Ginza Hacho Jinja shrines

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Ginza Hatcho Jinja 銀座八丁神社 Shrines in 8 Ginza districts

. Ginza　銀座 Ginza district - Introduction .



- source : jinja-kikou.net/syuin-ginza -

Ginza Hatcho no Inari 銀座八丁のお稲荷さん - Inari Shrines in the Ginza

This is a pilgrimage to 10 Shrines in the Ginza, some sources list more than 10.



Some Shrines are located on the rooftop of buildings or inside.
Others are still small sanctuaries by the roadside in the back alleys.


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1.幸稲荷神社 Saiwai Inari Jinja 　
（銀座1-5鎮座。並木通り1丁目）

Saiwai - Happiness !



The shrine dates back to the Edo period. During the development of the area, it was located to the Hiei Shrine.
The present small building was erected in 2014.

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2.銀座稲荷神社　Ginza Inari Jinja 　
（銀座2-6鎮座。銀座トレシャス。銀座ガス灯通り1階。）First floor of Ginza Gasto Building.



It also is part of the Pilgrimage to the Seven Gods of Good Luck
銀座七福神の寿老人 - Jurojin.

. Seven Gods of Good Luck 七福神 Shichifukujin　 .


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. 3.龍光不動尊 "Fashion" Ryuko Fudo Son, 松屋銀座屋上 Matsuya Rooftop .

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4.朝日稲荷神社 Asahi Inari Jinja
(銀座3-8-10鎮座。大広朝日ビル一階に遥拝所。屋上に本殿。）Rooftop of Asahi Building



There is also a small shrine near the entrance of the building, but the main shrine is on the rooftop on the 8th floor.
There is a microphone at the roadside shrine, connected to the roof temple to have the prayers heard right up there !

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. 5.銀座出世地蔵尊　Ginza Shusse Jizo for a career . 　

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6.宝童稲荷神社 Hodo Inari Jinja　　
（銀座4-3鎮座。和光並木館裏。）Back side of Wako Namiki Building



The original shrine was in the castle of Edo, erected for the protection of the children of the Shogun.
Now it is a small sanctuary in a back alley.

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7.あづま稲荷神社 Azuma Inari Jinja 　
（銀座5-9鎮座。あづま通り。）On Azuma Street



People come here to pray for protection from fire.

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8.靍護稲荷神社 Kakugo Inari Jinja　　
（銀座6-10鎮座。銀座松坂屋屋上。）Rooftop of Matsuzakaya



First erected in 1815 and moved to the roof garden of Matsuzakaya in 1929. GSIX is now a large shopping complex in the Ginza.
The sanctuary is very small. People pray here for the protection from fire.

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9.成功稲荷神社 Seiko Inari Jinja 　
（銀座7-5鎮座。資生堂本社ビル。）Shiseido Building, rooftop



The deity is the Dragon Deity 満金龍神成功稲荷　Mankin Ryujin Seiko Inari,
but only shown during the official pilgrimage in November.
People pray here for success in business and money matters.

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10.豊岩稲荷神社 Toyoiwa Inari Jinja　　
（銀座7-8-14鎮座。銀座すずらん通り路地。）On Suzuran street
Nearbyis a restaurant called やす幸 Yasuko.



Legend says that Akechi Mitsuhide built the Shrine to pray for the peace of Japan. It might have been a proper Inari Shrine at that time.

Deity in residence is 宇気母智神（うけもちのかみ）Ukemochi no Kami He is the tutelary deity of food.
People come here to pray for good luck in finding a life partner.
Kabuki actors also come here to pray for the enhancement of their acting, 市村羽左衛門　Ichimura Uzaemon visited quite often.


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八官神社 Hachikan Jinja 　
（銀座8-4鎮座。単立神社。）Individual Shrine.



