Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　"Oh, Mr. Miya, on the 17th of January. If this evening of next year, my tears will always make the moon cloudy, so ..."

　In modern times, January 17 is the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, but the elderly people also sang Koyo Ozaki (1868-1903), "Kiniro Yasha".

　An anecdote that connects the autumn leaves with Maruzen in Nihonbashi is depicted in Roan Uchida (1868-1929). Luan was an active critic, translator, and novelist, but at that time he joined the Maruzen headquarters as an advisor to the book department, and was instrumental in editing the PR magazine "Gaku Stirup" and selling Western books.

　The autumn leaves, which predominantly took the world in the literary stage of the Meiji era and gained a wide range of readers, are exposed to incurable diseases at a young age and are sentenced to March. For the autumn leaves that came to Maruzen due to thinness, I order "Britannica", but I will buy "Century" in a bill that can be cut out instead of a hundred yen. It seems that the autumn leaves were never rich. Luan admires the autumn leaves, who did not forget the desire for knowledge until the moment of death and was willing to buy expensive dictionaries from rich sacs.

　Luan was critical of the autumn leaves and the works of Inkkuriyusha, and it seems that the two were separated, but in the `` One hour's Shikatayama Story '' at this time, I wrote that I was able to get rid of it without hesitation . And it says that it tells future generations that no one knows "the beautiful thing that is enough to decorate the last page of this autumn leaves". "The autumn leaves were truly a literary vessel and were not a talented person."

　Maruzen stopped by after a long time. Remember that you bought the Chuo-ku sightseeing certification text "Chuo-ku Monoshiri Encyclopedia" and "Past Problem Collection" and the old text on the first floor here, and if you go up to the second floor, "Kiniro Yasha Up and down" "People who remember" are still lined up. A long time ago, on the second floor of Maruzen at that time, Katai Tayama bought a book of 12 Moupassan's short stories for 10 yen borrowed in advance, stroked and rubbed on the same shelf There was. When we went up to the third floor, the cafe left the shop at lunch, enjoying the Hayashi rice lunch created by the founder Uteki Hayashi.

　"I eat rice with a lawyer in winter and a ghost in summer." December is said to be at the time of writing by a lecturer, but Yoshiko Ako entered the Honjo Kira House and raised the head of Kira Uenosuke in 1702. It is before dawn of December 15, 1703 (January 31, 1703).

　Historic sites related to the defeat of Gishi in Chuo-ku include the ruins of the Asano Family Kamiyashiki (Akashicho), President Hiroshi Asano Hiro residence (Ginza 4), Shinroku Hazama Tomb (Tsukiji Honganji), Yasushi Horibe Monument (Hachichobori 1), etc. It is not a historic site, but it is from Honsho to Sengakuji Temple. In addition, it is said that there were three hiding destinations in the ward in the mansion (Higashibashi 2), Ishimachi 3-chome, Minami Hatchobori, etc. after the blade wound incident of Yahee Horibe and Yasubei.

　It was Koyamaya Yahee back store on the south side of Ishimachi 3-chome that the Oishi built-in assistant and the main tax hiding until the defeat. Koyamaya is a so-called public inn used by those who visit Edo for lawsuits, and it is quite prosperous, and such places will not be noticeable. Entered Edo in September before the Oishi chief tax was debated, stayed in Koyamaya under the name of Sauchi Kakimi, who came to the public lawsuit, and built-in assistant joined in November as his uncle Gorobei Kakimi. In addition, several ronins, including Touchi Onodera, gather here, and Koyamaya becomes the center of preparation for the defeat.

　Speaking of Ishimachi 3-chome, "Time Bell" and "Nagasakiya" at the time of Capitan Edo Sanfu in the Netherlands are famous, but Koyamaya is also said to have been partially used as Dutch dormitory. It's fun to imagine those who say, "Is this the place where Oishi lived?"

