The building in behind had many exhibits, which I wrote about in part1 (<link) of this article. I’ll show you special exhibition “Memories of the village and life in the mountain. Photos and articles of everyday use, depict the state of life of the ex-woodturners’ village in the Showa period (1926-1989)”. It was held in the building in front. 奥が part1 （＜リンク）で紹介した木地屋民俗資料館。 part2 では、手前の建物で開催されていた 特別展「集落の記憶・山の暮らし ･･･写真と民具で伝える昭和の木地屋･･･」を紹介します。 The four seasons of the village wherein nine families lived . The photos were taken mainly in around 1960 , so woodturning work had already ended. However, we could know the life in the mountain village. The exhibits would change every other year. ９戸あった集落の四季のようす が記録されています。写真は 主に昭和 30 年代 で、木地師の仕事は終えた後ではありますが、山での人々の暮らしがわかります。なお、特別展は、２年毎に展示がかわるそうです。 Spring 、春 Weeding of rice fields in 1958. I hear it is a painstaking work because an edge of a rice plant stings. Relatives joined and did it together. They had leew...
There was a village of woodturners in mountainous area in central Japan (Niigata pref.). Their lifestyle was unique, because they relocated from a mountain to the other mountain where Japanese horse chestnut trees were; they made bowls from the trees. In the Edo period (1603 ～ 1868), the local government (Takada- han ) made them settle down in a mountain. Although all villagers left there until now, the house with workshop was moved and renovated as the museum below . 木地師はロクロを使って椀などを作る人たち 。トチの木を求めて 山中を移動した といわれています。 新潟県糸魚川市の山中には、高田藩の政策によって 定住した木地師の集落 がありました。集落の人びとは町へ降りて今は住む人がいませんが、 かつての製造所兼家屋を移設・改装した資料館 があります。 The village is located at a high altitude. The bottom of the valley is seen in the white dot circle. 木地師の里へ向かう道は、 姫川が流れる谷（楕円内） から高度を上げていきます。谷の向こうの山は、多分雨飾山。 It was the last village to go to Mt. Hakuba; only the inn of Renge hot spring is beyond the village. 白馬連峰へ向かう最後の集落が木地屋集落（糸魚川市大所）。白馬岳との間に蓮華温泉があります。 The painting below shows the village in around 1960 . It says...