Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Finally, at the end of the year, it is Yagenbori's year-old city that retains the remnants of Edo from the 27th to 29th. Did you know that "Saizo City" stood in Nihonbashi Yokkaichi on the 28th of the same day during the Edo period?

　　"Mikawa Manzai descends to Edo and gathers at Minamizume in Nihonbashi on the night of the end of every year's extreme month (Shiwasu), and embraces Saizo. This is Saizo City Toifu ("Edo Famous Zoukai")

　Oh, it's fun, fun, and the house is full of happiness ...

　In Mikawa Manto, two people, "Tayu" with both swords on folding crow hats and hemp sliding doors, and "Saizo" with a drum, go around the houses from New Year's Day and match the drums hit by Saizo. It was a blessing that was indispensable for the New Year's mood, where they sang and received a celebration rice coin.

　Tayu came from Mikawa, which is related to the Tokugawa family, and hired Saizo in Edo. Saizo City was the market that chose the favorite person from the migrant migrants mainly from the Boso area and hired them to the other side.

　Yokkaichimachi was located on the southern shore of the Nihonbashi River, between Nihonbashi and Edobashi, around 1-7-10, 18-19 of Nihonbashi today. (Edobashi at that time was closer to the east than it is now.)　Hirokoji was formed after the Great Fire of the Meiryaku era (currently near the Nihonbashi Post Office), and Dotegura was set up on the banks, and to the west of Edobashi, the Kisarazu Riverside, where Kisarazu departure and arrival boats depart and depart (currently Mitsubishi Warehouse and Nomura Securities). Did the Saizos coming from Boso arrive here by boat?

　It is this Saizo city, but it seems that it disappeared as the times went down.

　"After Tenpo, it has already been abolished, and Mansai (= Tayu) and Saizo are promised next year and separated. ・・ ・ Because that is an example of this time, Banzai did not have to choose Saizo each time. " (Kido Okamoto, "Mikawa Manzai")

[Left photo]　Take the Edobashi area from Nihonbashi Minamizume

[Photo right]　Edobashi Minami Intersection, from left to right now Edobashi, Mitsubishi Warehouse, Nihonbashi Post Office

 

 

　The restoration work of the Matsuno Chaya, which has been undertaken since 2008 as part of the restoration and maintenance of the Ochiya of the former Hamarikyu Garden, which has been lost due to the earthquake and war.

The fourth "Chaya Restoration Site Tour" was held on December 26 (Sun), following the completion of the restoration work and the same appearance as 200 years ago.

First of all, from the viewpoint of not only the use as a teahouse, but also the restoration of the landscape as an element that constitutes Oizumi together with others, compare the scenery from "Oden Bridge" and "Nakashima Bridge" with historical materials. Enjoy the view.

After listening to a lecture by Mr. Kasugai of the Association for the Preservation of Cultural Properties, who was in charge of the design of the restoration, etc. <Reconstruction of buildings at historic sites>, a ceiling board in yakusugi cedar, a moss-roofed roof made of Japanese Spanish mackerel woodblock 5 lacquer nails made of Japanese paper made by living national treasure living in Hyogo Prefecture.

"Maining the old landscape is effective in utilizing it as a historic site, and by reviving the old landscape, we can increase the value as a scenic spot," he said, unraveling the history and faithfully restoring it to history. I was once again impressed by the thoughts and hardships of the construction workers.

 

        

        

        

 

The Hamarikyu Onshi Garden is preparing for the New Year.

There is a Kadomatsu at the entrance to the Ote-mon gate, and a mini planting of early spring plants (manryo, Senryo, Hyakryo, Juryo, Ichiryo, pheasant's eye, Sasa, Ume and Ryunohige) beside the management office.

     

 

 

 

Announcement of New Year's Day Hamarikyu events:

Demonstration of Suwa style hawk art will be held on January 2nd and 3rd from 11:00 and 14:00 as usual.

The garden volunteer guide is provided twice at 10:00 and 1:00.　　

