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Tokyo Specialties Hyakunin Isshu (22) Inari Sushi/Senju Ohashi Suzukiya / Shirokubi / Soba/Nagasaka Sarashina / Iriya/Morning Glory

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Tokyo Specialties Hyakunin Isshu"

Fujiwara no Kiyosuke Ason
|If you taste it, it's still these days, Inari sushi
if it's a popular shop, it's still at Ohashi

【Original Poem】
If I live long, I will miss these days too,
The world I saw as painful, I now find dear.

※ "Konogoro" means these days.
※ "Ohashi" refers to Senju Ohashi Bridge.

The illustration depicts the bookmark for Suzukiya, an Inari sushi shop.

Original Tomi (Tomi in a circle)
South side of Senju Ohashi Bridge, Inari Sushi
Suzukiya Tomigoro

"Suzukiya Tomigoro" is the shop "Suzukiya," famous for its Inari sushi.

I do not know the details, but a 1909 guidebook contains an entry for "Original Inari Sushi, Suzuki Genjiro, near South Senju Ohashi Bridge."

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Tokyo Guide, 2nd Revised Edition"

Also, a detective novel from the Taisho era features an Inari sushi shop at Senju Ohashi Bridge that is thought to be Suzukiya.

Detective Sawaguchi, having unexpectedly found a lead for his investigation and rejoicing in the success of his painstaking efforts, immediately hired a rickshaw to the other side of Senju Ohashi Bridge, got off in front of the famous Inari sushi shop, returned the rickshaw, and upon asking about the rickshaw man named Choko, he understood immediately.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Nihon Jigoma"

Reference: "Tokyo Guide (Inari Sushi Suzukiya)", "Occupational Telephone Directory, 24th Edition" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)



Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Tokyo Specialties Hyakunin Isshu"

Shune Hoshi
All night long, waiting for the companion
who invites me to the bedroom, standing by the flowers that speak.

【Original Poem】
All night long, when I am lost in thought,
even the gaps in the bedroom door are unfeeling.

※ "Flowers that speak" here is a metaphor for a prostitute.※ "Shirokubi" refers to streetwalkers.

Wherever you go in Tokyo, at night, the evil spirits of streetwalkers appear and torment the public. This is added as one of the local specialties.

* "Shirakubi" refers to a prostitute.
* "Meya" is interpreted as the compound word "meya" (would it be... no, it is not...), but this may be a misreading.

Reference: "Yabuno Ryoju Nihon Kenbutsu", "Geisha Kaibutsu Ron", "Nihon Dokusho Sakubun Jiten (Shirakubi)", "Nihon Ruigo Daijiten (Shirakubi) (Inbai)", "Hakurankai to Tokyo: Keizaiteki Kenbutsu", "Ingo Jiten (Shirokubi)"



Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Tokyo Meibutsu Hyakunin Isshu"

Saigyo Hoshi
Nagasaka's |Sarashina| Soba is hand-kneaded, and when you smell the |Wasabi|, it brings tears to your eyes.

[Original Poem]
Tell me to grieve, does the moon make me think of things?
It is my own tears that look like a complaint.

* "Nagasaka" refers to |Nagasaka| in Azabu.

The illustration depicts a slip of paper that looks like a menu labeled "Items."

Items
Gozen Sarashina, 13 Nagasaka-cho, Azabu Ward
Sarashina Honten, Nunoya Matsunosuke Horii
Telephone: Shimbashi 1440

Nagasaka Sarashina is a soba restaurant started by Nunoya Tahei during the Kansei era, and the main store is still in operation in Azabu Nagasaka today. The origin is described on the shop's website, so please refer to that.
→ Website Nagasaka Sarashina "About Nagasaka Sarashina Nunoya Tahei"

Reference: "Tokyo Meibutsu Shi (Sarashina)", "Toyo Seiko Kihan: Kotei (Matsunosuke Horii)", "Nihon Shinshiroku 15th Edition (Matsunosuke Horii)", "Kubota Mantaro Kushu", "Shoku Angya Tokyo no Maki (Sarashina Nagasaka Soba)", "Azabu Toriizaka Keisatsusho-shi (Sarashina)", "Koji Ruien Inshoku-bu 4 (Nunoya Tahei)", "Gakusha-machi Gakusei-machi"



Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections "Tokyo Meibutsu Hyakunin Isshu"

Jakuren Hoshi
In Iriya-machi, where the dew on the morning glories has not yet dried,
The bustle of autumn, where people come to see them.

[Original Poem]
On the leaves of the true trees, where the dew of the passing rain has not yet dried,
Mist rises in the autumn twilight.

* "Asagao" refers to |Morning Glory|.
* "Hinu" refers to |drying|.

The illustration depicts a woman looking at potted morning glories.

Iriya Souvenir
The morning glories of Iriya have been a famous sight to see, both in the past and now, but recently they have begun making dolls that are extremely vulgar, adding to the excitement of viewing them, and thus they are flourishing more and more.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections
Iriya Morning Glories of the Eastern Capital (Selection of Thirty-Six Flowers)
Iriya Morning Glories
Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections
Famous Sights of Japan, 3rd Edition

Iriya Morning Glories (Tokyo)
Located in Iriya-cho, Asakusa Ward, Tokyo City, this area was originally part of the rural districts, so it still retains an atmosphere somewhat removed from the hustle and bustle of the city. In this vicinity, there are many □ camel masters, and especially on summer days, they cultivate morning glories vigorously, attracting people from the capital. From the time the morning dew is heavy, crowds of flower-viewing guests gather, praising the reds and evaluating the whites, unaware that the sun has risen over the eastern mountains. The famous flowers in the gardens are a collection of rare and curious varieties; some are as large as the moon, others as small as stars, all blooming in profusion. The sight of them swaying in the morning breeze is enough to awaken one from a short night's sleep. Nearby restaurants also sweep their floors from early morning, waiting for the visitors to take a short rest, and street stalls selling morning glory hairpins and other items line the roadside. After purchasing a graceful potted plant, one can tread the morning dew on the way back to the eastern terrace, and then proceed to the banks of Shinobazu Pond to admire the red and white lotus flowers filling the pond, filling one's collar with coolness and making one forget the heat of the day.

Source: National Diet Library Digital Collections “Famous Sights of Japan, 3rd Edition

* The character "蕣" is read as "asagao" (morning glory).


Reference: "Shitaya Prosperity Record (Iriya Morning Glories)", "Tokyo City History Draft: Amusement Section Part 2 (Iriya Morning Glories)", "Shitaya and Ueno (Shitaya Morning Glories) (Iriya Morning Glories and Iriya Earthenware)", "Talking About Tokyo's Plants: Local Research", "Travel Guide (Iriya Morning Glory Garden)", "Tokyo Excursion Record", "Famous Sights of Japan, 3rd Edition (Iriya Morning Glories)"



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