Fun of Good Old Japanese - 江戸・明治に学ぶ　楽しむ生き方

< About Yoshino family and Nagareyama >  This diary was written in the late Edo period by Tsuneuemon Yoshino. Yoshino is a very old family. Yoshino family was a family of samurai long time ago. Then they became farmers. He lived with his family including retired parents and several helpers. He owned a lot of lands and he belonged to local government as a village head called Nanushi.      Yoshino family had lived in Shibasaki at Nagareyama city. Nagareyama is 25km away from the Edo castle, so they could go to Edo for a half day trip by foot. Asakusa, which is a major entertainment district in Edo, is 20km away. During that time there were about one million people living in Edo, so it was already one of the biggest city in the world with a lot of entertainment.   There are many rich forests in Nagareyama. There are also Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Even today, there are agricultural farms for rice and vegetables. In NagareyamaCity Museum ,    w

 Nagareyama is a city beside Edo river where T.Yoshino lived, and I currently checking his diary.  Nagareyama was flourished as a port town to transport produce and product to Edo or Tokyo. There are some exhibits from Yoshino's, although I'm not sure if it was donated by T.Yoshino's family or not. The museum is on the hill where the prefectural office located. The admission fee is free. Reference:  Yoshino’s daily life 01, About Yoshino and background 吉野家とその頃  日記を調べている吉野家がある流山市の博物館。流山は東京への水運で栄えていた。吉野家との関係は不明だが、吉野さん寄贈の品もある。  Nagareyama at Meiji period (more than 100 years ago). There were many shops along the main road. One of which is Taruya written in T.Yoshino's diary. The town was about 4 km away from Yoshino's house.   明治期の流山。樽屋もある。吉野家からは 4km 離れている。  Letters from a feudal lord to Yoshino in 1564 and 1590, this secured the land for Yoshino. Yoshino had an old ancestry.   吉野氏への安堵状。元々は武士であった。  Lunch box and kettle box for outdoor use provided