　By the way, where was Koyamaya at Ishimachi 3-chome? According to the book of the book, "It was in the current 4-1 Nihonbashi Honmachi", "It was in a place connecting the eaves with Nagasakiya (4-4 Nihonbashi Muromachi)", "Kokumachi right opposite Koyamaya There was a bell, "(Tempura no) Tenshi Shigeru's place (4-1-3 Nihonbashi Honmachi) ... " All of these are on the north side of Kokumachi Street (now Edo-dori St.). (Ishimachi 3-chome is a so-called two-sided town, and is made on both north and south sides across the street. According to the current lot number, the north side is 4-4 Nihonbashi Muromachi and 4-1 Nihonbashi Honmachi, and the south side is Nihonbashi Muromachi 3-4 and Nihonbashi Honmachi 3-3. )　However, one of the forty-seven men, Kichiemon Terasaka's memorandum "Terasaka Myki" states "Ishimachi 3-chome south or Koyamaya Yahee back store", so amateurs think that it would be natural to say that it was on the south side I'm thinking. I would appreciate it if you could give me a detailed explanation.

　Oishi and others who headed from Koyamaya to Honjo Kira's residence finally get their true spirits. It seems that the cold weather was particularly severe at the end of this year. Oishi is said to be cold, but it will have reached a new year with a full and full feeling.

[Photo]　View east of Edo-dori St. and Muromachi Sanchome intersection.

　　　　　　On the left side (north side), there is an explanation board of Nagasakiya ruins.

　Where did you come at 2:40 p.m. on March 11, 2011? I was born near the wall of the Kidai Shoran, an underground concourse in front of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.Great East Japan Earthquake's Memory and Reconstruction exhibition is being held in the same place. (Until the 30th. Free of charge.

　About 20,000 people died in missing person, about 360,000 houses partially destroyed ... more than 600 days have passed since great disaster, but traces of earthquakes and tsunamis remain in various places and many people are forced to evacuate. The organizer says that the exhibition was held to convey the response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the situation of reconstruction, and that the days of fighting against major earthquake will not be weathered.

　The exhibits include those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake (road signs, clocks, etc.), photo panels before and after the tsunami, and panels introducing reconstruction activities, but photos of Ishinomaki Kitakami River estuary and Takada Matsubara have a feeling of millet on the skin no matter how many times you look.

　Another interesting thing is the introduction of disaster traditions in Tohoku. It is a legend that passed on safe evacuation site to future generations based on the experience of the past tsunami, such as Funakoshi Yamanouchi in Iwate and Yamadamachi, and the story of Matsuyama and Kosaji in Miyagi and Tagajo.

　At the end of Matsuyama Nami Kosoji (Motosuke Kiyoharano) while squeezing the sleeves into a contract.

　It's a familiar song with Hyakunin Isshu. The wave crosses Matsuyama at the end ... It is an analogy of what can not happen, but the tsunami rushed to the surrounding area in Great East Japan Earthquake, but only Matsuyama at the end remained without flooding.

　※Nihonbashi "Memory and Reconstruction of Great East Japan Earthquake" Exhibition

　　　●Until November 30 (Fri).　Free of charge

　　　●Venue Tokyo Metro Mitsukoshimae Station Concourse 1-3 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku

　　　●Organized by Great East Japan Earthquake's Memory and Reconstruction Exhibition Executive Committee

　　　●“Nihonbashi” Preservation Society and others

　　　●Planning Non-Profit Organization National Highway Exchange Meeting

　　　●Supported by Chuo-ku, etc.

　On March 11th, on Chuo-dori, on the ground, preparations for the 100th anniversary of the Nihonbashi Bridge, "Edo Furumachi Festival", which will be held the next day, were reaching its final stage. I also bought an advance ticket for one of the events, "ladder liquor tournament", and was looking forward to the day, but the festival was canceled. I would like you to revive the ladder liquor tournament with Tohoku sake and appetizers someday.

[On the photo]　Front of the venue

[Lower photo]　Immediately after the earthquake, the ground (photographed at 2:55). No one knows what happened yet.

　The London Olympics, which colored this summer. After the closing, the parade of British national players was filled with a great success of 1 million citizens. The Ginza Parade of the Japanese medalist was 500,000, so it's really here. Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) was the first Japanese who studied abroad in London. This time, I visited the relationship between this great writer and Chuo-ku.

　Soseki has no connection with Chuo-ku (Nihonbashi-ku + Kyobashi-ku), but there are three monuments in the ward. Both were built by an official at Waseda University near the birthplace of Waseda, and are located in a place related to Soseki's work.

