Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa was also good at drawing a pretty girl with big eyes.

At Gofuku Bridge Higashizume, you can also see the traces of "Minatoya Esoshi Paper Store".

It is written in front of "Shin-Gofuku Bridge Building" on Eitai-dori St.

This land was a place where Yumeji lived and transmitted designs, and was also a place of memories with his lover Hikono.

It seems that he loved the bustle and atmosphere of Edo Nihonbashi.

However, the diary immediately after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 says, "Edo is gone ..."

Former site of Minatoya Esoshi Paper Store Former Gofuku Bridge 2 Higashizume

It is said that from 1913 to 5 years, he sold booths designed by Yumeji and was known as a specialty of Tokyo.

There was a gallery on the second floor, where young Koshiro Onchi gathered.

Suzukake (Platanas), which has experienced the earthquake and war damage, also wrote Yumeji, grows again on Eitai-dori St. in front of the old store.　　　　　　　 　　　 I can't wait for people who can't wait for the night. It seems that the moon will not come out this evening ...

 The above is the letter of Yumeji addressed to Haibara.

On the back of the envelope below, there is "Noshu Nasu Onsen Komatsuya Yumeji Takehisa".

The postmark "3, 6, 13" is likely to be June 13, 1928.

"It's a good thing to give you a hundred pieces of stupid and careful people to this one."

Haibara asked Yumeji to design envelopes, stationery, Chiyogami, fan fans, etc.

Yumeji was also a "customer" who prefers to use Haibara Washi for himself.

          　Mr. Haruko Nakamura, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Haibara Co., Ltd., gave me a special photo.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　         http://www.haibara.co.jp/

I think Yumeji walked with Hikono to Nihonbashi, Ichiishibashi, Bank of Japan head office, Mitsukoshi head office, etc.

        Haibara has been established for 200 years since its establishment in 1806 (1806).

As a long-established Japanese paper company, we sell mainly Japanese paper and paper products mainly at the Nihonbashi Main Store in Tokyo.

It is depicted in "Empire Japan Tokyo Nihonbashi-no-zu" (around 1887).

It was the beginning that the geese paper was first sold to the common people of Edo as indicated by the Japanese shop curtain of the "geese paper Haibara".

 

 

 

 

Summer is a ghost story...

Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan

"Iryu Kamiya, Emon Oiwa no Bakon,"

(Kuniyoshi Utagawa)

 

 

The famous face of Yotsuya Kaidan, "Hair comb", which says that if a rock with a poisonous drug, combs his hair with a comb, the hair will be sneaked ... It has the impression of "Oiwa-san = scary person", but in the first place, Iwa-san does nothing bad.

 

So, if you are investigating "Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine" in Shinkawa, Yotsuya seems to have the same name "Oiwa Inari", and it is "Yotsuya Kaidan" in the first place. So, I visited a shrine and temple related to Oiwa-san.

First, Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine (2-25-11 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku)

The nearest station is Hatchobori Station on the Keiyo Line and Hibiya Line.

 

  It is located in a quiet corner facing a street where there is little traffic coming and going from Kajibashi Street. It is said that the site was owned by the first Sadanji Ichikawa.

It is said that Oiwa Inari in Yotsuya, which was described later, was burned down in a fire in 1879, and moved to this area.

This shrine hall was also destroyed by the war in 1945, but after the war it revived along with Oiwa Inari in Yotsuya, and there are currently two Inari shrines.

 

From here, it will no longer be Chuo-ku, but it will be Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine in Yotsuya (17 Samoncho, Shinjuku-ku).

The nearest station is Yotsuya 3-chome Station on the Marunouchi Line.

 
This is also located in a quiet residential area, just one from Gaien Street.

A description of the history of the shrine was placed on the porch of main hall.

Mr. Oiwa was a real person in the early Edo period, and was religious, and thanks to his religion, the Tamiya family flourished, but the neighbors called Yashiki-sha "Oiwa Inari" and worshiped. It seems that it began.

Next, Oiwa Inari Younji Temple (18, Shinjuku Samoncho) is very close to Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine and the street.

Looking at Oiwa Inari Younji Temple (a red flag in the distance) from Oiwa Inari Tamiya Shrine (a nearby red flag), it looks like this.

At Oiwa Inari Younji Temple, there was a "well on the edge of the rock".

 

 

Finally, Myogyoji Temple (4-8-28 Nishi-Sugamo, Toshima-ku)

The nearest station is Shin-Koshinzuka Station on the Toden Arakawa Line. Arrived through the Iwadori Shopping Association

 

I have a grave of Mr. Iwa. Everyone seems to think of Nishisugamo, and before moving to this area in 1909, Myogyoji Temple was in Yotsuya. I'm convinced.

This time, I went around the places related to Mr. Iwa and read the explanation boards of various places and felt it was the great skill as the creator of the fourth generation Nanboku Tsuruya. A person familiar with the common people of Edo at that time (Oiwa, who was also the name of Inari), the defeat of Nanji Akaho, and the shocking incidents that occurred at that time were successfully mixed to create an attractive entertainment. I've done it. And even after nearly 190 years after the premiere, the work has been a popular performance over time so that it will be staged in summer.

 

 

This year, the 750th anniversary of Shinran Saints, Kyoto Nishi Honganji Temple is very crowded.

Nishi Honganji Temple and Chuo-ku have a big edge.

One is Tsukiji Honganji Temple.

The official name is Jodo Shinshu Honganji Temple Honganji Temple Tsukiji Betsuin, and it is a separate temple of Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto.

There are a lot of events this year.

Just until August 6 (Saturday), the Noryo Bon Dance Festival is also being held.

The other is karamon gate.

It is said that it was the source of the Kirin Brewery Mark, headquartered in Shinkawa, Chuo-ku.

Why don't you go to Tsukiji Honganji this year, the 750th anniversary of Shinran Saints?

Also, at Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto, there are days when you can visit specially every month in the fall. You can see the national treasure Hiunkaku and Shoin, which are usually closed, so it is also recommended to see this Kirin.