The deity in residence is 倉稲魂命 Uka no Mitama no Mikoto.
明治時代の口碑によると、播磨の明石に鎮座する明石稲荷が京都大内家へ勧請され、それを井上若狭が元禄年間（1688-1704）当地へ勧請したといいます。明治8年村社に列格していたといいます。

. Uga no Mitama no Kami 宇賀御魂神 .
and Uga Benzaiten　宇賀弁財天,

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宝珠稲荷神社 Hoju Inari Jinja　　
（銀座3丁目鎮座。単立神社。）Individual Shrine



板倉内膳匠重昌の邸神として元和元年（1615）前後に創建、明治維新後に地元木挽町三丁目氏子に寄進され、奉斎しているといいます。

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You get a stamp at each Shrine - a form of Stamp Ralley.




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. Pilgrimages in Edo - Tokyo .

. shinbutsu in Edo 江戸の神仏 Kami and Hotoke in Edo .
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. Ginza　銀座 Ginza district - Introduction .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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Ginza

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Ginza　銀座 Ginza district
Silver Guild (monopoly office or guild).
. Chūō ku, Chuuoo Ku 中央区 Chuo Ward "Central Ward" .


東京名所図会 銀座通煉瓦造

. Money and payment in Edo .
Money was in the form of gold and silver slabs and small change
ryoogaeya　両替屋 money changer

. bugyoo, bugyō 奉行 Bugyo officials in the Edo government .


. Kinza 金座 Gold Guild .
was the Tokugawa shogunate's officially sanctioned gold monopoly or gold guild (za) which was created in 1595.
and
Honryoogaechoo 本両替町 Hon-Ryogae-Cho district "money changer" district




Ginza Main Street, from sub-district 1 to 8, between Kyobashi and Shinbashi.
江戸期の銀座は職人の街だった
Ginza was a district of craftsmen!
- reference source : s.webry.info/sp/8mada.at.webry.info -

The making of silver coins (coin making workshop) was done by
湯浅作兵衛常是　Yuasa Sakubei Joze from Sakai, Osaka.
Tokugawa Ieyasu gave him the surname 大黒 "Daikoku", so
Daikoku Sakubei Joze 大黒常是 Daikoku Joze (Daikoku Tsuneze) became controller (inspector, governor) of the ginza silver mint. the oginfukiyaku　御銀吹役.
(engineer in charge of the coinage)

The title was kept in the Daikoku family for many generations.
In 1800, the family head was charged with fraud and lost the title. The Ginza was then moved to
Nihonbashi Kakigaracho　日本橋蠣殻町 (now 人形町 Nihonbashi Ningyocho).
The need for the silver mint "ginza" was lost in the Meiji restauration, but the name remained.

Kinrokucho district 金六町
Established in 1871, abandoned in 1931.
Now 中央区銀座一丁目Ginza First District
- source : edo.amebaownd.com...　

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Shigaraki Teashop in Kinroku-chō 金六町 しがらき茶店

Kinroku-chō was in the vicinity of modern Ginza 8-chōme in Chuō Ward,
with this teashop offering facilities where patrons could wait at their leisure.
The Shigaraki name also represents the origin of the modern "Shigaraki-dōri".
At the front of the premises were tea kettles,
it also being a popular meeting place for merchants and somewhere to hold exhibitions.
Although there were many similar establishments in the immediate vicinity,
the "History of Chuō Ward" ("chuō-ku-shi" in Japanese) states that
"Shigaraki and Ginza's 玉の井 Tamanoi proved to be the most popular".
- source : Tokyo Metropolitan Libaray　

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- - - - - A lot has been written about the famous Ginza, so let us have a look at some quotes:

-- Ginza 銀座 – Silver mint or monopoly office (post-1598).
... is a designation given to the place that played a buying and selling of casting and silver bullion coin in the middle early modern period of Japan's regime.
Edo Ginza Kyobashi / Edo-Kakikara cho Ginza
Ginza silver mints are located in other towns of Japan, the list is here:
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-- Ginza in Tokyo
a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.
Ginza was built upon a former swamp that was filled in during the 16th century. The name Ginza comes after the establishment of a silver-coin mint established there in 1612, during the Edo period.
After a devastating fire in 1872 burnt down most of the area, the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as a "model of modernization." The government planned the construction of fireproof brick buildings and larger, better streets connecting Shimbashi Station all the way to the foreign concession in Tsukiji.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !



