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An elephant came to the city of Edo.
"World Elephant Day" is set up.
It is a day to call on the world about the protection of elephants that are threatened by extinction.
August 12.
I learned in the leaflet of Onshi Ueno Zoo.
I wanted to know what kind of activities the zoo is doing to protect, and I wanted to see the elephants.
At this time, there is a limit on the number of people entering the park, so I booked a numbered ticket online in advance.
How many years have it been?
He was able to face the gentle elephant's eyes that were likely to be sucked in.
The children were in elementary school.
When I went to the zoo during the summer vacation, "It's hot. I'm sorry. I'm tired. "And complained.
But as he approached stockyard, he saw his breath in the elephant walking around with his breath.
The current zoo has enough heat control.
There were many shades of trees, and air-conditioning equipment and mist showers for indoor exhibitions were installed.
I didn't care much about the smell, perhaps because it was deodorizing.
"Elephant's Forest" is a stockyard that used a lot of soil, and was connected to the visitors on a plane across the fence.
You can see the Honmaru ruins from Edo Castle Uchibori
The time dates back to the era of the 8th Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa during the Kyoho period.
An elephant came to the city of Edo. And they have been kept for about 14 years.
Information board for Hamarikyu Garden
It is said that the elephants were brought by trade merchants to give them to the generals and were imported by Yoshimune.
Cross the far sea from Guangnan (Vietnam) and landed in Nagasaki.
From there, we headed to Edo by land.
Cross the large and small rivers while shaking the giant body, breath out and cross the steep pass path, and move step by step.
If it becomes a general offering, the tension of the people involved in the passing land will increase even above.
On April 28, 1729, Kyoho was given the rank of "Konanju Shiihakuzo" in Kyoto, and joined the Imperial Court.
He has an audience with Emperor Nakamikado and Emperor Reigen.
This day was Japan's anniversary, "Elephant's Day."
75 days from Nagasaki to Edo.
I walked about 350 rits.
Yoshimune sees a elephant from the front yard of great hall, Edo Castle.
What was the surprise of the people of the Edo period that I saw for the first time?
"elephant boom" has emerged throughout Japan.
Books, tile plates, Nishiki-e, clay dolls. Items with elephant motifs were created one after another.
At the Sanno Festival, pachin floats also appeared.
The elephant who walked through the city of Edo was housed in the Hamagoten (Hamarikyu Garden).
(I finally arrived at Chuo-ku.)
There is no clear trace of the location of the elephant's house in Hamarikyu.
There was a bulletin board in the flower garden that could be a clue.
It seems to have taken a considerable amount of money for breeding.
What kind of things did the elephant eat at that time?
Straw, rice, bamboo leaves, grass, wheat bun, daidaidai, 9-year mother.
When I visited Hamarikyu at the beginning of last fall, a signboard for my nine-year mother was posted.
It is one of the origins of Japanese citrus fruits.
There is also a nine-year-old mother tree in Hamarikyu, but it is a little difficult to understand between the trees.
A nine-year-old mother tree was planted in the old fruit tree garden at the Imperial Palace Higashi Gyoen and the ruins of the Edo Castle Honmaru.
The curious Yoshimune imports a variety of animals.
Dustrich, starburst, giant cat, and peacock. Hunting dog for hunting. About 30 Western horses.
And the elephant.
Looking at the animal picture book of Yong Soo Ton, presented by the Netherlands, he instructed him to see the real thing.
The closed door to West opened a little bit.
The elephant was paid off to Gensuke of Naka Nomura in the first year of Kanbo (1741).
At Asahigaoka Park in 3-chome, Honmachi, Nakano-ku, a commentary board for traces of elephant huts (elephant stables, Kisaya) is installed.
This Gensuke-san is quite a good man.
While it was released as a lookout, it was said that elephant droppings, a spiritual beast, would work for all diseases, and was sold as a round medicine.
In the Edo period, when measles and pox were prevalent, they sold like flying.
There is a large temple called Hosenji Temple in Chuo 2-chome, Nakano Ward.
The bones and fangs of the elephant were housed in the war of Pacific War.
The remaining elephant materials are on display at museum of history and folklore Nakano Ward, which was reopened in April this year.
When you come in front of the zoo's elephant's house forest, most moms who pushed the dairies begin singing.
"Elephant's elephant, sir,"
Yeah, that's too long."
With my mother.
My child was singing too.
"Oh, I'm not."
It's okay.