知人の北海道内住宅研究者の方からきのうの拙ブログ（元の過去記事はこちら）をチェックいただいたあと「不穏なニュース」としてこちらのニュース情報をいただいた。日本国内向けニュースではまったくスルーされていたのでわたしは気付かなかったのですが、たまたま昨日、ドイツと北海道の住宅施策対話についての過去ブログ記事のことを書いたので、最新動向として知らされた次第。
う〜む、でありますね。ドイツ経済はいまかなり困難な状況に陥っていると言われています。左派系政権が続いてきてSDGsとか、自然エネルギー最優先とかの政策を推進してきていたのですが、その実困ったときにはフランスから原発由来の電力を融通購入したりしていた。またユーロという共通通貨の恩恵で輸出競争力が不当に強くなっていたのも事実。さらにいえば中国との貿易関係で経済的利益を享受し続けてきていた。
そういった政策姿勢がロシアのウクライナ侵攻で、実はドイツは完全に炭素エネのロシア産の天然ガス依存のエネルギー政策だと曝露され、EU内、全世界的にその依存を極小化させる方向に転換せざるを得なかった。その結果、エネルギー価格が超高騰して生活にもまた産業全般にも負の爆発が起こってしまった。このままではドイツ国内で製造業を維持していくのは不可能として国外脱出の動きが産業側に出てきている。
これらはドイツの第３次世界敗戦と言われていたけれど、このニュースではその影響の深刻さがさらにえぐり出されてきている。引用すると以下。
〜[ベルリン 9/25 ロイター] -ドイツ政府は9/25、高金利とコスト高に苦しむ建設業界を支えるために450億ユーロ（約7兆2,000億円）の支援策を打ち出すとともに、予定していた断熱規制の強化を無期延期すると発表した。この決定により連邦政府は2027年までに手ごろな価格の住宅向け180億ユーロを支出する。残りは州や地方政府が拠出する。
コストがかかり過ぎるとして業界が反対していた断熱基準強化は無期延期した。断熱材や効率的な暖房システムを用いたビル改修を義務付ける欧州連合（ＥＵ）の法案に反対していく意向も示した。
ドイツの不動産業界は長年、低金利を支えにブームに沸いていたが、現在は急速な金利上昇のあおりで多くの開発業者が支払い不能状態に追い込まれている。ショルツ首相は記者会見で「住宅建設を大幅に拡大しなければならない。手ごろな価格の住宅がもっと必要だ」と述べた。〜以上（一部に説明的加筆）
ドイツの年間国家予算は5,727億ユーロ（91兆6千億円）なので、この住宅業界向け支援策は実に7.8%相当。こうした経済失政で現与党は最近の選挙では大敗続きとも言われている。
こういった状況のなかで過去のドイツの政治を見ると急激な振り子の振幅が見られてナチスが台頭したりした。ちょっと注意深く世界の動向を注視する必要がありそうですね。

English version⬇

The German economy is slowing sharply and the tightening of insulation standards “has been postponed indefinitely.
Hokkaido has historically learned from North America’s Scandinavian residential culture. Germany is said to be the third world economic loser. The Passive House-compliant insulation standard has been indefinitely postponed. …

