Tokyo Specialties Hyakunin Isshu (6) Amezaiku / Shamo-ya Imakin & Kinseiro / Fukagawa Warehouses / Suki Tea Utensils
Prince Motoyoshi
|Is it a skill? Now it is the same, as a craft
I think of the candy seller who has exhausted their body.
【Original Poem】
Since I am weary, it is the same now, at Naniwa
Even if I exhaust myself, I think I will meet you.
※ "Imahata" means "now already" or "now that it has come to this."
Clam and cat
A master of realistic candy craft in the style of Komatsu Saiichi.
※ The author of "Tokyo Specialties Hyakunin Isshu" (Seifu Shimizu) depicts candy sellers and candy craftsmen in another book.
Candy Seller
Around the Ansei era, the master of craft candy, Amekuma
Also, the business of candy craft is described in detail in "Jitsugyo no Shiori" published in the Meiji era, so please read it if you are interested.
⇒"Jitsugyo no Shiori (Amezaiku)"👀
Sosei Hoshi
In the old days when it was called Imakin, for raw meat
Duck sukiyaki, shamo appears, doesn't it?
【Original Poem】
Just because you said you would come now, I waited
For the moon at dawn in the long month of September.
※ "Shamo" refers to the game fowl. A breed of chicken.
When it comes to shamo restaurants in Tokyo, it is standard practice to always use the character 'Ima' (now). The origin of this is Imakin. However, Imakin has already become Kinseiro, and the Imakin in Kanda has gone out of business, so the name Imakin has ceased to exist.
※ "Kinseiro" seems to have been a restaurant located in Nihonbashi Kakigara-cho and Kanda Awaji-cho.
Reference: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Latest Tokyo Guide", "Nichokaku: Essays", "Latest Tokyo Guidebook Spring Volume"
Fun'ya no Yasuhide
In Fukagawa, opening, closing, and loading
Row upon row of storehouses, they are called warehouses.
[Original Poem]
Since it blows,
the autumn grasses and trees wither,
so perhaps that is why the mountain wind
is called 'arashi' (storm).
Oe no Chisato
|When I look| at the |tea utensils|, things of the four seasons are |enjoyable|,
though it is not just for my own body.
[Original Poem]
When I look at the moon,
a thousand things make me sad,
though it is not just for my own body
that autumn has come.
* "Shiji" refers to the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. |Four seasons|.
Mt. Ogura
Author's Note: ● represents characters that could not be deciphered.
I will update this as I decipher new characters or notice typos and misreadings. For details, please read the "Self-Introduction / Disclaimer" section. 📖