思いがけない３連休。って、要するにボーッと生きているだけの話ですが、カミさんのリクエストで支笏湖周辺で最後の１日を。
　丸駒温泉に久しぶりに浸かってきましたが、連休と言うこともあってか大変な混みよう。日帰りですが、帰り際には駐車場への入場待ちのクルマが5-6台という盛況ぶり。きっとわたしのように連休というのに予定を組むようなことをしなかったみなさんが多いのでしょう。ふらり、と来るには札幌からの距離感はちょうどいいかも。
　数年前に運営会社が変わっているのですが、もちろんお湯自体は相変わらずの泉質で迎えてくれていました。こちらは弱食塩泉ということで、効能としてはわたしの健康面にも効果があるとされています。
　こちらは支笏湖の湖水に面していて、湖面の水位と屋外の露天風呂の水位が同じ。きのう、入っていたらアメンボが多数、水面を活発に動き回っている。カミさんは女性風呂で「キャッ、気持ち悪い」と早々に避難したのだそうですが、わたしの場合、どうも最近、イキモノへの親近感がハンパなく強まってきていまして、かれらといっしょに楽しく長湯しておりました。
　こちらの外湯は足下に砂利が敷き込まれていて、すこし歩行に難渋するほどなのですが、やはり野趣はたっぷりで、支笏湖の景観と同期しながらの湯浴みはまことに楽しい。
　そこから高速道路までの帰り道にあるイングリッシュガーデンレストラン「MEON」でランチ。連休ということで心配していましたが、案外すんなりと30分ほどの待ち時間で席に着けた次第。わたしは特段のお好みはないので、なにやらシーフード系のスープを、カミさんはパリパリの生地の上に生ハムなどが乗っかったピザ風料理。
　ちょっと前までなら、こんな程度ではとてもハラが追いつかなかったのですが、最近はダイエット奏効なのか、この程度の料理でも「満腹感」に満たされておりました。

　店舗の設計は知人の建築家なのですが、季節変化ごとに草木などが自然のうつろいを感じさせてくれて、楽しい。
　一応セミリタイヤみたいなことなので、本当は連休以外でも自由に行動はできるハズなのですが、やはりいまのところは、この程度の過ごし方が適当なようであります。

English version⬇

A hot spring bath by Lake Shikotsu and lunch at a garden restaurant.
I was in a daze when I found out last minute that Monday was also a national holiday. In search of a relaxing and peaceful vacation, we went to the lakeside of Lake Shikotsu. A hot spring bath and a lunch at a natural restaurant. …

An unexpected three-day weekend. My wife requested that we spend one last day around Lake Shikotsu.
　We took a dip in Marukoma Onsen for the first time in a while, but it was very crowded, probably because it was a consecutive holiday weekend. Although it was a one-day trip, there were 5-6 cars waiting to enter the parking lot when I left. I guess there were many people like me who did not make any plans for the consecutive holidays. The distance from Sapporo may be just right for a casual visit.
　The management company changed a few years ago, but of course the water itself was as good as ever. This is a weakly saline spring, which is said to be beneficial to my health.
　This one faces the waters of Lake Shikotsu, and the water level of the lake is the same as that of the outdoor open-air bath. When I was in there yesterday, I saw a large number of water striders actively moving around on the surface of the water. My wife said, “Oh my God, that’s disgusting,” and she quickly evacuated the women’s bath, but in my case, my affinity for these creatures has been growing tremendously recently, and I enjoyed taking a long bath with them.
　The outside bathhouse has gravel underfoot, making it a little difficult to walk around, but it is full of wildness, and it was really enjoyable to take a bath while synchronizing with the view of Lake Shikotsu.
　On the way back to the highway, we had lunch at MEON, an English garden restaurant. I was worried about the restaurant because of the consecutive holidays, but surprisingly, I was able to be seated with only a 30-minute wait. I had some kind of seafood soup because I don’t have a particular preference, and my wife had a pizza-like dish with a crispy dough topped with prosciutto ham and other ingredients.
　Until recently, this kind of food would have been too much for my stomach to handle, but recently, perhaps due to my diet, even this kind of food has been enough to fill me up.

