The location in which the village head lived 、名主・兵右衛門が生きた流山 Travel views of Japan and Korea: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/agc/item/2018719877/resource/ Hyoemon, the village headman for generations 、代々名主を務めた兵右衛門 In the late Edo period (1603 ～ 1868) , a man named Yoshino Hyoemon lived in Nagareyama, a suburb of Tokyo. H e was the village headman of a small village . He was a farmer, however, he was permitted by the lord not only to use his surname (Yoshino) but also to identify himself as a retainer. The lord was the Inagaki clan, a retainer of the shogun. It was said that he was a samurai before the Edo period. * It was prohibited for farmers and towners to use their surname in the Edo period. Only samurai and permitted people could do it. His diary is included in "Nagareyama City History: Volume III to V." More accurately, it is "their" diary. At that time, the head of the household passed down the same first name for g...
Drinking behaviors of women at religious gathering (kou) based on the case study in Akita、講と女性－秋田藩桧山町の事例から、女性の飲酒
Issued in 1992 、 1992 年発行 出所：「講と女性－秋田藩桧山町の事例から」『年報能代市研究』 2 、能代市史編纂室 Author: Kikuchi Keiko 、菊池慶子 人の楽しみの発見度： Excellent ★★★ Houketsu was the chief priest of Jomyou-ji (temple, the photo below) in Akita prefecture (northern Japan). His temple is in a town (Hiyama) by a highway. He wrote diary from 1864 to 1898 which included the local life. His records about women’s behaviors especially drinking attracted me! Local women not only drank at religious gathering ( kou ) but also came to the temple to drink. Although Meiji Restoration occurred back then (in 1868), they enjoyed their life well. It is a 15-page academic paper in Japanese. Gate of the Jomyo -ji, Noshiro.jpg - Wikipedia 、浄妙寺山門 by 掬茶さん Contents 目次 1. Kinds of kou gatherings and outline 、講の種類と行事の内容 2. Women’s drinking 、女性の飲酒例 ・ The fifth-day- kou in Jan. of 1866 、 五日講（ 1866 年 1 月） ・ The fourth-day- kou in Mar. of 1869 、四日講（ 1869/ 明治 2 年 3 月） ・ Women’s gathering at the temple 、...