　

From the time of Yatsushiro Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa, a hawk about five ri square from Edo Nihonbashi was called Okobushiba.

No, he was ruled by Torimi. This name was given because it was a place to release a hawk from a general's fist.

The following two photos show the start of the demonstration on January 2, 2010.         

        

Our customers are looking forward to it every year.

It is also pleasant to look up at the blue sky in a large garden.

The newly built Matsuno Chaya

After being burned down in the Showa War, Matsuno Chaya, which has been rebuilt, will be unveiled for the first time on the 2nd and 3rd.

When restoring, the shape, dimensions, materials, and structures are faithfully restored as much as possible.

Construction costs: 144 million yen

Scale of the building　：　63.62 square meters (19.3 tsubo) height 5.02m

          

Roof ... east Asian hip-and-gable roof

 Kokerabuki:　A construction method in which wood (straw material) is thinly divided and laid.

The 30cm board is shifted by 3cm and roofed, so 10 thin boards with a thickness of 3mm overlap.

The board is fastened with bamboo nails. (Some parts use iron or stainless steel nails.)　　　　　　　　 

 

 

 

 

 Near Tsukishima Subway Station, there is a place where the Shingetsu Overpass that runs along Kiyosumi-dori from Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge.

The name of this intersection is called [Hatsumi Bridge]. You can read the name on the sign properly.

It is clearly marked as [Hatsumi Bridge] on the sign of the median strip on Kiyosumi Street.

 

In the past, until the subway Yurakucho Line was opened, only Toei buses were the only public transport around here, and there was a stop called Shin-Tsukuda Island. Before that, the Toden was running until 1972. (23 systems for Yanagishima, 11 systems for Shinjuku until 1968)

In other words, a canal lays at the location where the overpass (Tokyo Route 473) currently passes, separating Tsukishima and Tsukuda Island. [Hatsumi Bridge] was a main street that was called Tsukishima Street at the time, which spanned this canal. Now only the name keeps the memory of the past.

 

The map on the left is a reprinted version issued by Chuo-ku. (1932)

If you look around Tsukishima Station at that time, you can see the name of [Shintsuki Bridge] next to [Hatsumi Bridge] and [Tsukuda Bridge] next to it.

It was [Tsukuda Bridge] that stretched from Tsukishima Nishikawa Bank Street to Tsukuda Island, which existed since the Meiji era. After that, a bridge was also hung from Tsukishima Nishinakadori, which is now Monja Street, and was named [Shintsuki Bridge].

It can be seen that the exchange between Tsukuda and Tsukishima gradually became popular.

 

The photo on the left shows the current Tsukishima Nishinaka-dori from Tsukuda area, and is the place where [Shintsuki Bridge] used to be hung. On the right side, the place where the shoulders look slightly narrow under the overpass is Tsukishima Nishikawa Bank Street, where [Tsukuda Bridge] was hung.

When you pass through Tsukuda Island from around the former [Tsukuda Bridge], there is a children's park, behind which there is a little tide pool.

This is a waterway that leads to the canal that used to know Tsukishima and Tsukuda, and it truly makes you realize that Tsukuda is an island.

It is now a place for residents to relax, and if you look ahead, you can see a part of the shrine hall of Tsukuda Kobashi and Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine. The high-rise apartments of [Tsukuda River City 21] towering behind it seems that they gradually become familiar with the changing scenery of this area.

As you know, until Tsukuda-ohashi Bridge was completed, Tsukuda's ferry was connected to Minatomachi on the opposite bank and Tsukuda Island. It's a pleasure to go out to Sumida river’s edge and remember the bustle of the past.

 

Even now and in the past, the area where the power and warmth of the people breathe retains the scent of the good era. By all means, please take a leisurely walk while thinking of the past scenery. I'm sure you'll feel nostalgic.

 

 

 

　This time, it may be a bit maniac that I visited for the interview, but it may be a bit maniac.
　This is the world's first "button museum" opened in 1988.