①"The site of Masago-za, where the performance of Soseki" Cat "" Monument
　　(5-1 Nihonbashi Nakasu, 2003)

　　From January 1905 to August 1939, "I am a Cat" published in grayheaded cuckoo magazine became very popular and was performed in Masago-za from November 3 to 30, 1906 by Yoho Ii. (Soseki doesn't seem to be watching this stage.)

②"The Stage of Soseki Masterpieces" Monument
　(2005 Nihonbashi 1-4 Coredo Nihonbashi Annex Square)

　Before the earthquake, there was a vaudeville called Kihara store in a narrow Yokocho around this area, which appeared in "Sanshiro" and "Kokoro". Soseki himself loves rakugo, and he often visited when he was young.

③Monument of "Echigoya in Soseki"
　(Rooftop of Mitsukoshi Main Store, 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, 2006)

　Echigo-ya kimono shop (Mitsukoshi) appears in "Michikusa" and "Hobby genetics". In addition, "Gobijinso Yukatachi" will be sold and it will be a great reputation.

　Born in Edo, Soseki of Tokyo. Nihonbashi and Ginza in the city center should have been very interested, and their works will feature many famous stores and long-established stores that continue to exist, such as Takebatei, Tenshodo, Shiseido, Meijiya, Maruzen, etc. You must have visited him many times.

　Looking at Soseki's diary, there is a description of taking a walk in Ginza like one day. In 1910, from June 18 to July 31, just before the so-called "Shuzenji Great Case", he was hospitalized at Choyo Gasin Hospital near Hibiya Park (the brother of Yoshiro Nagayo was the director), but one week before discharge It seems that he walked around Ginza every night. On July 28, he climbed to the roof of Tenshodo, and looked at his legs and felt like he was scooping. (In this hospital diary ... The unusual therapy of warming the abdomen with konjac heated for gastric ulcer treatment continues for two weeks, and the skin becomes fired, but the konjac fee is 15 per week It is said that you paid 25 yen. In addition, Takuboku Ishikawa, who worked for the Asahi Shimbun in Takiyama-cho (Ginza 6-chome), visited twice on July 1 and 5 for corporate purposes. There is a description.)

　Okura Shoten and Hattori Shoten, which published Soseki's success work, "I am a Cat", are located in Nihonbashi and Kyobashi wards, respectively, and probably have traveled several times. In addition, the Asahi Shimbun, who joined the company, was also in Takiyama-cho, so the relationship between Soseki and Chuo-ku seems to be unexpectedly deep. There may be a monument in the ward from now on.

　Hisaya Morishige (1913-2009), a famous actor who won the Order of Culture and the National Honor Award, and Kuniko Mukoda (1929-1981), a scriptwriter and still very popular. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hisaya Morishige's birth and the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Kuniko Mukoda Prize, an exhibition that traces the interaction and success of the two is being held in Nihonbashi.

　[Hisaya Morishige and Kuniko Mukoda Exhibition]

　　Wednesday, June 6　→　18th (Mon)　

　　Gallery on the 7th floor of the new building of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

　　Admission fee: 800 yen for general and university students

　Hisaya Morishige, who fulfilled his 96-year-old natural life in 2009, and Kuniko Mukoda, who was scattered in a Taiwanese aircraft accident at the age of 51. In the fall of 1959, Kuniko Mukoda, who wrote the script for Shigeru Mori's radio program "My wife's hand is as it", was recognized by Shigeru Mori, and after that he was assigned to screenplay a radio and television program that he appeared, and his talent blossomed. , "The grandchildren of the Seven", "Dain's flowers", "Time", and "Kintaro Terauchi". "I'm a Zub's amateur today because Fudoshi or Tsutsugi suddenly borrowed a yokozuna's chest and bumped into it" ("Hisaya Morishige"), she thanks. Shigeru Mori, who lamented her sudden death, offered a phrase in front of the grave on the third anniversary.　

　"Flower savory flowers with a scent of flowers."

