Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

This year, 200 years after Matsue feudal lord Fumai Matsudaira (1751-1818), famous as a daimyo tea master, died, it seems that there are plenty of plans for the “Fumai 200th Anniversary Festival” in Matsue City, but also in Tokyo, the Mitsui Museum and Hatakeyama Memorial Museum, which holds many works of art from unmai and unmai. "Unmai collects many masterpieces such as calligraphy, specialty tools, and furnishings, and today many are designated as national treasures and heavy sentences. This time, we will introduce a number of masterpieces that Fumai loved, as well as handwritten calligraphy that shows unmaids, and vessels that you like to make. "(Exhibition Pamph). Of course, it is wonderful to collect masterpieces, but what is even more amazing is `` Yunshu Kura Book '' which describes his collection and `` Kokin specialty '' that empirically describes specialty mainly tea utensils such as tea bowls and tea bowls along with illustrations. It is that I wrote 18 volumes. Items and names such as Chuko specialties, daimyo products, and specialties that are still used today are determined by this book. What I wanted to see was the national treasure "Oido Chawan / Kizaemon Ido" and the Shigebun "Akaraku Chawan / Koetsu Kaga", but in the tea room built in the museum (the national treasure tea room "Nyoan") A copy of the unmayed book "Excitation" was hung, and the red music bowl "Unitemono" was set up, and it was too wonderful. It is famous for the "slave book" that was good at, but this "word" is a line typeface, but the balance between Osako power and margins is wonderful. (I feel like I'm getting angry at the mischief. I want it.

At the end of the exhibition, "Unmaid as a producer", and here there are tools that reflect one's aesthetic sense created by painters, Yoyusai Hara and Kojima Urushibosai. They are tools that can only be said to be fashionable and hobby good. His praise, "The world is fine, square, peaceful, and not open like tofu," is also exhibited on a well-known tofu-drawn kakemono. He retired from feudal lord at the age of 53 and built a tea garden with 11 tea rooms in the Matsudaira residence in Osaki, Shinagawa. I'm jealous of you.

What happened to this tea garden is that it was confiscated by the Shogunate, where security off Shinagawa was urgently needed due to the arrival of Kurofune, and the trace disappeared. The grave has been moved from Shiba and Tentokuji to Gokokuji after the Great Kanto Earthquake. (I've been here during this time.)

"Daimyo tea master Fumai Matsudaira" exhibition

Mitsui Memorial Museum From 10:00 to 17:00 on June 17 Closed Monday

1 minute exit A7 exit of Mitsukoshimae Station 7th floor of Mitsui Main Building

As a special performance commemorating the 620th anniversary of the opening of the Kanze Noh Theater and the 620th anniversary of the birth of Onami, the "first ceremony of old songs", which is rarely performed today, was performed on April 25. The first ceremony of the shogunate is the official event of the Shogunate, which was held every year at the Edo Castle Honmaru great hall under the Shogun, Misanke, and various daimyo line during the New Year of the Edo period. After reading this description a few years ago, I thought I would like to see it somehow. "At the beginning of the song on the 3rd of New Year's Day, various daimyo climbed the castle, offered Shimadai, and in return, the general himself gave a cup to the daimyo. In the meantime, Noh's Yoza and first-class Tayu songs are performed, and when it is over, Kanze Tayu worships the shoulder clothes that the Shogun has removed as a tradition since the Muromachi Shogunate, and then various daimyo imitated the Shogun and took off the shoulder clothes to the spot. After all, those shoulder robes were handed over to Kanze Tayu, but the daimyo sent messengers to Kanze Tayu's house the next day, rewarded and collected the shoulder robes. " ("Edo Hakuran Keiki")

Since the project was announced, I couldn't understand the details and I contacted several times, so I really enjoyed it today. When I took a picture at the entrance and completed the reception, I was impressed by the "first anniversary commemorative gift of the opening". The face of a theater critic who is full of driftwood and appears in the media in the front is also here. According to the explanation after the performance, it will be performed in the form of "When the first song was revived in 1880", so it is more compact than those of the Edo period.