After checking my blog yesterday, an acquaintance of mine, a housing researcher in Hokkaido, sent me this news item as “disturbing news”. I was unaware of this news because it had been completely ignored in the Japanese domestic news, but I happened to have written yesterday about a previous blog post about the dialogue between Germany and Hokkaido on housing policies, so I was informed of this latest development.
Well, I guess so. The German economy is said to be in a very difficult situation. The leftist government has been in power for a long time, promoting policies such as SDGs and prioritizing natural energy, but in times of trouble, the country has been purchasing electricity from France on a flexible basis from nuclear power plants. It is also true that the benefits of the common currency, the euro, have made the country’s exports unduly competitive. Furthermore, it has continued to enjoy economic benefits from its trade relations with China.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia exposed Germany’s energy policy as completely dependent on Russian natural gas, which is a carbon-energy source, and Germany had no choice but to shift to minimize its dependence on this source both within the EU and worldwide. As a result, energy prices have skyrocketed, causing a negative explosion in both daily life and industry in general. As a result, the price of energy has skyrocketed, causing a negative explosion in both daily life and industry as a whole.
This has been called Germany’s third world defeat, but this news item further illustrates the severity of the effects. The following is a quote.
〜Berlin, Sept. 25 (Reuters) – The German government on Sept. 25 announced a 45 billion euro (¥7.2 trillion) aid package to support the construction industry, which is struggling with high interest rates and high costs, and indefinitely postponed a planned tightening of insulation regulations. With this decision, the federal government will spend 18 billion euros for affordable housing through 2027. The rest will be funded by state and local governments.
The strengthening of insulation standards, which the industry had opposed as too costly, has been postponed indefinitely. The government also expressed its intention to oppose European Union (EU) legislation that would require buildings to be renovated with insulation and efficient heating systems.
Germany’s real estate industry had been booming for years on the back of low interest rates, but now the rapid rise in interest rates is forcing many developers to become insolvent. At a press conference, Chancellor Scholz said, “We have to expand housing construction significantly. We need more affordable housing. ~More (some explanatory additions)
Germany’s annual national budget is 572.7 billion euros (¥91.6 trillion), so this support package for the housing industry is equivalent to 7.8% of the national budget. The current ruling party is said to have suffered a series of heavy defeats in recent elections due to such economic mismanagement.
In the midst of this situation, a look at past German politics reveals a sharp swing of the pendulum, which led to the rise of the Nazis. It seems that we need to watch the world trends a little more carefully.

Posted on 11月 8th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 住宅マーケティング, 状況・政治への発言 | No Comments »

さて３連休が終わって、ことしもあと２ヶ月という時期に差し掛かってきました。
みなさんいかがお過ごしでしょうか？わたしの年代では友人たちはおおむねリタイヤしているひとが増えてきていますが、とはいえ、高齢化時代、みんななかなか元気いっぱいのようであります。たぶん、寿命が延びてきてみんな90歳前後くらいまで元気そうだろうなぁという様子で、ご同慶の至り。
そういった元気を支えるためには「医食同源」。なによりも毎日の食事がいちばん大切でしょう。写真はある日のわが家の朝食であります。カミさんが栄養バランスを考えて「ちょっとずつ、たくさんの食品を食べる」という目標を立ててくれている食事メニュー。
よく１日に「３０品目」の食品を、というスローガンが示されていますが、非常にたくさんの食品を摂取するようにと心がけてくれています。わたしとしてはありがたさMAX。
だいたい見ていただくとおりなのですが、以下自己確認としてチェック。
１　ごはんはお茶碗にほぼ半量程度。
２　上にのっけている「納豆」は具だくさんでわたしの勝手混ぜ。
a 納豆本体　b　数の子わさび和え　c 小魚　d ノリ佃煮 e ネギ類などの混淆。
３　味噌汁は豆腐、ワカメ
４　イカの半生珍味風
５　トマト　きゅうり　ニンジン
６　白菜のキムチ
７　紫キャベツ、赤ピーマン、ピーマンの酢和え
８　野菜細切れ入り玉子焼き
９　サケ焼き物　ナス焼き　カボチャ焼き
・・・というような食事内容になります。たぶん全部で22種類以上の食材。
１日３０品目に対して、１食でこれくらい摂取すれば健康にもいい、はず・・・。ということなんですが、専門家ではありませんので、よくわかりません。
こういう食事を「火野正平の自転車こころたび」（番組名テキトー）の録画を見ながら食べる。あの番組、ごくふつうの日本の風景や街並みを見せてくれ、庶民のごくふつうの日常を伝えてくれるので、食事のバックグラウンドとしてはこころ穏やかにしてくれる。まぁときどきNHK-BSのほかの番組録画に変わったりする。あ、わたしちゃんとNHK料金は払っていますよ（笑）。制度としてNHK料金には異見がありますが、悪法も法。またそれと個人の番組嗜好とはまったく別でしょう。
この食事、人によっては納豆の様子に拒否感もあるかも知れませんね（笑）。関西圏以西のみなさんには目に馴染まれないかも知れませんが、ご容赦ください。
さてこういう食事で友人たちとの長寿比べに参加しつづけられるか、正念場（笑）。