　Both of them were born and raised, and have no connection with Chuo-ku, but Kuniko Mukoda was an editor of a movie magazine before aspiring to become a scenario writer, and the publisher, Ochisha, who had been in office for nine years, was in Edobashi. The first essay collection of 1978, "My Father's Apology Letter", 24 editions (the right hand could not be used due to the sequelae of breast cancer surgery, it was written with the left hand) were published in "Ginza Hundred Points". In addition, she was told that the four brothers and sisters were born unintentionally thanks to the bills of Suitengu, and left an essay `` Visit the remnants of Edo in Ningyocho '' that spelled out the charm of Ningyocho He gave me

　It has nothing to do with Chuo-ku, but one serpent here. Hisaya Morishige settled in Setagaya shortly after the war, but the road from the nearest Odakyu Line Chitose-Funabashi Station to Shigeru Mori House was called "Shigeru Mori Street", but two years ago Setagaya-ku A naming ceremony was held with this common name as the official name. Shigeru Mori's residence has now been changed to a luxury condominium, but the name displayed at the entrance is "SETAGAYA TEVYE". It is named the main character of that famous stage "Violin Playing on the Roof", which boasts 900 performances.

[On the photo]　Exhibition hall at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store

[In the photo]　Tomb of Kuniko Mukoda (Tama Cemetery)

　　　　　　　"Hana Hiraki ..." is on the book-shaped monument on the right of the tombstone.

[Lower photo]　Tomb of Hisaya Morishige (Yanaka Cemetery)

　Love is the secret of the human world, love and the later human world ...

　Montaro Toruya Kitamura, a pioneer in modern Japanese literature, was born in Odawara in 1868, and moved to Shichi-cho, Yazaemon-cho, Kyobashi-ku in 1881 with his parents and brothers. My father goes to the Ministry of Finance and my mother starts a tobacco retailer. After moving into Yasuaki Elementary School, he was recognized for his outstanding talent by Principal Kazutaka Taniguchi. After graduating from the following year in 1882, he became a politician and joined the Liberal Rights Movement, but eventually left there, entered Christianity, proceeded to the path of literature, and published poems and criticisms that surprised the world. In May 1894, the premature genius ended himself in a short life of 25 years and 4 months.

　Yazaemon-cho Shichi is the current Ginza 4-3. It was a two-story building with a corner lot on the middle left from Sukiyabashi toward Owaricho intersection. (The name of Toruya comes from Sukiya Bridge.)　Toruya moves many times after that, but he returns here after a while.
Of course, I went to Yasuaki Elementary School from here, and my marriage with Minako Ishizaka also published "Shu Prison Poetry" at my own expense. The year before his death, it was the clothesline in this house that committed suicide by piercing his throat.
Toson Shimazaki, who was impressed by Tokoya's text and had a friendship, said that he often went to play on the second floor of that tobacco shop. (Fujimura also learned from Yasuaki Elementary School, but his friendship with Tokoya began long ago in 1892 with the introduction of Yoshiharu Iwamoto.)

　At the entrance of Yasuaki Elementary School, there is a familiar monument called "Learn here at Toson Shimazaki Kitamura Toya Young Children". This seems to be the only thing in Toruya that remains in Chuo-ku.
(One snake leg. Although it is the above monument, I think that the order of name is the opposite even if you think about various things such as birth order, transfer order, literary relations, etc. ...)

(At the same time, one more snake foot. In Odawara, Toruya's fabric, "Kitamura Toriya Birthplace" monument (Hamacho 3-chome), "Toruya Kitamura Montaro Tomb" (Shiroyama 1-chome, Kochoji), and "Kitamura Toriya Monument" (Minamicho 2-chome, Odawara Literature Museum site. It was made by Fujimura's rush. It is engraved with Fujimura brush as "Dedicated to Kitamura Toya." )　In addition, you can see a lot of related materials at Odawara Literature Museum. If you are interested in Toruya, this is a must-see.

[Photo]　From the top

　◎Around 7-chome, former Yazaemon-cho (currently Ginza 4-3)

　◎Monument at the entrance of Yasuaki Elementary School

　◎Toruya Birthplace Monument (3-chome, Hamacho, Odawara City)

　◎Tomb of Kitamura Toya (1-chome, Shiroyama, Odawara-shi, Kochoji)