Oyamazaki history museum、大山崎町歴史資料館

Oyamazaki is the western part of Kyoto prefecture. There is a relic of Battle of Yamazaki which was the game-changing battle in 1582. Yamazaki is a narrow land between Mt. Tennohzan and Yodo River, so there were many battles here. At the same time, it is a scenic place. Therefore, nobles built villas or tea ceremony houses here. The local people emulated the noble culture and enjoyed it.
Photography is prohibited. Images of exhibits are pictures on the brochure.

More info about Battle of Yamazaki (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yamazaki

京都府の西にある大山崎町には、信長を討った明智光秀が秀吉と会戦した山崎合戦の古戦場がある。天王山と淀川に挟まれた山崎では戦が多かったが、風光明媚で元々は貴族の別荘地だった。駅前に、秀吉が利休に命じて建てた待庵（たいあん）が残っている。貴族達に影響され、山崎の人たちも文化を楽しんでいた。
撮影禁止のため、展示品の写真はパンプレットのものです。

YAMAZAKI is famous for a whisky brand nowadays. The poster above is at Yamazaki station which is the nearest one of the museum. I saw foreign visitors; I guessed they were participated in the site tour of Yamazaki distillery of SUNTORY.
Website: https://www.suntory.com/factory/yamazaki/

最寄りのJR山崎駅。ホームから降りる階段には、「山崎」の広告看板がお出迎え。YAMAZAKIは世界の人気ブランド。外国人の旅行者もいました。サントリーの山崎醸造所の工場見学でしょう。

Tea ceremony room ”Tai-an” is in the temple called Myouki-an in front of the station (above). It was designed by the most famous tea master “Sen no Rikyu” and it was built in the 16^th century under the ruler H. Toyotomi. There is small tea field in front of it. You need to make a reservation before you visit.

駅前のお寺・妙喜庵に、利休が建てた待庵（国宝）がある。門先に少しばかり、茶畑がある。なお、待庵の見学は予約が必要である。

It takes less than ten minutes to reach the museum. We walk along Saigoku-kaidou which was the highway to link Kyoto and western Japan such as Hiroshima.
旧西国街道を歩いて資料館に向かう。駅から10分弱

The museum is at the second floor of this building “Oyamazaki Furusato Center”.
大山崎ふるさとセンターの二階に歴史資料館がある。

The relief on the wall of the entrance hall of this building is the oil peddler, which is drawn on the picture scroll made around 900 years ago.

Oil was the necessity as fuel of lumps until the 20^th century. Oil merchant group in Oyamazaki was under the protection of Iwashimizu-Hachimangu Shrine which is opposite side of Yodo River. They were approved to sell oil to western Japan exclusively, moreover they were exempted from the payment to the check points in 1311. It was their peak time, because rulers in the 16^th century including Toyotomi abolished the monopolies.

ふるさとセンターのホールには、天秤棒に油桶を提げた油売りのレリーフがある。大山崎の油売りは、平安時代の信貴山縁起絵巻・山崎長者の巻にも描かれている。油は、灯明用の必需品で、大山崎の油座は、淀川対岸の石清水八幡宮の庇護を受け、1311年には諸関津料を免除され、西日本の油販売を独占し、繁栄の絶頂を迎えた。しかし、織豊政権下で座は廃止された。

There is a copy of Toyotomi’s amor and a satellite photo.
資料館エントランスには大山崎の航空写真と、秀吉の着けたという鎧の複製品がある。

More info about H.Toyotomi (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi

The emperor Gotoba(left) and Teika Fujiwara who was a noble and a poet: The emperor built a villa in Oyamazaki and enjoyed a poem party (competition) and hunting. Villagers had a poem party, too. I was surprised with their high culture level to read, to write, to create poems and to evaluate them.

後鳥羽天皇と歌人･藤原定家：大山崎には後鳥羽天皇が離宮をおき、歌会や狩猟を行った。村人も連歌の会を開いたと言うから、文化のレベルが高い。

Taian (tea ceremony room) which was partially rebuilt in the museum, and Rikyu: Toyotomi built Yamazaki castle and gathered merchants and tea masters. Rikyu built Taian, and tea ceremonies were held often there. It was the most excellent tea ceremony at that time.

再現した待庵と利休：秀吉は山崎城を築き、商人や茶人が集まった。利休は待庵を建て、たびたび茶会が開かれた。当時の最高レベルの茶会だ。

Yamazaki station is rustic. JR山崎駅は素朴な駅

Visited in September, 2019
Official website: http://www.town.oyamazaki.kyoto.jp/annai/kyoikuiinkai/rekishi/rekishishiryokan/index.html (in Japanese), accessed in February, 2020

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Shimamoto history and culture museum 島本町立歴史文化資料館
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Museums in Uji, Kyoto 宇治の資料館

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