Ginza Yakusho 銀座役所 memorial stone

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. Ginza Kabuki-Za　銀座歌舞伎座 .


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. Ginza Hatcho Jinja 銀座八丁神社 Shrines in 8 Ginza districts .



1.幸稲荷神社 Saiwai Inari Jinja
2.銀座稲荷神社　Ginza Inari Jinja
3.龍光不動尊 "Fashion" Ryuko Fudo Son
4.朝日稲荷神社 Asahi Inari Jinja
5.銀座出世地蔵尊　Ginza Shusse Jizo
6.宝童稲荷神社 Hodo Inari Jinja
7.あづま稲荷神社 Azuma Inari Jinja
8.靍護稲荷神社 Kakugo Inari Jinja　
9.成功稲荷神社 Seiko Inari Jinja
10.豊岩稲荷神社 Toyoiwa Inari Jinja
- and 八官神社 Hachikan Jinja // 宝珠稲荷神社 Hoju Inari Jinja


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Ginpari, Gin Pari 銀巴里 chanson cafe in the Ginza
Ginpari (Paris in Ginza)



Ginpari from 1951 till 1990, in 東京銀座七丁目 the 7th district of Ginza.
It was the first "chanson cafe" in Japan.
Many singers started from here:
美輪明宏、戸川昌子、クミコ、仲マサコ、金子由香利、戸山英二、大木康子、長谷川きよしらを輩出し、三島由紀夫、なかにし礼、吉行淳之介、寺山修司、中原淳一
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As for the Chanson cafe in Ginza, Ginpari literally means 'Silver Paris'.

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The store 白木屋傳兵衛 Shirokiya Denbei
was founded in 1830 in Ginza, first as a tatami-mat maker.
Later on, after specializing in making brooms, the techniques have been handed down from generation to generation. Following the Showa period, as “modern” living came around, vacuum cleaners lowered the demand for brooms. ...

. hooki 箒 / ほうき Hoki, broom, Besen .


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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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bakemono 化けもの ghost

On the underground pathway that connects the Ginza with 日比谷 Hibiya, there is a Yurei ghost showing up once in a while.
Walking down the stairway from the Ginza side, where is a whirl of golden hair fluttering in the wind, following people. If people try to run away from it, it moves even faster toward them. When they reach the other side at Hibiya, the ghost disappears in a puff.

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かき氷せりせりとあり銀座の昼
kakigoori seriseri to ari ginza no hiru

shaved flavored ice -
lunchtime in the Ginza
is quite busy
Tr. Gabi Greve

伊藤敬子 Ito Keiko

. kakigoori かき氷 shaved ice with flavor topping .
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銀座に出て山雀芝居見てゐたり
北見さとる

七日銀座獅子舞が人を見て佇てり
長谷川かな女

神輿追ひ銀座新富明石町
愛澤豊嗣

芽柳の色より銀座灯りけり
佐藤朴水

浅草寺銀座と流れ女正月
阿見理子

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Shin Sakanachoo　新肴町 Shin-Sakana Cho, Shinsakanacho district
"New Fish Village - Market"
Ginza Sanchome　銀座三丁目

Before Tokugawa Ieyasu came to Edo, there was a small fishing village at the Hibiya Inlet, Rogetsumura　老月村.

. 日比谷の入江 Hibiya no Irie inlet / 日比谷入江 .
Next to Hibiya mura were 桜田村 Sakurada mura, 老月村 Rogetsu mura and other villages.

As the town of Edo begun to grow and more and more people needed food, especially fresh fish, Rogetsu-Mura became a well-frequented fish market.
But in 1627, the Hibiya region was restructured and the land came under the control of the Bakufu government. Rogetsu-Mura was relocated near the Sotobori canal and renamed
"New Fish (market ) Village".




江戸魚市場めぐり（3）－新肴場 Shin Sakanaba －
「新肴場」、略して「新場」New Market と称しました
The major fish market at 魚河岸 Uogashi was then called 「古場」 Old Market
- reference source : blog.goo.ne.jp/kyrie999/e... -

There is also a bridge now, the
新場橋 Shinbabashi bridge.


