. Even though he is not a relative, he is a noisy grandfather. "But in the light falling through the fresh green trees, he squeezes the wealth bill tightly and gives a hot gaze at the foot of the cone. I felt like I could see the figure of the common people of Edo.