English version⬇

Nutritional Value, Variety, and Overeat (Laugh) Breakfast
This is a breakfast menu with a target of 30 items a day. I wonder if there is some rejection to natto (laugh). The royal road of the food culture area north of the Kanto region. The royal road of the food culture area north of the Kanto region.

Now that the three-day weekend is over, we are approaching the time of year when we have only two months left to go.
How is everyone doing? Although the number of my friends who have retired is increasing, they all seem to be in high spirits in this age of aging. I am happy to hear that their life expectancy is increasing and that they will probably live to be around 90 years old.
To support such vitality, “medicine and food are of the same origin. The most important thing is to eat every day. The photo shows breakfast one day at our house. My wife has set a goal of “eating a little bit of a lot of food at a time” in order to maintain a good nutritional balance.
She has been trying to consume a very large number of foods, as is often indicated by the slogan “30 foods” per day. I am very grateful for this.
As you can see, the menu is pretty much the same as you see it, but here are a few things to check for yourself
1 About half a bowl of gohan.
2 The “natto” on top is my own mix with a lot of ingredients.
The “natto” on top is a mixture of many ingredients, including: a. Natto itself, b. Eggs with wasabi, c. Small fish, d. Nori Tsukudani, e. Green onions, etc.
3 Miso soup is tofu and wakame seaweed
4 Squid half-delicacy style
5 Tomatoes cucumber carrots
6 Kimchi with Chinese cabbage
7 Vinegared purple cabbage, red bell pepper and green pepper
8 Fried egg with shredded vegetables
9 Baked salmon with eggplant and pumpkin
The contents of the meal will be as follows. Maybe 22 or more ingredients in all.
This is the number of ingredients in one meal for 30 items a day, which should be good for health. I am not an expert, so I am not sure.
I eat this kind of meal while watching a recording of “Shohei Hino’s Bicycle Kokorotabi” (program name is a bit of a joke). That program shows us ordinary Japanese landscapes and cityscapes, and tells us about the ordinary daily lives of ordinary people, so it provides a peaceful background for the meal. Sometimes, the program changes to recordings of other programs on NHK-BS. Oh, I pay the NHK fee (laughs). I disagree with the NHK fee as a system, but a bad law is also a law. And personal programming preferences are completely different.
Some people may be repulsed by the appearance of natto (fermented soybeans) in this meal (laughs). (Laughs.) For those of you from the Kansai region and westward, this may not be familiar to your eyes, but please forgive me.
Now it is time to see if I can continue to participate in the longevity contest with my friends with this kind of meal (laugh).

Posted on 11月 6th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: おとこの料理＆食 | No Comments »

江戸期までの住宅文化の本質を考えると、結局「ミエと格式」重視という結論にたどりつく。
建築装置的にはなによりも最高格式の空間として、床の間付きの座敷が挙げられるだろう。そこには書画類を表装する壁面がしつらえられ、通常は塗り壁で仕上げられている。季節・時候にあわせてその掛け軸の類は掛け替えられて、その家の風雅の「レベル・格式」を表現する。
その選定については家人の「家格」が問われることになるので、来客などがあれば、そういう選別眼を含めて吟味され慎重に検討して、パフォーマンスすることになる。
その横には家宝の品々の展示空間がしつらえられ「違い棚」などの建築装置がそれをバックアップすることになる。そしてもちろん建築的には「床柱」が重要な要素になってその「家」の素性をまで表現するように屹立する。いわば、その家の亭主の人物表現であるかのようだった。
外観的には屋根の瓦などが代表的な「家格」表現。その家の素性がそのまま、たとえば「家紋」などがそこに刻印されて、重厚さを持ってアピールされていた。
こういった建築要素部分が全体としてその家の格式を「ミエ」表現されていた。
日本人にとって「イエ」とはこういった総体的な表現だったのだと思う。
そしてその表現力こそが建築人に問われてきた、ということ。武家支配の平和社会。