Nearby is the
Momijidoori もみじ通り Edo Momiji-dori Avenue.

. Uogashi 日本橋魚河岸 fish market .


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. Chūō ku 中央区 Chuo Ward "Central Ward" .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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Honzaimokucho district

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Honzaimokuchoo, Hon-Zaimokuchō 本材木町 Honzaimokucho, Honzaimoku-cho district
Chuo ward. 中央区京橋一～三丁目 Kyobashi first to third sub-district
- Fuyukicho, see below

zaimoku 材木 wood for construction work, lumber, timber
zaimoku shoonin 材木商人 dealers in timber
zaimokudonya, zaimokudoya 材木問屋 timber brokers

Since fires were quite frequent in Edo, the provision of construction wood was essential.
. taika 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "Great Fires of Edo" .

Timber was transported on boats, so the district is located from Nihonbashi along the river Kaedegawa　楓川 with eight sub-districts along 2 km.
Kaedegawa is now Nihonbashi 3-chome.

To make a difference to Nihonbashi, it was also called 新肴場 Shinsakanaba.



In the beginning, the construction of Edo castle called for a lot of timber to be transported to the town. Also the building of homes for the many new citizens needed timber.
A lot was brokered by timber merchants from Suruga (Shizuoka) and 遠江 Totomi, called in by Tokugawa Ieyasu himself.
They first lived at 道三堀 Dosanbori and八重洲岸 Yaesugishi and were soon moved along the Western side of the Kaedegawa embankment.
The area is now filled in and became the 首都高速都心環状線 Inner Circular Route.

During the Edo period, there were many bridges crossing Kaedegawa.
One of them was 海運橋 Kaiunbashi.
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source : 大江戸歴史散歩を楽しむ会

Since 1647, there was an overseer of construction materials for the Shogun's properties
Zaimoku-ishi bugyō 材木石奉行 Saimoku Ishi Bugyo - Bugyo for timber and stones



海運橋と第一国立銀行 Kaiunbashi bridge and the first national bank
中央左に日本橋川に架かる江戸橋、右に西堀留川に架かる荒布橋、左下に楓川に架かる海運橋が見える。
- reference source : 大江戸歴史散歩を楽しむ会 -

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Shirandoo 芝蘭堂 Shirando Academy
the first private school for rangaku 蘭学 Dutch learning
founded in Honzaimokucho by
. Otsuki Gentaku 大槻玄沢 (1757 - 1827) .


芝蘭堂新元会図 - Waseda University Library

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本材木町処刑場跡 Honzaimokucho Keijo - execution ground
was relocated to Shibaguchi.


This is the look of the area today.

. Criminal Punishment in Edo .
keijoo, keijō 刑場 execution ground

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Zaimoku Kawagishi　材木河岸 "timber embankment"



zaimokudonya, zaimokudoya 材木問屋 timber brokers

In the beginning there were four big groups
板材木問屋 Itazaimokudoia
熊野問屋 Kumanodoia
川辺問屋 Kawabedoia （炭薪問屋 - also dealing in coal and firewood ）
木場材木問屋 Kiba zaimokudoia

In 1701 they were concentrated in 深川木場 Fukagawa kiba. They merged in the course of time and finally there were only
板材木熊野問屋 and 木場材木問屋

. Kiba　木場 "place for wood" .
Lumberyards and Carpenters
on the east bank of the Sumida river.

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Fuyukichoo 冬木町 Fuyuki district
Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward
Close to 仙台堀川　Sendai Horikawa. Fuyuki literally means "winter trees".



Fuyukiya 冬木屋 was a lumber merchant. The first Fuyuki had come from Gunma. His name was 上田直次 Ueno Naoji. The third owner was 冬木屋弥平次 Fuyukiya Yaheiji, who established a large lumber yard here.
In 1705 Fuyukiya Yaheiji became the head man of district, which was then named after him.


冬木弁天堂 Fuyuki Benten was the shrine of the Fuyuki family.
. Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo - Fuyuki .


