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Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 13What Was the Relationship Between the Chiba Clan and the Oyumi Kubō? Chibanosuke Guide Did the Chiba clan and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Oyumi Kubō, always fight each other? Not quite. Some members of the Chiba clan actually sided with Yoshiaki. In the Warring States period, it was quite common for people— even within the same family—to switch sides depending on what benefited them. ’Twas the way of the times. So the Chiba clan wasn’t exactly united, then.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 15Myōken and the Companions Chibanosuke Guide Who are the group shrouded in clouds, and what’s that strange symbol above them? That’s our guardian deity, Myōken-sama, along with his companions. The symbol above is the Big Dipper. Myōken-sama is the deity of the North Star and the Big Dipper, shining in the northern sky. This is where the story of the Chiba clan begins.

Illustration of Hirakawa Village This is a wooden notice board that listed rules for the whole village to follow. It was usually put up in the village center. What kind of rules were written on it? During the Edo period, the shogunate had boards like this posted with orders such as: be filial to your parents, don’t leave the village without permission, and don’t practice Christianity. Did they take it down when the Meiji era started? Actually, they put up new boards in the name of the Meiji government—with almost the exact same rules! Huh?! If

Myōkenji Temple in Chiba Village, Shimousa Province) Decorative Banner for the Large Festival Boat The old Myōken Festival seems really different from today. Aye. Back in the Edo period, two large boats joined the Myōken Festival procession-one in front and one behind the mikoshi-each adorned with magnificent decorative banners. Wow, Those banners are so beautiful! Indeed! They were beautifully embroidered and stretched as long as 15 meters.

can see the Chiba City emblem at the top of the arch. I didn’t know it had over a hundred years of history! I wonder why it’s shaped like that? 'Tis based on one of our family crestes ─ the tuskihoshi-mon (moon and star crest) ─ combined with the letter for "chi"(千), the first letter of “Chiba”(千葉). The sweeping strokes of the “chi” (千) also form the star, and the curved lines on either side represent a crescent moon.

Same Sugoroku Game All Across Japan!? Chibanosuke Guide They say the same illustration for the “Fukutoku Enman Sugoroku” game was used in various regions! But the shops shown on it were different in each town? Aye, it seems a publisher in Tokyo sold blank sugoroku boards—with only the pictures—to local newspapers across the country. The newspapers then sold the spaces as ad slots to local shops, matched them to the illustrations, printed the boards, and delivered them with the New Year’s edition. Quite the clever business model, indeed!

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 40The Harsh Reality of Evacuation of School Children Chibanosuke Guide Did all the schoolchildren who were supposed to evacuate actually get to leave? Nay, the "enko sokai"(縁故疎 開) system ─ evacuating to stay with relatives in the countryside ─ was given priority over organized group evacuation through schools("shudan sokai", 集団 疎開). But around one-third of school children couldn’t evacuate at all, whether due to poor health, lack of resources, or needing to help with family work. It really makes you think… What was the purpose of evacuation of school children?

cannot create something from nothing. From the tradition that already exists as part of our lives, we can find brilliant things that can bring on the future. And we can polish these and reshape them into new forms. This is an advantage for us Japanese, who live in a country with a long history. It’s also our responsibility. The present, the past, and the future. We feel it is our job to provide the opportunity to realize what our city is about, and to take a new perspective. Our aim is for all our citizens to become unique,

ニクラ」「half awake and half asleep in the water」「Ever After」「ギプス」など。日本写真協会新人賞、東川賞国内作家賞、写真の会賞受賞。 BORN IN TOKYO. GRADUATED FROM WASEDA UNIVERSITY WITH A MAJOR IN ARTS OF THE FACULTY OF LITERATURE, AND STARTED PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE MID-1980S. LAUNCHING 03FOTOS IN ‘90. HAS HAD MANY SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN JAPAN AND ABROAD. PHOTO COLLECTIONS BOOKS ARE “NU・E”, “FUNICURI FUNICURA", "HALF AWAKE AND HALF ASLEEP IN THE WATER", AND "EVER AFTER”,

WORKS, ONE CAN FEEL THE SCENERY OF CHIBA: THE SCENT OF THE SEA AND THE LIVES OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE AT THE TIME, MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AGO. IN THIS EXHIBITION, KITAI SHOWS THE VIEWER THE PROCESS LEADING UP TO A NEW WORK, STREET TREES, CHIBA, WHICH WAS TAKEN WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA IN THE CHIBA OF THE PRESENT AND IS DISPLAYED ALONGSIDE HIS PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE CHIBA OF THE PAST, AS WELL AS OTHER DOCUMENTS. AMONG THESE ARE NOT ONLY PRECIOUS VINTAGE PRINTS PRODUCED DURING THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S MORE-THAN-HALF-A-CENTURY CAREER, BUT ALSO