It's started. At first, Kanze Daio, Hosho Daio, and Kongo Daio appeared in the formal dress of samurai crow hats and kimonos, and three local songs from each school continued, and the players appeared where they were seated. This time, Mr. Shichizaemon Mogi, President of the Japan Arts and Culture Promotion Association, will work. All of them are Hirabushi, and the player speaks to Kanze Daio and says, "I don't want." "Shikainami" started with no hair, and when it was over, the musicians appeared. It is "Oimatsu", "Tohoku" and "Takasago" by the three major husbands (playing without dance with shite and local songs and music). These three songs are said to be the first stage of the song. When the performance is over, it is "Jifuku worship". The lining is red with a white cotton case. At this time, the three major husbands dance the next "Yumiya Tateai" by layering the clothes on the kimono. This is said to be due to the history of Ieyasu Tokugawa, who fled to Hamamatsu Castle due to the great defeat of Mikataga Hara, rejoicing that the enemy Takeda army returned and letting Kanze Daio dance for a while. At the end of "Yumiya Tateai", the player gives a shoulder robe to Kanze Daio, and the player also takes off and throws his shoulder robe. It seems that it was customary to get money when I asked the daimyo family to return the shoulder robe at a later date. Later, according to the explanation of the Kanze sect, near the end of the Tokugawa period, each daimyo family was also told to "Please take it home" due to financial difficulties, and the Kanze family has three shoulders with the daimyo family crest. It seems that there is. After that, the Onami Symposium entitled "Samurai rituals and Noh" was held at Kokugakuin Professor Kenichi Futaki, Professor Shinpei Matsuoka of the University of Tokyo, and the Kanze sect. (Onami is the third generation of the Kanze style.) At that time, I heard that the kimono worn by the Kanze sect was worshiped by the second shogun, Hidetada. It is hard to see the stage where the third-class sect is together. It was a great day.

"Look for Warley!" Looking for Warley with "black frame glasses, red and white shirt, knit hat" from crowds This is a popular picture book series all over the world. The Warley exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of its birth in 2017 has begun on April 18th. This is the first time that valuable original drawings have been released in Japan, and many parents and children have at the venue. It's also interesting to see that Warley's face at the time of "In Town", which was first published in 1987, turns into a sharp face as the series is repeated. I missed the competition to look for children.

At the end of the exhibition, there is a "Find Warley with Tea Flowers" corner, and you can enjoy it with a smile that all the luggage loaded on the hoodie is "Tea Hanaden". Looking at my situation, which I couldn't find easily, the next one gently told me.

In the next exhibition space, "MOE 40th Anniversary 5 People Exhibition" is being held at the same time. Yuka Shimada, Komako Sakai, Yuko Higuchi, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Nakaya Miwa, and are now popular picture book writers who debuted with "MOE". I'm helping children read stories at the library, but I'm happy to have two books I just picked up last week. You can enjoy 200 original drawings. It is recommended for viewing with your children at GW.

"Search for Warley" "MOE 40^th Anniversary 5 People Exhibition"

Matsuya Ginza 8F Event Square

Closed from 10:00 to 20:00 until May 7 at 17:00 on the last day

"Search for Warley" Entrance fee General 1000 yen, high school student 700 yen, junior high school student 500 yen, elementary school student 300 yen

"MOE 40^th Anniversary 5 People Exhibition" Entrance fee General 800 yen High school students 600 yen Elementary and junior high school students 400 yen

I'm here. It's in front of that Wako clock tower. A perfect day for shooting in the blue sky reminiscent of early summer. Today, it was announced that "Tokyo is the first summer day of this year, cherry blossoms are in full bloom." It is the first time in 20 years that "summer day and cherry blossoms are in full bloom" overlap.

It is a Wako clock tower with no strangers as a "symbol of Ginza", but as you know, the clock tower is "normal entry", and Wako employees basically only enter "two times of joining and leaving the company" It is a place where you can enter. The only chance is to take a commemorative photo in front of the clock tower, which began in September 2010, as a privilege for those who purchased more than 150,000 yen during the bridal fair. Personally, I didn't seem to be blessed with the opportunity at all, and I thought there was no connection for a lifetime, but a friend who got the privilege this time called out. How long have you been looking forward to that day? The person in charge will guide you to the 7th floor by direct elevator. Go up the stairs and the end of the door is already the rooftop. There is that clock tower in front of you. ・I'm already excited about the proximity. While I was absorbed in taking pictures, the chime began to resonate. According to the person in charge, "The Westminster chime begins to sound 45 seconds before the hour, and one stroke after the lingering sound informs you of the right time." "11:00!" It's very powerful when you hear it right next door. On June 10, 1954 (1954), from the anniversary of time. Let me introduce the specifications of the clock tower here.

It's interesting to take this quiz.

