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

Kusatsu was the second post town from Kyoto in Toukaidou highway. The photo below shows the old highway and Kusatsu Honjin (Tanaka Shichizaemon Honjin). Honjin was an inn for daimyo loads and noble class in the Edo period . This Honjin was built at that time. 草津宿は京都から東に二つ目の宿場である。 旧街道と草津宿本陣 （田中七左衛門本陣）前。今も往時の姿を残している。 This is a plan of the Honjin. It is a large one which has 39 rooms and gross floor area is around 900sqm. Guest room area and owner’s area is separated clearly. (The photo is an exhibit of Kusatsu Inn Highroads Community Square) 本陣の見取り図。奥に長い作りで、宿舎と主人らの居室が区分されている。 39 室 268 畳半とあり、大きな本陣である。（上の写真は草津宿街道交流館の展示品）   The main gate with a notice board of the guest of honor which was written “Konoe-dono” when I visited 表門から玄関を見通す。この日は「近衛殿御休」の札が上る。   The entrance of the main building. Big lanterns of the guest of honor were hung. 玄関広間と式台。宿泊する大名家の提灯を吊る。   Main corridor of the guest area. The end of this corridor is a garden which faces a...

This community square is in the old post town in Toukaidou high-way which was the second one from Kyoto. Two great high-ways in the Edo period , Toukaidou and Nkasendou, met here. Fun of travel is exhibited in this square. The cuisine models of inns at that time impressed me because it was my first time to see a traveler’s meal. People walked almost every day while traveling, however it must be so exciting because they spent plain daily life usually. Definitely they enjoyed eating good cuisines, drinking and chatting. It is good for us to experience various things. I tried woodblock printing and I could print well regardless of simple tools. It excited me. Kusatsu post town by H.Utagawa (copy)   歌川広重「東海道五十三次   草津」（複製） Model of Kusatsu post town  草津宿ジオラマ 滋賀県草津宿は、大津の東、東海道と中山道が分岐するところである。この交流館では、江戸時代の旅の楽しみが展示されている。旅籠のレシピと料理の模型が印象的であった。単調な日常生活から見たら、食べて飲んで、毎日の歩きであっても楽しいわ。この交流館が工夫しているのは、触れる、乗れる展示品があることだ。私は、浮世絵の４色刷りが面白かった。精巧でない道具なのに、割合うまく刷れるので、感心した。 ...