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Fuyuki Kosode 冬木 小袖 (Garment with small wrist openings) Autumn grass design on white twill ground
Hand-painted by Ogata Korin
Ogata Korin (1658–1716) left from Kyoto for Edo (now Tokyo) in 1704. The first people with whom Korin lived in Edo were the Fuyuki family, who were lumber dealers in Fukagawa. This garment is said to have been created for Mrs. Fuyuki as a token of his appreciation for the hospitality he had received.
At the time, kosode garments painted by famous artists on special orders were in fashion among women in affluent merchant families.
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- The value of Onjoji
A merchant of Edo, Fuyuki by name, had desired to obtain the Onjoji flower container. Jisen had purchased it for eight hundred ryo, but...
Stories from a Tearoom Window: Lore and Legends of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
By Shigernori Chikamatsu
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The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan
Conrad D. Totman

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This concise volume surveys three hundred years in the history of the lumber industry in early modern (Tokugawa) Japan. In earlier works, Conrad Totman examined environmental aspects of Japan's early modern forest history; here he guides readers through the inner workings of lumber provision for urban construction, providing a wealth of detail on commercial and technological systems of provision while focusing on the convoluted commercial arrangements that moved timber from forest to city despite exceptionally severe environmental and financial obstacles.
Based on scrupulous scholarship in the vast Japanese secondary literature on forest history, The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan brings to light materials previously unavailable in English and synthesizes these within a thoughtful ecological framework. Its penetrating examination of the patterns of cooperation and conflict throughout the industry adds significantly to the scholarly corpus that challenges the stock image of Tokugawa rulers and merchants as social enemies. Instead it supports the view of those who have noted the interdependent character of political and economic elites and the long-term strengthening of rural sectors of society vis-a-vis urban sectors.
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1. English-Language Approaches to Tokugawa Commerce
2. An Overview of Lumber Provisioning
3. The Process of Timber Transport
4. Entrepreneurial Lumbering in Yamaguni
5. Last Reflections
App. A Plant Species
App. B Table of Measurements
App. C Yoshino Ringyo: A Research Topic.
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The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan
Conrad D. Totman

Professor Totman raises the critical question of how Japan s steeply mountainous woodland has remained biologically healthy despite centuries of intensive exploitation by a dense human population that has always been dependent on wood and other forest products. Mindful that in global terms this has been a rare outcome, and one that bears directly on Japan s recent experience as an affluent, industrial society, Totman examines the causes, forms, and effects of forest use and management in Japan during the millennium to 1870.
He focuses mainly on the centuries after 1600 when the Japanese found themselves driven by their own excesses into programs of woodland protection and regenerative forestry.
source : amazon.co.jp

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .
zaimoku 材木 timber, lumber



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南設楽郡 Minamishitara district

ryuuguu 龍宮 Ryugu Dragon Palace

二ノ滝という滝がある。この滝のため鮎が段嶺にまで上らないので、段嶺の城主が岩を割り砕こうとしたら、夢で龍宮のお告げがあったので計画を中止した。また、材木商が材木を上流から流したらこの滝に入ったまま浮かんでこないので、中にもぐって竜王に奪わないように訴えた。家に戻ってみると、3時ぐらいだと思っていたのに、家では三周忌の最中だった。


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zaimoku 材木 71 to explore (01)

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. Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward, "East River" .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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Koganei district

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Koganei　小金井 Koganei district
Koganeimura 小金井村 Koganei mura village
lit. small gold well



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【江戸へタイムトリップ！玉川上水と江戸の歴史を探る】
こがねいてくてく歴史散策！ Walk through the history of Koganei !
小金井まち歩きマップ
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Koganei was a famous spot for hanami　花見 cherry blossom viewing.