The height from the ground to the clock tower　　　　39.39m

The height to the rooftop　　　　　　　　　　30.30m

The height of the clock tower　　　　　　　　　　　9.09m

The height of the lightning rod　　　　　　　　　　　8m

Diameter size of the dial　　　　　　2.4m

The length of the needle　　　　　Long needle　　　　　　1.17m

　　　　　　　　　Short needle　　　　　　0.75m (from Wako HP)

The power part of the watch has been replaced by the Seiko Quartz movement since 1966 (1966), and the GPS radio time correction system has been introduced since 2004 (2004). (From Seiko HP)

The dial on all sides of the clock tower almost exactly refers to "east, west, north and south", and the letters SEIKO are included in the north and south. Today, I was able to take pictures from three directions except the south side. Looking down on the city of Ginza from the rooftop, you can realize that "This is 4-chome, the center of Ginza". I could see cherry blossoms blooming on the roof of Mitsukoshi. (It's a cherry blossom viewing in Ginza.)

As you know, this clock tower is the second generation completed in 1932. The design was the Neo Renaissance style by Jin Watanabe, and Jin Watanabe was a famous architect at the time when he designed the Hotel New Grand (former building) and Dai-ichi Seimeikan in Yokohama. The first clock tower was completed in 1894 (1894), and the architect was Tamekichi Ito, the stage artist Kisaku Ito, and the father of director Korenari Senda, and obtained 70 patents and was called "Japanese Leonardo Da Vinci". Was

It was 85 years since the second generation clock tower was completed last year in 2017. In 2009 (2009), it was certified as a "Modernized Industrial Heritage" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We will continue to carve history as a symbol of Ginza in the future. I want to go again! I have to marry my daughter. ・・・・

4-5-11, Ginza, Wako TEL3562-2111

Business hours 10:30~19:00

＊From April 1 (Sun) of this year, it has been a privilege for those who have purchased a year-round engagement ring or marriage ring in pairs.　　　　　

The above exhibition started on April 11 as part of the 110th anniversary of the Takashimaya Art Department's founding, and immediately came to the museum on the first day.

As you all know, Mr. Kura Suzuki is a ceramic artist representing Hyundai Shino, who was certified as an important intangible cultural property holder (living national treasure) of Shino in 1994. The exhibition at Takashimaya has been a new exhibition for the first time in nine years since 2009, not only Shino, but also Seto black, vases, and books. This time, the subtitle "Shigahi, Become Nature" is a word in Basho's "Oi no Kobun", and it seems that "easy flow", which is said to be the characteristic of Basho haikai, was born.

There are many works with different tendencies from the past, and when you slowly look at "If you can buy it, this is good", the person in charge said, "Please pick it up", and the words are sweet and powerful When you put a large bowl on your hand, there is no weight that you can imagine from the size of the appearance, and "The green looks like it looks like it looks like it looks like it." How delicious it will be with this," he sighed. I was able to talk a little with my teacher, and it was a happy day. If you don't have the luck of the lottery, you can't buy it, but I'd like to see it again just by looking at it.

"Suzuki Kura Exhibition" Takashimaya Nihonbashi 6th floor art gallery until April 17th

The picture book law Qu, where Nizaemon Kataoka works for the first generation, is a masterpiece of Nanboku Tsuruya, commonly known as the "Taheiji of the Position", an enemy attack in which the evil people are active . It has been performed several times at the National Theater Shochiku Theater, but it is the first time at Kabuki Theater. The actors are also breathing in the "Team Picture Book Law Qu", which is almost the same as the previous one. This is the last time you can see the two roles of Dainosuke and Taiheiji, where Nizaemon plays, and the audience seats are full. Dainosuke Saegusa, who is inexperienced to embezzle the house, and Taihei, the two violent townspeople who give him, continue to kill plot and cruel murder, and all the enemy's clans return, what is the end?

This villain, Daisuke Taiheiji, is played by Nizaemon. Nizaemon, who has many second roles, says in an interview, "It's bad to play and enjoy." Certainly, the expression of "Nitari" as if you are enjoying killing is amazing. This stage is also supervised, but if you look at the sharp and light movements, this month's "first generation, performing" may be "an actor aesthetic", but as a fan, "I can still do it" There is no remnant saying "I want you to show it again."

The day part is also called "Saigo and Katsu", which is commemorated in 2017, and "Ura front and back generations Hagi", where Kikugoro plays Futaki Dansei and the bad party of care, Kosuke for the first time in 23 years, "Omote" is a famous Gitayu Kyogen "Kara Predai Hagi" and "Ura" are killers and a combination of Kosuke. This is also something to see. I'm looking forward to next week. I have to look at the night part again. Mr. Shochiku, would you like to sell coupons?

For inquiries about tickets on April 26, Ticket Hon Shochiku 0570 - 000-489 (10:00 to 18:00)

Please note that the evening show starts at 16:45.