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Peaceful days and fun of a village head in 19th century, part 26(千葉県流山の名主日記)

Childbirth of the married daughter (March and April 1807)、嫁いだ娘の出産(文化4年34月)

千葉県流山市にいた名主の日記から、その頃の楽しみを拾い出した連載記事です(日本語は後半に)

 

Seigen-ji Temple、清源寺(写真はGoogleストリートビューから。近々、撮影に行きます)

 

March

8th, children went to the memorial service for the "Thousand Buddhist statues" at Hiregasaki.

11th, Hyōemon—the author of this diary—received back the garments he had lent to the daughter of the Shiba-Nishi family.

Those were silk textiles (luxurious items), certainly not hemp or cotton. A white rinzu (白綸子), a pale yellow chirimen (浅黄ちりめん), a Hon-Hachijō (本八丈) kimonos and obi belts were included.

I wonder they were used for what purpose.

白綸子地松竹梅鶴亀模様打掛-Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Hōrai (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

 

20th, Hyōemon traveled to Seigen-ji Temple in Ushigome, Edo (old name of Tokyo), to attend the third memorial service for the retired lord, Mr. Inagaki.

Seigen-ji still stands today; it was founded in 1627 by Inagaki Zenuemon, a man renowned as a master of horsemanship.

 

 

April

1st, Oira who had married into a family in Hiregasaki, gave birth to a boy.

Hyōemon’s wife rushed over, bringing baby clothes and sekihan (red bean rice) for celebration.

8th, the wife and child went to Hiregasaki for the Oshichiya (the seventh-night celebration).

Oira visited her parents' home (Hyōemon’s house) on the 16th and stayed until the 18th; it was a happy time.

Buddhism has the thought of reincarnation. A number of rites of passage are performed for a new life from the other world. One of these is Oshichiya, held on the seventh day after birth; the newborn is given a name at the time.
Furthermore, in an era of poor medical technology, there was a saying that "before the age of seven, a child belongs to the gods"; until a child reached the age of seven (by traditional East Asian reckoning, or six by modern counting), their life was considered fragile and under divine protection.

 

16th, his mother and children attended the Kōmyō Shingon (Mantra of Light) chanting gathering at Chōfuku-ji Temple.

The children visited temples more than today; I think that children who learn to press their palms together to pray before the Buddha will not grow up to do wrong.

 

Meanwhile, farming work was getting into full swing. Although there had been a dry spell, rain finally fell.

 

29th, Hyōemon set out on a trip to "New Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage".

Accompanying him were the head priest of Chofuku-ji Temple, Yaemon from Hirai Village, and a villager named Kiemon. This was a pilgrimage along the Soma 88-Temple route at present (Reference in Japanese: https://tesshow.jp/soma88_index.html).

29th, they stayed at "Kuwashiya" in Inamura (Ibaraki); on the 1st of the next month, did at "Sensuya" in Fusa (Chiba); and on the 2nd, they traveled by boat to worship at Narita Fudoson, then rested at the house of Komatsu Senuemon. That night, they journeyed up the Tone River by boat, returning to Fusa to spend the night. After continuing the pilgrimage on the 3rd, they arrived home around 10 PM. They were so tough.

It says, "Abiko was the last." It seems they chose Ne-no-kami Gongen in Abiko as the final stop on their pilgrimage; it was a shrine they visited frequently for worship.

 

 

Boat trip on Tone River to Narita
 

 

3月

8日、鰭ヶ崎の千躰仏供養に子供たちが行った。

11日、この日記を書いた兵右衛門が、芝西の娘に貸した衣服が戻って来た。白綸子、浅黄ちりめん、本八丈と腰帯。絹織物だ。麻や木綿ではなくてリッチ。さて、何に使ったのか。

20日、ご隠居(稲垣氏)の三回忌で、江戸・牛込の清源寺へ行った。清源寺は、今もあるが、1627年創建で、騎馬の名人といわれる稲垣前右衛門の開基。

 

4月

1日、鰭ヶ崎に嫁いでいる「おいら」が男子を出産。兵右衛門の妻が産着と赤飯を持って駆け付けた。

8日、妻と子どもが鰭ヶ崎へ。お七夜だ。

おいらは、16日に実家・兵右衛門の家に来て、18日まで滞在。幸せな時間だ。

 

16日、長福寺の光明真言読誦衆会へ母と子どもが行く。子どもがよく寺へ行く。仏様に手を合わせていると、間違ったことをする子どもは育たないと思う。

 

一方、農作業も本格化。渇水だったが、やっと雨が降った。

 

29日、新四国八十八カ所参詣に出発。同行は長福寺法印、平井の弥右衛門、村人の喜右衛門。今の相馬八十八カ所(参考:https://tesshow.jp/soma88_index.htmlの巡礼だ。

29日は茨城県稲村の「くわしや」泊、翌月1日は千葉県布佐の「扇子や」泊、2日は船で成田不動尊へ行き参詣、小松仙右衛門方で休む。夜船で利根川を遡り、布佐に戻り宿泊。3日も巡礼して夜四ッ頃22時頃)帰宅。タフな4泊5日の旅だ。彼らは一日40km歩く。

“あひこ終にて”と記されている。我孫子、しばしばお参りに行く子ノ神権現を最後の巡礼先にしたのだろう。

 

 

Previous post  (Peaceful days and fun of a village head in 19th century, part 25(千葉県流山の名主日記)): Frequent gatherings and pilgrimages during the agricultural off-season (January and February, 1807)、集まりと巡礼が多かった農閑期(文化4年1・2月)

Next post (Peaceful days and funs of a village head in 19th century, part 27(千葉県流山の名主日記): Various affairs during the busy farming season (May to August, 1807)、農繁期のさまざまな出来事(文化4年5~8月)(coming soon)

 

 

The first article in this series (from 1802 to 1848)、シリーズ(1802年から1848年)最初の記事 : Peaceful days and funs of a village head in 19th century, part 1(千葉県流山の名主日記)

 

The first article of the diary from 1849 to 1864, fifty-three articles in total1849年から1864年の日記(53記事)の最初の記事: Yoshino’s daily life 01, About Yoshino and background 吉野家とその頃

 


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