The store was designed by an architect friend of mine, and it is fun to see how the plants and trees change with the seasons, reminding me of the changing nature.
　Since I am semi-retired, I should be able to do whatever I want outside of the holidays, but for now, this seems to be the appropriate way to spend my time.
　

Posted on 7月 16th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　日本全国、海に囲まれた列島各地で「おいしいお魚」は各種ありますが、北海道でいちばん庶民的な味わいはやはりホッケにトドメを刺される。
　全国のほっけ漁獲量は、以下のように北海道が圧倒的なシェアを誇っています。
　 1位：北海道　32,799 (t)
2位：青森県　633 (t)
3位：山形県　218 (t)　〜データ引用：2019年 食品データ館
　高校まで北海道に居て大学から東京で暮らすようになって、どこをどう探しても「ホッケの開き」を買うことが出来なくて、つくづくと望郷の念に駆られたことがあります。わたしの場合、北海道で生きていきたいと考えたいちばんの理由かも知れない。・・・なワケはないのですが（笑）、しかし深層心理では、この魚の味覚へのこだわりは強いモノがある。
　のちに東京で就職して銀座に支店のあった北海道新聞と取引もしていたので、その社員の方に連れられて「銀座の北海道料理店」で会食したことがあります。季節もちょうど良かったので迷わず「ホッケの開き」一択で注文した。ところが出てきたヤツは、本当に「干からびて」いて、身まで固くて、深い涙とともにかじっていた。ダメだこりゃ、でありました。いまは物流も整備されて、銀座の一流店ではおいしいものも食べられるかも、ですがわたしはたぶん遠慮しそう（泣）。
　ここんところシーズンということで、安価で大ぶり（写真では分かりにくいかもですが、全長で35-40cmくらいはある）なので、食品店店頭でも、ひときわ目を引かされる。これくらいの大きさでも１枚300円内外。まことに庶民の大好物なのですね。
　ホッケの食べ方でいちばんウレシイのは、新鮮なアブラの乗ったヤツでは、シッポ側を掴んで真ん中の「骨」を一気にアタマ側まで引き剥がす瞬間。これが一気に行けるヤツは確実にウマい。
　数寄な方は、骨に絡まっていて皮のようになったヤツをしゃぶり食うのが楽しいともいわれる。当然、たくさんの小骨が抵抗してくるのですが、それに丹念に応えて、上手に剥がしていくのも醍醐味。そして、身の部分を取り上げて、たっぷりの大根おろしに漬けて頬張る。
　写真の１枚を夫婦で、口数すくなく黙々と平らげていく快感。
　ちょっと前までだったら、こういう大型でも１人で平らげていたと思うのですが、ダイエットにも取り組み続けているので、これで十分。でもアタマの硬い部分や、皮の部分もたのしく食べられる。いかにも「一物全体食」的に食べられるのであります。う〜む、また食うぞ！

English version⬇

Hokkaido’s specialty, hokke (hokke).
Local fish for the masses. It is a local fish for the masses, and the harmony with plenty of grated daikon (Japanese radish) is outstanding. This is the biggest culprit that made me make a U-turn to Hokkaido (laugh). Laughs

