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Searching for "Fun Kanji" Walking famous places and historic sites in Chuo-ku "Sugi" "Kite"
When I guided "Sugimori Shrine" to help me walk around Chuo-ku, "Paint! There are quite a few people who are surprised to read this character "Sugi" !?", And when there is a question, he explains that it is "national character", but some say "What is national character?" Some people. I searched for famous places with kanji that might be rare for people outside the city.
First of all, I'm using "country letters". This "Sugimori Shrine" and Taimeiken's "Kite Museum.
The Chuo-ku government office is the trace of the Nakayashiki of the Tosa clan, but from here, the "Iji" of the "Iji Riverside" where Hanpeita Takechi and Izo Gakukan, where Hanpeita Takechi passed, is a national character, but the same meaning "Oguni" is a national character and this is "Kunikun". Kanji itself is in China, but it is used in Japan in a unique way.
Another interesting thing is the description of the bridge name of the main pillar of Kyobashi. It is a book written by Sasaki branch in 1875, but there are two, "Kiyahashi" and the other is "Ishibashi". The word "silon" and "Kyo" are read in "Kei, Kyo".
As you know, Edo became Tokyo in July 1868 (1868), and it was changed to Meiji in September. At this time, the reading of "Tokyo" was not decided, and "In the early Meiji era, the new capital, Tokyo, was described as" Higashi-ji "and" Tokei ". " (Shinchosha Japanese Language Dictionary), until around the middle of the Meiji era, this "sil" can be seen in the notation of Kyoto University and in the Nishiki-e "Tokozu" (1876), which depicts Yukiyuki Tokyo in Emperor Meiji. "It's an extension of Edo and is different from Edo" ("Between Edo and Tokyo" Ogi Shinzo) Kanji used only for a while. It's a kanji with the scent of Civilization and enlightenment. Until 1874, when gas lamps were lit even in the Meiji era, the night in Tokyo was jet-black dark. It's also an image of a detective story. Do you like the kanji character "Jinji" where you can feel such an atmosphere, and Fuyumi Ono, who has many fans in the "Twelve Kokuki" series, also has a work called "Tojimon".
"Let's look for fun kanji"-If you look and walk with such eyes, you may feel new fun again in the familiar city. If you find interesting kanji, please let us know.
Sugimori Shrine 1-16-2 Nihonbashi Horidomecho
Kite Museum, 1-12-10 Nihonbashi, 5th floor of Taimeiken Building
1-25 Kyobashi Park, Ginza 1-25