「小金井の桜」Koganei no sakura
広重 Ando Hiroshige

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Koganei-sakura of the East Capital 東都小金井さくら

A row of sakura (cherry trees) along the Tamagawa aqueduct known as Koganei-zakura were planted around 1737
when Musashino Shinden was being developed,
on the both banks of the Tamagawa aqueduct around Koganei bridge as its center,
over a distance of about 6 kilometers.
For this, best breeds of wild cherry trees were purchased
from Yoshino (Nara Prefecture) and Sakuragawa (Ibaraki Prefecture).
This area was known as one of the prominent spots for "sakura (cherry blossom) viewing" in Edo since the late 18th century.
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Spring View of Koganei-bashi bridge 小金井橋 春景

The cherry trees in Koganei, totaling around 10,000 trees at their peak,
start to blossom on the 54th or 55th day from the first day of spring
according to the lunar calendar, and reach full blossom on the 60th day.
Especially, sakura planted around the Koganei bridge on the banks of the Tamagawa aqueduct
seems to have been the most beautiful.
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Koganei-bashi bridge 小金井橋

The Koganei-bashi bridge was built across the 玉川上水 Tamagawa aqueduct.
It is said that the name comes from the famous water of Koganei nearby, one of the seven wells in Musashi.
Koganei became one of the best spots for sakura (cherry blossom) viewing in Edo
towards the end of the 18th century and many people visited the area.
The Koganei-bashi bridge was originally a timber bridge, which was easily damaged and needed to be rebuilt frequently.
The inhabitants of the area around the bridge, who had taken pain for financing the repair costs,
each contributed their funds and in 1856 (the third year of Ansei), finally built the stone bridge that they longed for.
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Chōfu Tamagawa 調布玉川ノ景 Chofu

In the Nara period, clothes woven in the area along the Tama River were dedicated to the Imperial Court
as 調 "chō," part of the public levy.
Some say that this is the origin of the place name 調布 Chōfu.
The goods labeled as 美艶仙女香 "biensenjo-kō" on the left are face powder that was popular in the city of Edo.
It is also known that the distributor of this powder had the product inserted in ukiyo-e and was advertizing it.
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. Choofu 調布村 Chofu mura, Chofu village . / Denenchōfu 田園調布

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Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, Koganei
江戸東京たてもの園　Edo-Tokyo Tatemono-en
Dedicated to the architecture of the late Edo period, this outdoor museum showcases historic buildings.



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The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is an open air museum in the western suburbs of Tokyo, which exhibits a range of historic buildings from the Tokyo area. The buildings were relocated or reconstructed here in order to preserve a chapter of architectural history, which has been almost completely lost in fires, earthquakes, wars and city redevelopment.

Most of the buildings exhibited are from the Meiji Period (1868-1912) or more recent times, and include among others, a politician's elegant former residence, a farm house, a public bathhouse, various shops and a police box.
The Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is a branch museum of the superb Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo's Ryogoku district.
The open air museum is located in the western part of Koganei Park, Koganei City, 25 minutes west of Tokyo's Shinjuku Station by train.
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- Restoration Buildings - Introduction
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. Edo dentoo yasai 江戸伝統野菜 Traditional vegetables of Edo .



Most is now grown in hothouses near the homes of the farmers in Koganei and used for bringing life back into the community (machiokoshi).

nagakabu 長カブ　long turnips
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noraboona のらぼう菜 leafy vegetable
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ookura daikon 大蔵大根（おおくらだいこん）extra large radish
It grows up to 50 cm lenght and is very compact. Good for boiling, since it does not change its form.
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shintorina しんとりな / しんとり菜 leafy stem vegetable
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Koganei Jinja 小金井神社 Koganei Shrine
4-7-2 Nakacho, Koganei 184-0012, Tokyo



The deity in residence is Sugawara no Michizane, hence the name
Tenman-gu　天満宮.
. Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真 .

- HP of the shrine
Tenmangu Koganei Jinja
東京都小金井市中町4-7-2
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. Tama Shikoku Henro 多摩四国八十八箇所 Pilgrimage .
Two temples are located in 金井市 Koganei:

30 Shinmyooji 真明寺 Shinmyo-Ji and 31 天神山 Konzoo-In 金蔵院 Konzo-In

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Nr. 30 - Shinmyooji 真明寺 Shinmyo-Ji
- 貫井山　妙音院　真明寺 Shinmyo-Ji
小金井市貫井南町3-8-4 / Tōkyō-to, Koganei-shi, Nukui-Minamichō
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1539 by 阿闍梨海宥　priest Kaiyu Ajari.
The main statue is 胎蔵界大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