　There are various kinds of “delicious fish” throughout Japan and throughout the archipelago surrounded by the sea, but the most common taste in Hokkaido is still topped by Hokke.
　Hokkaido boasts the overwhelming share of the nation’s hokke catch, as shown below.
　 No. 1: Hokkaido 32,799 (t)
No. 2: Aomori Prefecture 633 (t)
No. 3: Yamagata Prefecture 218 (t) – Data citation: 2019 Food Data Center
　I lived in Hokkaido until high school, and then moved to Tokyo for college. I was very nostalgic because I could not buy hokke no matter where I looked. In my case, this may have been the main reason why I wanted to live in Hokkaido. I was not really a fish lover (laugh), but in my deepest psyche, I have a strong attachment to the taste of fish.
　Later, when I was working in Tokyo and doing business with the Hokkaido Shimbun, which had a branch in Ginza, one of its employees once took me to dinner at a “Hokkaido restaurant in Ginza. The season was just right, so I had no hesitation in ordering “hokke (hokke open fish)” as my first choice. However, the one that came out was really “dried out” and even the meat was hard, and I was gnawing on it with deep tears. It was a disaster. Now that the distribution system has been improved, you may be able to eat delicious food at first-class restaurants in Ginza, but I probably won’t (I’m crying).
　Since it has been the season recently, they are inexpensive and large (the picture may not show it well, but the total length is about 35-40 cm), so they are very eye-catching even in food stores. Even at this size, each piece costs around 300 yen. It is truly a favorite food of the common people.
　The most exciting part of eating hokke is the moment when you grab the tail side of a fresh hokke with a lot of fat on it and pull off the center “bone” all the way to the head side at once. The ones that can do this all at once are surely good.
　For those who are a bit more adventurous, it is said that it is fun to suck and eat the skin-like pieces that have become entangled in the bone. Naturally, many small bones resist, but it is a real pleasure to carefully respond to them and skillfully peel them off. Then, the meat is taken away, marinated in a generous amount of grated daikon, and eaten.
　It was a pleasant sensation to eat the piece in the photo together with the couple, silently and without saying a word.
　Until recently, I would have finished a large piece like this by myself, but since I continue to work on my diet, this is enough for me. But I can also enjoy eating the hard part of the head and the skin. I can eat them in a “whole food” way. Hmmm… I will eat it again!

Posted on 7月 14th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　わたしは昨年でこれまで手掛けてきた事業関係からは一歩退いたカタチですが、ひとそれぞれで「高齢化」と向き合うところ、わたしの場合はどうも趣味生活に没頭するとかは、まったく性に合わないようです。習い性ということか。
　結局、これまで積み重ねてきた経験って、そのなかに大きな「数寄」の要素があるようで、いまはその志向性を自分なりに純化させたような方向に向かっています。昨日はその動きの中で核心的なことに明確な進展があって、さて、というところ。今後、発表できる段階になったら、徐々にご案内していきたいと思っています。
　さて、先日「床の間」という日本的な精神性の根幹のような住宅装置について考察しましたが、それと並んで「ふすま絵」というような表現領域もある。上の写真は大阪・堺が出身地である女流作家・与謝野晶子のふすま絵。下の写真は一般的なふすま絵が置かれた家の中での雰囲気を写し撮ったものです。＜どちらもわたし自身の撮影＞
　与謝野晶子のふすま絵は、前妻と離婚のうえで晶子と結婚した夫君の与謝野鉄幹がヨーロッパに旅行していて、かれを追って渡欧しようとした晶子さんが、その旅費を稼ぎ出すのに、作品として知人に買い取ってもらったふすま絵ということ。
　彼女は戦前期「大正浪漫」最盛期を彩った作家ですが、当時としては画期的な女性の自我や性愛を詠い、浪漫派歌人としてのスタイルを確立したとされる。どうも最近、この大正浪漫時期から戦前の時期に興味がありまして、そういう時代の雰囲気の底流に彼女の存在があるように思っております。
　それはいいのですが、ふすま絵という形式には日本的伝統かあるいは中国的な文化スタイルなのか、こういう漢詩のような文章と、その筆致をビジュアルとして鑑賞するという文化が日本には根強かったのですね。掛け軸などでも似たようなテーマで作品化される。ちょっと首を捻るのには、政治家の書なども珍重されたりもする文化があった。
　現代ではこういった要素も住宅インテリアとしてはほぼ絶滅危惧種。
　絵画であればこういう表現手段も現代でもすなおに受け入れられるけれど、著名人・文化人の書いた文章などがこうやってピンナップされる、それに高額な報酬を支払う文化というものが日本には伝統的に存在したのでしょう。
　建築的に考えると、ふすまという建材自体が芸術品として取り扱われたということになる。こういった文化が存在したことと、現代住宅ではほぼ姿を消していることの両方が、非常に興味深いと思っています。ふ〜む、といったところ。

English version⬇

Fusuma-e, a decorative element of Japanese-style rooms, is a form of expression.
Fusuma, a building material, was sublimated and valued as a kind of artwork. I am interested in both the culture of appreciating such things and their disappearance. I am interested in both the culture of loving these things and their disappearance.

