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

Yamada Ryokan is a famous inn with onsen (hot-spring) in the region . It is in a mountainous area near the border of Nagano pref. and Niigata pref. in central Japan. Locals have gone there for hot-spring cure. A kitchen for long-stay visitors is equipped . The inn has a small museum which shows us its history of over 450 years . 私が住んでいた 松本では知らない人はいませんが、全国的には知る人ぞ知る山の温泉宿 です。松本から北、新潟県との県境にあります。松本の人たちは、湯治で逗留したとのこと。 今も湯治者用の自炊場 があります。 資料館が併設され、 450 年以上の歴史を紹介 しています。   The main building was built more than 150 years ago ; its reception also serves as the museum’s one. Six buildings including this one are designated as national cultural properties . The Buddhist Hall in behind is one of them; it is dedicated to the Healing Buddha ( Yakushi Nyorai ). Every visitor who comes here wants to get healthy. 江戸時代に建てられた本館 。資料館の受付もここです。本館を含み ６棟が国の登録有形文化財 です。裏手にある薬師堂も文化財の一つ。健康を願う湯治客には薬師如来さんがありがたいですね。 Wood reception 、木のレセプション＆カウンター The Japanese style lobby  is at the opposite side of t...

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...