その他、この目的に添って書画が掲額されたり、縁側からは丹精されたニワ空間が広がり、その地での「風雅」が奥ゆかしく誇示された。ミエ最重視の格式空間構成であるのに、奥ゆかしいというのは逆説的だけれど「ウチはこんなに格式が高い家だけれど、それを誇ったりせず、やわらかさを心がけていますよ」アピールであるのか。
日本人らしさのDNA表現として、こういう部分にさかんに注力されたように思う。
一方で、こういう「堅苦しさ」から解放できる場として「茶」が活用され、そこでは格式を脱ぎ去って個人としての交友が最優先される場が提供された。茶道文化というものがいかにも日本独自とされるワケだ。
こういう「座敷」住文化に対して，多くの茶室は「待庵」とか「庵」の名が冠せられる。狭く密着する空気感のなかで立てる茶のニオイが強烈に人間同士のナマの感受性を刺激するような空間。そこで主客を超えて人間的な交友を図る。茶というものをそういう存在にまで高め得た背景事情として、こういう格式とミエの住文化が日本人社会で優勢だった時間積層がある。こういう格式とミエ表現が住文化の中核を形成していた。
これでは北海道島の開発という、なにより「国防」を基軸テーマとした住宅建築技術として、まったく無力そのものだっただろう。日本の住宅「性能」技術発展が北海道が起点となったのは自然の流れと言える。しかし、今日的に考えればこの「格式とミエ」という表現領域が江戸期までの日本社会の伝統的住文化価値感であったこと、そこでの創意工夫の積層、文化の発展も確実にあったことには自覚的であるべきだろう。
住宅性能の進化発展が「高断熱高気密」であることは自明だけれど、過去の住宅人も違う価値観、言ってみれば【高「格式」高「ミエ」】を追究していたのだと気付く次第。今後、性能への気付きを超えて、日本人の住空間をさらに前進させる要素は、さてどういう方向になるか？

English version⬇

Highly “prestigious” and “mie” residential culture – The Miki Family Residence in Fukusaki, Hyogo – 7
Today, I’m going to be a bit conclusory (laughs). The title may be a bit provocative. I wonder if it is a counterpoint to “highly insulated and airtight”, which is a bit uncomfortable. …….

Considering the essence of residential culture up to the Edo period, we eventually come to the conclusion that it emphasizes “mie and kashiki.
In terms of architectural devices, the most prestigious space is the tatami room with an alcove. The walls are usually finished with painted walls, and are used to display paintings and calligraphy. The hanging scrolls are changed according to the season and the time of year to express the “level and style” of the family’s elegance.
The selection of the hanging scrolls is a test of the family’s “family status,” so when there are visitors, the hanging scrolls are carefully examined and selected for performance.
Next to the house is a space for displaying family heirlooms, which is backed up by architectural devices such as “different shelves” and the like. And of course, architecturally, the “toberbashira” is an important element, soaring high as if expressing the true nature of the “house. In a sense, it was an expression of the personality of the owner of the house.
Externally, the roof tiles are a typical expression of the “house’s character. The family crest, for example, was stamped on the roof tiles, which were a dignified expression of the family’s identity.
These architectural elements as a whole expressed the family’s prestige.
For the Japanese, “iye” meant this kind of holistic expression.
And it is this ability to express oneself that has been challenged by architects. Peaceful society ruled by the samurai family.