　Collection of 4,000 materials, literature, and valuable buttons from all over the world.
　Of these, 1,700 items are on display. Buttons are miniatures closely related to daily life
　As a craft, we express that era and look back on cultural history full of romance.
　You can do it. In the past, it was a proof of wealth and a wonderful ornament.
　I'm surprised at that.
　A button from 4,000 BC excavated from Egypt was on display.
　However, the word "collection of the times and romance" suits you.
　At the museum, the goal is to "cultural history of the world spelled with buttons and the history of Japanese culture".
　It is said that you are doing it.
　In addition, on November 22, 1870, naval uniform was established for the first time, and a button was attached.
　It seems that this day was decided as "button day" because it was kicked.
　November 22 ... It's a "good couple's day" in the world.
　By the way, from this museum, you can see the Sumida River and the Tokyo Sky Tree under construction.
　You can see it up close.

　　▼　Button museum　　
　　　　　http://www.iris.co.jp/muse/
　　　　　1-11-8 Nihonbashi-Hamacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo TEL. (03) 3864-6537
　　　　　Opening day / Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 Admission fee / 300 yen
　　　　　Advance reservations are required

 

 

 

Get off at Shin-Nihonbashi Station, the first station from Tokyo Station on the JR Sobu Main Line, and go to the ground from Exit 4.

There is a Muromachi 3-chome intersection where Chuo-dori and Edo-dori St. intersect.

To the intersection, a signboard of the Chuo-ku Board of Education is posted immediately on the right side of the exit.

 

"Chuo inhabitant of a ward cultural property Nagasakiya trace"

What kind of place was Nagasakiya?

 

There is an "old man" who knows anything wasteful.

"That's not. Echen.

It dates back to the Edo period, but Nagasakiya was the residence where Dejima's chief Dutch trading post came to Edo shogunate to greet him.

"It's strange that foreigners were in Edo because they were supposed to have been 'seclusion' in the Edo period."

It's not impossible to think so. For she writes that she closes the country with a chain.

It was a policy that feared the spread of Christianity, which was contrary to the authority of the Shogunate, and that foreign daimyo could accumulate power in trade.

 

But the door was only a little open to the world, even when it was called isolation.

Edo shogunate permitted trade in Dejima only in the Netherlands.

On the other hand, the Netherlands monopolized Western trade with Japan.

So, Mr. Dutch trading post regularly came to Edo to thank him.

At that time, I was staying at Nagasakiya, a drug wholesaler.

Because of the handling of imported drugs, it would have been tied to the lodging house.

 

There is a picture on the signboard.

It's a picture called Nagasakiya "Eimoto Toyu" drawn by Katsushika Hokusai.

There are two or three red-haired people wearing a foreign hat in the mansion.

What are you talking about? The words spoken by distant foreign people and the sounds of the instruments they brought may have flowed to the street.

From the street, the people were looking at the inside of the mansion.

The samurai of the two-legged and the townspeople of the tail. The landlady dressed in a stylish kimono. The fathers who carried the child are depicted.

From the background of the era of isolation, I think that security around the mansion was also severe, but from the picture, the curiosity of the Edo people is transmitted more than tension.

 

Around the end of the Tokugawa period, those who had a compelling desire for Western technology, culture, and information may have also wrapped their mansions.

It is said that many celebrities such as Genpaku Sugita and Gentaku Otsuki appeared in textbooks on Japanese history have visited.

 

It is also said that the Netherlands had submitted to the Shogunate a report summarizing the world situation, called the Dutch-style Theory.

The old and middle bureaucrats of the Shogunate seemed to have known about the arrival of Kurofune quite early through these.

 

Nagasakiya was a "window of the world" that existed close to the people of Edo as a place for exchange with foreign cultures.

Here, Honishicho 3-chome in Edo, near 4-2 Nihonbashi Muromachi, is the trace. "

"Grandfather," leaves with a lingering finish.

 

A city where historical sites remain because it was the political and cultural center of Japan. The neighborhood of Nihonbashi Muromachi.

Why don't you look for an information board at the end of the year and the beginning of the year?