Yukio Mishima's "Hashizukushi" is a short story published in "Bungei Shunju" in 1956, a work when Mishima was 31 years old. Four women in the Hanayanagi world (two geishas, a daughter of a restaurant, and their girls) wished on the night of August 15th of the lunar calendar, and the conditions for fulfilling the "wish" are "I don't cross the bridge twice" and "I can't talk to anyone." Well, who is able to cross safely?
This "Seven Bridge Crossing" is said to be "On the full moon night, the folk religion that if you cross the seven bridges without talking to anyone, your wish will come true, became popular among women in Hanamachi during the Edo period." . It is not clear whether it was still believed in the Hanayagi world at the time of the presentation of the work, but after announcing "Kinkaku-ji Temple", "Spring too long", "Kan Narukan", etc., it was a novel by Mishima, who was a popular writer at the time. After the announcement, "Seven Bridge Crossing" became popular. There is a monument at the base of Miyoshi Bridge opposite "Ginza Blossom", and there is a part of this "Bridge Tsukushi" and a diagram of the bridge at that time.
According to the report, "This bridge was built in 1929 (1929) as part of the reconstruction plan after the Great Kanto Earthquake, where the waterway connecting the Kaede River was cut down at the bent point of the Tsukiji River and the river became a three-pronged shape. Was. The emotional landscape has now been reclaimed and turned into an expressway, and has become an overpass."
I decided to walk while imagining the time when the novel was announced. At the time of the novel, it would have been a 1.2KM walk to Tsukiji Honganji, about 15 minutes walk. ・・
First of all, hats, masks, and large sunglasses (convenience store robbery style!) Is completed. Well, I'm leaving. The description of Miyoshi Bridge is as follows.
"A rare three-pronged bridge over the three-pronged river line, the railing of the bridge is low, and each of the elegant Suzuran lights stands at the three corners that shape the triangle. By crossing two sides of the three-pronged, you crossed two bridges."
"Tsukijibashi is a bridge with no taste. The four stone pillars of Hashizume also have a tasteless shape."
→I dropped out due to abdominal pain
The name "Irifunebashi" was written in white on a vertical iron plate that could not be seen at night, either green or black on a low stone pillar of Hashizume. "
"I saw a poisonous white pillar in my way. There is a white paint on the pillars that I noticed with concrete in a strange shape."
→A little bow, an acquaintance told me to drop out
This Akatsuki Bridge and the seventh bridge, Bizen Bridge, have been reclaimed and turned into Tsukiji River Park. There are stone pillars at the entrance and exit of the park.
Originally, there should be "Sakae Bridge" between "Akatsuki Bridge" and "Bizen Bridge", which was described as "a small Sakae Bridge with only a green iron plate", but could not be found . According to other materials, it seems that it was around "Tsukiji 7-chome 2". ・・
"Bizen Bridge, protected by the green balustrade, is a light slope of Arched bridge with a parabolic line. A concrete pillar shaped like a shamisen box is marked as Bizen Bridge, and there is a light on the top of the pillar. Masako, a policeman questioned and answered, and dropped out.
As a result, only one person was able to cross the seven bridges. Did the "wish" come true? I can only cross six, not at night due to photography reasons, but forget to "wish" before starting to cross! I'm here. (I can't win the lottery again this year.)
Mishima wrote a dance script for Kosaburo Nishikawa after the novel of "Hashizukushi". More than 40 years have passed since that shocking death. He was 45 years old when he died! I wanted you to write a lot of new Kabuki works and become "Showa's Silent Ami"! And while walking along the trace of the bridge, I felt as disappointing as it is now.
