Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

■Twice in the morning and afternoon of June 25 (Wednesday), the "Edo Karakami Workshop" was held at Hamarikyu Onshi Garden and Houmetei. Matsuya Co., Ltd. ( Founded in 1690 (1690)).

I applied for this event and participated in the afternoon session.

■Lecturer: Mr. Yukio Koizumi. Born in 1947. Karagami is one of the few woodcut craftsmen of the fifth generation "Edo Karakami", counting from Shichigoro Koizumi, the first generation who was said to be a master craftsman of Edo. A traditional craftsman designated by the country and Tokyo, and received the Tokyo Metropolitan Excellent Skilled Engineer "Tokyo Meister". When the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden "Matsuno Ochiya" was restored, he was in charge of restoring the sliding doors and pasted walls. (From the notice printed matter)

　

■From Edo: "Karakami" is a technique in which woodblocks engraved with patterns are mainly painted with mica (white cloudica powder) and chalk (seashell powder), and patterns are copied on Japanese paper with handrails. It began with the imitation of "Mon Karagami", which came from China (Tang) during the Heian period, mainly in Kyoto, in Japan. With the progress of urban development in Edo by Tokugawa shogunate, we have achieved unique development in Edo as "Edo Karakami" in order to meet the diverse demands that have grown along with population growth. (From the notice printed matter)

■In the weather that was about to start off, Mr. Yukio Koizumi first toured the inside of "Matsuno Ochiya", where the sliding doors and pasted walls were restored.

　

□"Matsuno Ochiya" is a restoration of Ochiyaya from the 11th Shogun Ienari Tokugawa period.

　

□Yukio Koizumi explains the pattern of the restored pasted wall.

　

□Inside the "Matsu no Ochiya"

This "Matsuno Ochiya" is open to the public every Thursday at 1:00 pm and can be toured.

　

□Following "Matsuno Ochiya", "Tsubame no Ochiya" from the 11th Ienari era is currently under restoration work (scheduled to be completed next spring).

　

□Explanation and demonstration of Mr. Yukio Koizumi at Yoshimetei.

　

□This woodblock of "Kowakamatsu" was created in 1840 (1840). It is made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia.

　

□Participants copied patterns on three postcards with the cooperation of Yukio Koizumi, and came to receive them as souvenirs.

The patterns were "Kowakamatsu", "Gourd", and "Aomi wave ground scale crane". Since the mica is used, the pattern will sparkle when the angle is changed.

　

■It was a fun opportunity to experience Edo culture.

It seems that we are considering this workshop again this fall. If you are interested, please continue to check the information on the Internet.

　

 

 

How are your blog readers going to spend during the rainy season?　If you think that there was a sunny day like midsummer in this year's rainy season, it's abnormal weather such as hail and sudden thunderstorm!

 

Unlike the perfect season for going out in early spring, you are worried about sudden changes in the weather these days. Today, I would like to change my taste a little more than usual, and explore Chuo-ku in literature and Ishikawajima and Tsukuda in the Edo period.

 

On the way back from the company on Friday, I bought two books set in Chuo-ku at a bookstore in front of Tokyo Station.

Speaking of period literature in Chuo-ku, first of all, Shotaro Ikenami's "Kihei Crime Book". This is a TV drama and novel that is famous as a model by Heizo Hasegawa, who managed the Ishikawajima Ashoshoshojo under Sadanobu Matsudaira in the latter half of the 18th century in Edo's mid-18th century. I would like to introduce a novel focusing on a people-shore by changing the angle a little.

 

The first book is Seicho Matsumoto's "Mujukujin Separate Book" (Bunshun Bunko). This short story book contains 10 stories, of which "Tsunami" is a story of a human footing. In the novel, Shinta, who was born in a fisherman in Noto and drifted to Edo and was stopped by Okabiki while walking around the town, was taken to Tsujibansho, and was taken to a temporary prison in Temmacho. Will be put in From Temmacho, they are sent to Kanayama in Sado, where they are forced to work on watering a tunnel like hell, and often lose their lives, but Shinta is fortunately sent to Ishikawajima.

According to a textbook on Japanese history, `` As the number of non-stayers who abandoned rural areas and flowed into Edo due to the famine in the Tenmei era in the latter half of the 18th century increased, the Shogunate accommodated these non-stayers in Ishikawajima's people's horoscopes to improve security. ", And from such an explanation, it seems to be a little more calm thing like a prison. "Tsunami" also states that "things with good results after a certain period of time will be given labor wages and released", and they do not impose extreme labor, but carpenters, plasterers, blacksmiths, etc. It seems that Ishikawajima was given a job related to them for those who have a job in hand with a farmer, such as a farmer, etc.

One autumn day, a fisherman sees the clouds and predicts that the tsunami will come. Ishikawajima, Tsukudajima, and Tsukiji were quickly attacked by the tsunami, and with the permission of Yoba magistrate, `` escape, and if the high waves subside, gather near Eitai Bridge '' and swim while diving in the waves to Fukagawa. . The novel doesn't tell you if Shinta finally returned to Eitai Bridge, but this novel allows us to learn about the crowds at that time.

Furthermore, in the nine other stories of the Unjukujin Book, the story of the prison in Temmacho, the island flow to Hachijojima Island, and the escape from Sadogashima in the world's hell, you can learn about various worlds in relatively different places from relatively humanitarian places such as "Ishikawajima Hitoshishoroba".

It's a good idea to go back in time to Edo through novels during the rainy season.

Next time, I would like to introduce Shugoro Yamamoto's "Sabu", which I bought at another bookstore.

　　

(The upper right photo shows the Ishikawajima Lighthouse, which was introduced in the blog on April 7 of the cherry blossom season, "Ohanami Walk from Shinkawa Park to Chuo-ohashi Bridge and Tsukuda Park": /archive/2014/04/post-1956.html)

 

 

This insect is a ladybug called Nami Tento, which was found in the Hamarikyu Garden.

There are various types of patches on the back of Nami Tento, but Nami Tento in the photo is two red crests on a black background, and if you look at the head above, it looks like an ultraman face, It looks like a mask sold at a festival night shop.

The Hamarikyu Garden is home to a variety of flora and fauna.
There are many plants, many crabs and fish in the tide pond, as well as seagull and many species of birds flying in the sky above the sky, including the 300-year-old pine trees planted in honor of the great renovation of the garden by the sixth shogun Ienobu Tokugawa.

　

This is the best time to see the flowers of Japanese iris and the blooming hydrangea. Why don't you go to the Hamarikyu Garden in early summer this weekend?

　

 

 

In Chuo-ku, there is a place name called Hamarikyu Garden.

It is literally the address of the place where the Hamarikyu Garden is located.

　
I've been worried about it for a long time, but I finally succeeded in confirming the address.
This is "1-1 Hamarikyu Garden, Chuo-ku, Tokyo".

　

This is the address display board displayed on the building in the garden, and I think that there is probably no street address other than No. 1-1 in this Hamarikyu Garden.
In addition, since the Hamarikyu Garden was given to Tokyo after the war, it has been managed by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, so I don't think there is any private land in the Hamarikyu Garden area.

　
Hamarikyu Onshi Garden is a venerable garden that you will forget that it is located in the middle of the city center, so be sure to visit it once.
It is one of the recommended spots in Chuo-ku.