Last year I took a step back from the business I have been involved in, and while everyone faces “aging” in their own way, in my case, it does not seem to suit my nature at all to devote myself to hobbies and lifestyle. I guess it is a habit of mine.
　In the end, the experience I have accumulated so far seems to have a large “sukiyomi” element in it, and I am now moving in a direction that seems to have purified that orientation in my own way. Yesterday, I made a clear progress on the core of this movement, and now I’m just getting started. I would like to gradually announce the results when we are ready to make an announcement.
　Now, the other day I discussed “tokonoma,” a housing device that seems to be the root of Japanese spirituality, and along with it, there is another area of expression such as “fusuma-e,” or fusuma paintings. The photo above is a fusuma-e by Yosano Akiko, a female writer whose hometown was Sakai, Osaka. The photo below is a shot of the atmosphere in a house with a common fusuma-e. ＜Both photos were taken by myself.
　Akiko Yosano’s fusuma-e (fusuma paintings) are said to have been created by her husband, Tekkan Yosano, who had married Akiko after divorcing his ex-wife and was traveling in Europe, and Akiko, who wanted to follow him to Europe, bought them as artworks from an acquaintance to earn money for the trip.
　She was a writer who colored the heyday of “Taisho Romanticism” in the prewar period, and it is said that she established her style as a Romantic poet by composing about female ego and sexual love, which was groundbreaking at the time. Recently, I have been interested in the period between the Taisho Romantic Period and the prewar period, and I feel that she is at the bottom of the atmosphere of that era.
　I think she was at the bottom of the atmosphere of that period. Similar themes are used to create works of art in hanging scrolls and the like. To twist the question a bit, there was also a culture in which the calligraphy of politicians was also highly valued.
　Today, these elements are almost endangered for home interiors.
　While paintings can be easily accepted today as a means of expression, the culture of pinning up writings by celebrities and cultural figures and paying high fees for them must have existed in Japan for centuries.
　From an architectural point of view, fusuma, the building material itself, was treated as a work of art. I find it very interesting both that such a culture existed and that it has almost disappeared in modern housing. Hmmm.
　
　

Posted on 7月 12th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　先日の有島武郎が借りていた家、「豊平川右岸のリンゴ畑の高級賃貸住宅」で、明治末年当時の札幌における賃貸住宅の様子をお伝えしたけれど、そのなかでわたし的にあらためて気付かされるポイントがあった。
　それは寒冷地北海道に住んで日本民族のフロンティア的に位置づけられたくらしをしていた当時において、その賃貸住宅のインテリアデザイン要素として、やはり床の間がこれ見よがしに１階で２箇所も装置され、なお未紹介の２階でも床の間が装置されていたこと。
　そしてそれを当時の最先端知識人であり、欧米遊学の機会にも恵まれた進歩派である有島においてすら、住宅の選択としてこのような内装を持つ家を選択していたという事実です。
　今日の北海道ではそもそも住宅の中で和室それ自体の存在も少数派になってきているので、110年前当時との「住宅常識」の相違に気付かされるのですね。賃貸住宅の中でも、緑豊かなリンゴ園のなかの高級賃貸住宅で、その「高級ぶり」を表現するのに、決定的な要素、わかりやすい要素として床の間付き、ということがメッセージパワーを持っていた事実。
　まぁわたしなどの年代は、こういう床の間インテリアというものをその家の「格式表現」として無意識にそういう価値感を受け入れているけれど、そういう認識が持続可能性を持っているかと考えると、やはり大きな疑問とせざるを得ない。
　だいたい、わが家建築ではそういう空間は最初から構想すらしていなかった。
　現代住宅、とくに北海道ではこういうインテリア志向性はごく少数なのではないだろうか。ただ、日本人らしさの感受性領域で、こういった空間性は文化伝統でもある。
　その空間に掛けられる「掛け軸」などにはその家の主人の趣味生活が表現されて、いわば文化的メッセージとして伝えられるものだったし、日本人としての「背筋を伸ばす」空間性ではあり続けてきた。日本的「家」意識をもっとも象徴的に「伝えていく」文化装置であった。そのような精神性領域というものは今後、どうなっていくのか。個人的にはこういう床の間的な装置は、テレビ受像機が代替してきたというように考えているのだけれど・・・。
　ふつうに考えれば機能性だけに集中していって、こういう文化は衰退一択ということになるだろうけれど、この民俗的文化伝統がそう易々と消え去っていくとも考えにくい。もし残っていくとすれば、と考えることも住宅マーケティング的には面白い領域開発であるかも知れない。
　