延宝6年(1678)尊祐法師が当地へ移転させたといいます。
貫井山妙音院といい、大日如来を本尊とする。創立の年月は明らかでないが、妙光院の記録によれば永禄12年(1539)阿闍梨海宥を中興の祖とする。それから百余年の後、延宝6年(1678)3月、尊祐法師が貫井字中前にあった寺を除地勧請し、いまの貫井保育園地内にあった大日堂と合併して、現在の地に移転建立したという。尊祐法師を再興の祖としている。
『新編武蔵風土記稿』に「真明寺　境内除地七段二十二歩、村の北にあり。貫井山と号す。新義真言宗府中妙光院末。客殿六間に五間。本尊大日、木の坐像、長さー尺。開山開基詳らかならず」と記載されてある。（「小金井市史」より）

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/tama/koganeikokbunji


. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

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Nr. 31 - Kinzoo-In 金蔵院 Kinzo-In
- 天神山 金蔵院 Kinzo-In 観音寺 Kannon-Ji
小金井市中町4-13-25 / Tōkyō-to, Koganei-shi, Nakachō,
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded by 阿闍梨堯存　priest Ajari. He died in 1566.
The main statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 heads .

The temple was related to 天満宮- 小金井神社 Tenmangu Koganei Jinja
本堂左側のケヤキと右側のムクノキは小金井市指定天然記念物となっています。
- （所在地）中町4－13－25。新義真言宗豊山派。十一面観音を本尊とする。本堂は正面・側面ともに 9.1m。庫裡は正面 25.48m、側面 9.1m。明和 7年（1770）火災にあい、多くの文書その他を焼失した。幸い過去帳だけは類焼をまぬがれた。その過去帳には慶長年間以降の詳細な記載がある。寺宝に中世以前と思われる仏体及び兆殿司作と伝えられる仏画がある。
『新編武蔵風土記稿』に「金蔵院境内除地三石三斗八升。下山谷にあり。天神山観音寺と号す。新義真言宗府中妙光院の末。本堂は昔年焼失していまだ再建せず。本尊十一面観音、木の坐像長一尺許。開山詳かならず。中興は阿闍梨堯存、永禄九年八月一日遷化」と記載しである。

- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/tama/koganeikokbunji.. kinzo

金蔵院薬師堂
金蔵院開星稲荷

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. Nikko Kaido　日光街道 Road to Nikko / Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 .

14. Koganei-shuku (小金井宿) (Shimotsuke - Tochigi)

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

.................................................................................　Koganei-town 小金井市

hitodama 人魂 a bluish-white fireball
It usually appears when somebody has died.

. Nukui 貫井町 Nukui town and the Hitodama .

- 関野町 Sekinocho village で、市議会議員をしていた人が亡くなって、その通夜の夕方、隣の家に遊びに来ていた娘の友人が帰るのを見送っていたら、その友人が眼前に人魂を見たと言う。そこは、その議員がいつも自分の自動車を置いている場所だったと言う。
- 緑町の人が、夜９時頃、親子３人井戸端で歯を磨いていたら、近くの家の屋根を越した辺りから人魂が提灯のようにゆっくりふらりふらりと暗い空を東方に飛んで行くのを見た。次ぎの日、その家の人が亡くなったと言う。
- 昭和１２・３年頃、お兄さんの家の棟上げの日、現れた。オレンジ色の丸い玉で光っていなかったが、あっと思っている間に消えた。
- 梶野町 Kajinocho, village の人が言うには、東の方からオレンジ色の人魂が此方に向かって飛んで来て消えたが、そのときは三鷹の叔父さんが亡くなった時だった。
- 大正初期、曇っていて薄暗い日の３時か４時頃、透き通ったオレンジ色をした丸いものが飛んだ。光らず、尾も曳いていなかった。あまり速くなく冬の太陽の高さだった。森の近くで消えた。
- 戦争中、山本五十六将軍が亡くなった頃、北の方から西の空に大きな木の上を見え隠れしながら飛んでいた。オレンジ色をしていた。

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. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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