The big event of this month was that
Okono gave birth to a daughter. Meanwhile, Yoshino needed to spend a lot of time on
the preparation on the road improvement. In the Edo period, there were very few
government services, so people did it by themselves and spent much time on
them.
Road
improvement、道普請
They continued the meetings to lay the
pavement stone on the road in front of Choufuku-ji temple probably. Mr. Yoshino
or his father joined the meeting on the 3rd, 4th, 8th,
10th, 24th, 25th, 28th and 29th.
Those were continued next month. They talk about renovation of the walls of
Choufuku-ji temple on the 15th, 16th and 17th.
I think they spent much more time than today. Perhaps the time went very
slowly. By the way, the new chief monk arrived at the temple last April. I guess he wanted to have the temple and its area renovated. |
| Unpaved road in the rural area、茨城県水海道･坂野家付近の道 |
先月からはじまった道普請の話。どうも、長福寺前の往還に敷石を置くという話のようだ。雨の日などは歩きやすくなる。3、4、8、10、24、25、28、29日と主人或いは父が出かけている。道普請は10月一杯続く。また、15、16、17日は長福寺壁修復の話をしている。村のことは村方に任せられており、武士は関与しない。とはいえ、今と比べると話し合いに時間をかけていると思う。時間の流れそのものがゆっくりだったのだろう。なお、長福寺には４月に新住職が来ている。
On the 1st, very rare event happened.
I already read the past three years of his diary, but his father and mother had never gone out together; it was a mystery for me. It was written that they went to
Nakadera temple together to join the Shingon training event.
The 2nd was a Mujin party holiday.
Mujin party usually started from the evening, so I don’t know whether it was a
holiday to hold the party or to take rest after the all-night party.The 7th was also the Mujin party holiday, but they polished rice on this day.
1日、珍事発生。すでに三年分の日記を読んでいるが、良く出かける父と母が初めて一緒に出掛けた。「中寺の光明真言修行に付き父母参詣」とある。夫婦同伴は当たりでは無かったと思うので、母の同伴を日記に記載から省略していたとは思えない。今までずっと不思議に思っていた。
2日、無盡休日とある。無盡のための休日か、無尽の遊び疲れか、何だろう。
7日、またしても、昼より無盡休日の記述。でも、米臼とあり、精米をしている。
On the 8th,
Okono had an easy delivery. They gave birth in their houses. He delighted it definitely,
but he didn’t write in details.
8日、「夜九つ半、おこの安産女子誕生」と書かれている。深夜0時過ぎの話だ。嬉しかったろうが、妊娠の状況は記載されていなかった。 |
Childbirth in the Edo period
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On the
12th, he visited the temple with udon-noodle. Something would had
happened with monks. The relationship between the temple and people was very strong.
We visit the family temple few times a year these days. Udon-noodle was the
good gift for this time of the year, because it was made from fresh flour which
was cropped last month.
On the
16th and 17th, they boiled soy beans to make “miso”
seasoning.On the 16th, they took Mujin party holiday in the afternoon. They also took Shimeri holiday in the afternoon of the 17th. They had enough time before harvesting rice.
On the 18th, he went to Noda which is 12km away from his village. Probably he bought an iron head of a hoe. There was a specialty shop.
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| Hoe、鍬 ＠Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History (part2)、神奈川県立歴史博物館（2） |
12日、方丈引き移しに付き、饂飩持ち、見舞いに行く、とある。4月に着任した新住職に何かあったのだろうか。とにかく、寺とのつながりが強い。先月に麦臼が行われており、饂飩は良い見舞いの品でもあったようだ。
16日、味噌焚き、昼より無盡休日。
17日、味噌焚き、昼より志免り休日（「しめり」と読むか）。稲刈りを前に余裕があるのか、何かと休日がある。
18日、野田町へ鍬（くわ）の先に行く、とある。鍬の鉄の部分を買いに行ったようだ。12km離れた野田には専門店がある。
On the 23rd, Shibaya and his wife visited Yosino with a baby-birth gift which was sweets or food in the wooden box “o-jyuu”. They started harvesting rice on this day.
On the 26th, they cultivated a field. He went to Nakadera temple with bota-mochi rice cakes and white rice.
On the 27th, they cultivated the field.
On the 28th, they polished rice. He went to Nishihirai in order to discuss the event of Choufuku-ji temple.
On the 29th, they cultivated the field. He discussed the Choufuku-ji event with Nakamura.
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O-jyuu
box and food @ Kanazawa Folklore Museum 金沢くらしの博物館
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22日、母が我孫子に参詣
23日、芝弥と妻来、出産祝い重の内持参、とあり、お菓子か料理をもって、おこのの出産を祝ってくれたようだ。この日、早稲刈りもしている。26日、畑うない、中寺にぼた餅と白米を持参。
27日、畑うない。
28日、米臼、西平井に長福寺権化の件で行く。
29日、畑うない、中村ほかと長福寺権化の件で話し合い。
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