English version⬇

The Sustainability of the Japanese Interior “Tokono-ma” (alcove)
As a function, it can be said to be a device for passing on “family status,” but it has disappeared from modern houses. Was it replaced by the TV? The trend is for it to be replaced by the Internet. The trend is for it to be replaced by the web.

In my recent article, “The House Rented by Takeo Arishima: A Luxury Rental House in an Apple Field on the Right Bank of the Toyohira River,” I reported on the state of rental housing in Sapporo at the end of the Meiji era (late 1868).
　In those days when people lived in the cold region of Hokkaido, which was positioned as a frontier of the Japanese people, the interior design elements of the rental housing included two alcoves on the first floor and an alcove on the second floor, which I have not yet introduced.
　And even Arishima, a leading intellectual of the time and a progressive who had the opportunity to study in Europe and the U.S., chose a house with this kind of interior design as his housing choice.
　In Hokkaido today, the presence of Japanese-style rooms in houses has become a minority, and we are reminded of the difference in “housing common sense” from 110 years ago. Among rental houses, the fact that a luxury rental house in a lush apple orchard with an alcove was a decisive and easily recognizable element in expressing the “luxury” of the house had a powerful message.
　Well, people my age and older subconsciously accept this kind of tokonoma interior as a “prestigious expression” of the house, but I must admit that I have serious doubts about the sustainability of such a perception.
　In fact, we did not even envision such a space in our house from the beginning.
　In contemporary housing, especially in Hokkaido, this kind of interior design orientation is probably rare. However, this kind of spatiality is a cultural tradition in the realm of Japanese sensitivity.
　The “hanging scrolls” hanging in the space express the owner’s hobbies and lifestyle and convey a cultural message, and have always been a space that “stretches the spine” of the Japanese people. It was a cultural device that most symbolically “conveyed” the Japanese sense of “home. What will become of such a spiritual realm in the future? Personally, I think that TV receivers have replaced tokonoma-like devices like this.
　Normally, one would think that this kind of culture would decline as people focus on functionality alone, but it is hard to believe that this folk cultural tradition will disappear so easily. However, it is hard to believe that this folk cultural tradition will disappear so easily, and it may be an interesting area of development from the perspective of housing marketing to consider what, if anything, will remain.
　
　

Posted on 7月 10th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　きのうの続篇です。
　世間的には東京都知事選挙の話題が大きかったようですが、思った以上にステルス「自公」小池知事は強かったのと、立憲共産vsマスコミ批判の２位争いでは、まったく組織を持たないマスコミ批判派が勝利したことが、衝撃的。これは時代遅れマスコミに取ってイタいところを突かれたか。で、引き続いて政治世論はたぶん自由民主党の総裁選に興味が移っていくことでしょう。さて。
　有島武郎邸、それも新婚早々の時期の大学教員としての住まい。経済的成功を収めていた裕福な有島家の長男として、北大を卒業後、欧米遊学を経てふたたび札幌に移転してきた人生時期。なんだけれど、結婚自体は親が勧める良家の娘さんをめとって新婚生活を始めている。伝統ライフスタイル派。
　有島の住宅経歴を見ていると、この高級賃貸住宅を経て、自ら設計プランに没頭したと思われる現北大にほど近い土地に建てた新築住宅の直前の住まいになる。この当時の賃貸住宅の常識のなかでもこの家はかなり個性的とも思われるのだけれど、かれはきっとこの住環境に対しての改善点を大きな教訓として、新築計画に向かっていたと推定されるのです。
　今この家は北海道開拓の村に移築保存されているけれど、そもそもは「豊平川右岸の、１町歩ほどもある大きなリンゴ園のなかにあった」と有島の作品「生まれ出ずる悩み」で記述しているとされる。
　推測では自然環境豊かな農園のなかの住まい、というコンセプトに強く惹かれたのではないかと思っている。当時の札幌の街は最初期の「官都」都市計画からどんどんと都市規模が膨らんでいった時期。
　豊平川右岸というのは、そういった札幌の市街区に対して田園がひろがる地域という認識が強かったように思われるのです。地域の歴史推移を見ると以下。（札幌市豊平区HPより）
〜明治4年（1871年）に現在の岩手県などから多くの人が平岸や月寒に移住。平岸村、月寒村、豊平村の合併などを経て、明治41年に町制が施行され豊平町となった。農業が盛んで、特にリンゴは明治時代から平岸を中心に栽培され、「平岸リンゴ」は昭和初期には海外に輸出されるほどであった。〜
　有島は明治43年から翌年に掛けてこの家に住んだので、ちょうど豊平町の町制施工時期にあたる。札幌の「ベッドタウン」郊外住宅地域という位置付けになるのだろう。
　最初期の札幌市街地の拡大時期に相当するように思える。
　そのように見返してみると、有島の住宅選択の考え方と当時の札幌の住宅世相がともに再生されてきて興味が深まっていく。どうもこういう方面にわたしのライフワークは収斂する予感（笑）。