In addition, calligraphy and paintings were hung for this purpose, and a carefully crafted niche space spread out from the porch, showing off the “elegance” of the locality in a profoundly elegant manner. The house is structured with the utmost emphasis on elegance, but the modest and reserved atmosphere is, paradoxically, an appeal to the audience: “We have such a prestigious house, but we are not proud of it; we are trying to be soft and gentle.
It seems to me that a lot of emphasis was placed on this aspect of the Japanese DNA.
On the other hand, the tea ceremony was used as an opportunity to free oneself from such “formalities,” and provided a place where one could shed one’s formalities and place the highest priority on personal friendships. This is why the tea ceremony culture is considered uniquely Japanese.
In contrast to this “zashiki” residential culture, many tea rooms are named “hian” or “hermitage. The tea ceremony room is a space where the smell of tea in the narrow and intimate atmosphere strongly stimulates human sensitivity to each other. The tea room is a place where human friendship is sought beyond the boundaries of the host and the guest. One of the reasons why the tea ceremony was able to rise to such a level of existence is because of the time-layer of time in which this type of formal and mielike residential culture prevailed in Japanese society. This type of formal and miel expression formed the core of the residential culture.
This would have been completely ineffective in terms of housing construction technology for the development of Hokkaido Island, the key theme of which was, above all, “national defense. It is natural that the development of Japanese housing “performance” technology began in Hokkaido. However, from today’s perspective, we should be aware of the fact that this “prestige and mie” expression was the traditional sense of housing culture and values in Japanese society until the Edo period (1603-1868), and that there were certainly layers of originality and ingenuity and cultural development in this area.
It is obvious that the evolution and development of housing performance is “highly insulated and airtight,” but we should be aware that past householders were also pursuing a different set of values, or in other words, “high ‘class’ and high ‘mie'”. What will be the direction of the elements that will further advance Japanese living space beyond the awareness of performance in the future?

Posted on 11月 4th, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 住宅マーケティング, 日本社会・文化研究 | No Comments »

姫路藩というのは大阪・京都にもほど近く、明治以降開港した神戸が勃興する以前は国内統治の要衝地として、ながく徳川幕府時代には親藩・譜代大名が統治していた。
有名な姫路城を建築した池田氏も、小田原合戦で滅んだ北条氏に嫁いでいた徳川家康の娘が再嫁した家であり、その当時は50万石超を有する大大名。その連枝も近隣中国地域に領地を持っていて、それらを合計すると100万石を超えていたとされている。
そういう枢要の地で旧英賀城の敗残勢力で武力を放棄して経済家として蟠踞していた三木氏勢力は、1655年にこの神埼郡福崎町一帯の地域開発事業、新田開発事業を委任された。自らの「投資活動」によって新天地を開発してその支配を「大庄屋」として受注していたというカタチだろうか。
同様の三木家勢力としては、姫路市林田町の「林田三木家」大庄屋という存在もある。鉢植え的な大名側としては地域支配について、こういった勢力を活用して支配構造を作っていくのがスジというもの。
そして江戸期を通じて、幕政というのはほぼ前例主義で貫徹しているので、比較的に豊かな兵庫県地域では安定した支配構造が継続していたといえるのだろう。この福崎三木家は辻川組といわれる２２ヶ村を中心にそのほか近隣の村々を統治する役割を担ってきている。その間、大きな土木事業として治水事業を成功に導いたりしている。ちょうど幕末期の関東での間宮林蔵の事跡とも共通する。
地域の行財政・治安・司法にいたる地方支配の権限を持つ存在である大庄屋。その役務とは、
１　藩からの命令を村々に伝達する。
２　各村から藩宛の願書や届けの取次業務
３　支配下の村々からの年貢米徴収や役務の割り当て
４　水利土木普請の資材・人材調達・指揮監督
５　村々の治安維持・取り締まり
６　争論・訴訟の調停
という広範な領域にわたっている。事実上、大名という鉢植え転地していく存在以上に、地域支配構造そのものを預かっていた存在だといえるのでしょう。
この姫路藩、兵庫県地域は幕府中枢の親藩支配地域であり、この福崎三木家がながく存続してきたのには、民衆との軋轢が比較的おだやかであったという事情もあったのかも知れません。同様の三木氏勢力で中国地方に移動していった系統では、同様の立場になったけれど、苛烈な年貢取り立ての仲介者としてしばしば怨嗟の対象にさせられてしまう事例もありました。
江戸という時代の閉鎖社会的性格が家系の歴史事情に刻み込まれていると思われますね。

