It has been 100 years since Meibashi Nihonbashi, the bridge in April 1911, survived the Great Kanto Earthquake and the war. I was very sorry that the birthday celebration was swept away by the influence of this Great East Japan Earthquake. Today, I walked along the stage of Kyoka Izumi (1873-1939) novel (published in 1914, 1917, plays published in 1917) with the title of "Nihonbashi".
"Nihonbashi" Kyoka's 40-year-old work. The title is not the name of the bridge, but the place name. Nihonbashi is a place name that has the Hanayanagi world such as the former Hinokimonocho, Makicho, and Motodaikumachi. The spiritual beauty of Nihonbashi geisha living in Hanamachi is depicted in famous sentences, but it is said to be a mature masterpiece of Kyoka, a feminist who loved Nihonbashi and loved geisha, as well as a view of Edokko. The year after the publication, "Nihonbashi" premiered in Hongo-za by the new school, and since then became a new school's kyogen, and in January this year it was performed at the Mitsukoshi Theater in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the bridge "Nihonbashi" bridge. I think many people have seen it.
Himonomachi
Hinokimonocho is the center of the current Yaesu 1-chome, Nihonbashi Hanayagikai, where Kiyoha's Taki no Ie is located in Nihonbashi. Around this time, Tokyo Station was burned down in the wake of the earthquake and war, and there are no buildings that remind you of the old atmosphere, but the Kappo cuisine "Yamanto" founded in the Meiji era is still alive in the building district today. The name of this store will appear on the new school stage.
The novel "Nihonbashi" is bound by Japanese painter Yukitai Komura (1887-1940). It was my first binding work, but it was said to be one of the best masterpieces in the history of binding, and he has since become an era in the fields of illustrations and stage art. Yukidai was born in Kawagoe, but grew up in Tokyo at a young age at 25 Hinokimachi. This was the house where there was a famous incident called Utakichi Shindo. Like Kyoka, he loved Nihonbashi, and the title of the book that collected his sentences after his death was Nihonbashi Hinomonocho.
Ichiishibashi
On the evening of March 4th, a medical doctor Shinzo Kuzuki was interrogated by a police officer, and the Inaba family Takashi sent a rescue boat on the balustrade of Ichiishibashi, and an important scene will continue on this bridge thereafter. At that time, it became a wooden bridge with a length of 14 and a width of 3, and a reinforced concrete arch bridge in 1922, and the current bridge was completed in 2000. One of the main pillars of granite during the Taisho Bridge is preserved in Minamizume. (Chuo Kumin Tangible Cultural Property) Next to it is also the "Mayoiko no Shirube" from the Edo period. (Designated Cultural Property, Tokyo)
West bank extension guardian of children and travelers
Nishikawashi Jizodo, which was founded during the Kyoho period, was famous for the benefit of marriage. "Nihonbashi" also depicts the visits of the main characters. At the time of the premiere of Hongo-za in 1915, Shotaro Hanayagi, who was selected as the role of a koiko Osensei, prayed for the success of Nobumei guardian of children and travelers on a snowy night after his practice. And this will be the success of the later living national treasures and cultural merits. When he replayed at Meijiza in 1938, he dedicated himself to guardian of children and travelers the forehead (with the phrases of Kyoka and Taro Shodai). This figure is currently designated as the central ward Tangible Cultural Property. In front of the main hall I visited today, there was a round Ema depicting the appearance of the Sensei, which seemed to be filled with the passion of young people seeking good relations. If you are in the right age, why don't you visit us once?
Finally, the name line of the Inaba family Takashi ...
"The evening of the chicks' festival, spring, vague, fair, ... guardian of children and travelers, on the west bank of the west bank, who visits one place, is married, and Japan is a dark night."
[Photo] From the top
・Yaesu 1-chome, Former Hinokimonomachi neighborhood
・The current Kappo cuisine "Yamanto"
・Ichiishibashi
・West bank extension guardian of children and travelers
・Prolonged life guardian of children and travelers, Marriage Ema