English version⬇

[At the end of the Meiji period, Takeo Arishima’s choice of residence, “Sapporo’s Bedtown”-2
Referring to the transition of Sapporo Toyohira-ku, it corresponds to the period when the population of the surrounding area increased along with the expansion of the Sapporo urban area. The first “bed town” that continues to the present day…

This is a continuation of yesterday’s report.
　The Tokyo gubernatorial election seems to have been a major topic of public interest, but the fact that the stealth “autocrat” Governor Koike was stronger than expected and that the second-place race between the Rikken Kyosan and the media critics was won by the media critics who have no organization at all is shocking. This was a bad moment for the outdated mass media. And the political public will probably continue to be interested in the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election. Now, let’s look at the house of Takeo Arishima.
　Takeo Arishima’s residence, where he lived as a university faculty member during his early years as a newlywed. He was the eldest son of the wealthy and financially successful Arishima family, and after graduating from Hokkaido University and studying in Europe and the United States, he moved back to Sapporo at that time in his life. Although he is the eldest son of a wealthy and financially successful family, he married the daughter of a good family recommended by his parents and started his new life as a newlywed. He is a traditional lifestyleist.
　Looking at Arishima’s housing history, we can see that after this high-class rental house, he lived just before the new house he built on a plot of land close to the current Hokkaido University, where he seems to have immersed himself in design planning. Although this house is considered to be quite unique even in the common sense of rental housing at that time, it is assumed that he learned a great deal from the improvements made to this living environment as he was planning to build a new house.
　Although the house has been relocated and is now preserved in the Hokkaido Kaitakunomura, it was originally located “in a large apple orchard on the right bank of the Toyohira River, about one township in size,” as described in Arishima’s work, “Born of a Trouble.
　My guess is that he was strongly attracted to the concept of living in a farm in a rich natural environment. At that time, the city of Sapporo was in the process of expanding its urban scale from the initial “government capital” urban plan.
　The right bank of the Toyohira River was strongly perceived as an area where the countryside spread out in contrast to the urban area of Sapporo. The historical transition of the area is as follows. (From the website of Toyohira-ku, Sapporo)
〜In 1871, many people from what is now Iwate Prefecture moved to Hiragishi and Tsukisamu. After the merger of Hiragishi, Tsukisamu, and Toyohira villages, the town was incorporated in 1908 and became Toyohira-cho. Agriculture is flourishing, especially apples have been grown mainly in Hiragishi since the Meiji Era, and “Hiragishi apples” were even exported overseas in the early Showa Era. ~.
　Arishima lived in this house from 1908 to the following year, which was right around the time when Toyohira-cho was established as a town. The area was positioned as a “bedroom town” suburban residential area of Sapporo.
　It seems to correspond to the period of the first expansion of the urban area of Sapporo.
　Looking back at the data in this way, I am interested in the replay of both Arishima’s housing selection ideas and the state of housing in Sapporo at that time. I have a feeling that my life’s work will converge in this direction (laugh).

Posted on 7月 8th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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