English version⬇

The main body responsible for the economy and public works of the Himeji Clan Hyogo Fukusaki Miki Family Residence-5
This family lineage embodied the land rule that was the basis of the economic structure until the Edo period. The Himeji Clan and Hyogo Prefecture were key locations, and a stable society continued under the rule of powerful clans. The MIKI family’s land and

The Himeji domain is located close to Osaka and Kyoto, and before Kobe, which opened its port after the Meiji period, was a strategic point for domestic governance.
The Ikeda clan, which built the famous Himeji Castle, was the daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had married into the Hojo clan, which was destroyed in the Battle of Odawara, and then remarried into the Ikeda clan, a feudal lord with over 500,000 koku at that time. The family also had fiefs in neighboring China, and the total of these was said to have exceeded 1 million koku.
In 1655, the Miki clan, the defeated remnants of the former Eiga Castle, which had abandoned military power and coiled itself as an economist, was entrusted with a regional development project in the Fukusaki Town area of Kanzaki-gun, Kanzaki-gun, and a shinden development project. The Miki family was entrusted with the development of new rice paddies in this area of Fukusaki Town, Kanzaki-gun, in 1655.
A similar Miki family power is the “Hayashida Miki Family” Taishoyaya of Hayashida-cho, Himeji City. It is natural for a potted feudal lord to utilize these forces to establish a structure of control over the region.
And since the shogunate was almost entirely based on precedent during the Edo period, it can be said that a stable ruling structure continued to exist in the comparatively affluent areas of Hyogo Prefecture. The Fukusaki Miki family has been responsible for governing 22 villages, known as the Tsujigawa clan, as well as other neighboring villages. During this time, they led a successful flood control project as a major civil engineering project. This is similar to the experience of Rinzo Mamiya in the Kanto region at the end of the Edo period.
The daimyo-ya are the authority that governs the local area, including administration of finances, public order, and the judiciary. What are his duties?
1. To transmit orders from the clan to the villages.
2. To act as an intermediary for applications and notifications from each village to the clan.
3. Collecting tribute from the villages under his control and assigning services to them
4 Procurement of materials and personnel for hydraulic and civil engineering projects, and direction and supervision
5 Maintenance of public order and policing of villages
6. Mediation of disputes and lawsuits
In effect, the Daimyo were potted plants. In effect, the Himeji clan was more than just a potted plant and a transplant called a feudal lord; it was also in charge of the regional ruling structure itself.
The Himeji and Hyogo areas were under the control of the Shogunate’s central parent clan, and the Fukusaki Miki family’s long existence may have been due in part to the fact that conflicts with the populace were relatively mild. Similar Miki clans that moved to the Chugoku region were in a similar position, but were often the target of vindictive behavior as intermediaries for the harsh collection of tribute.
It seems that the closed social character of the Edo period is imprinted in the historical circumstances of the family lineage.

Posted on 11月 2nd, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 日本社会・文化研究, 歴史探訪 | No Comments »

江戸期の播州での三木家のひとびとの消息がこの福崎には詳細な研究と共にあきらかにされて遺されている。この家の当地での足跡は明暦元年（1655年）に、当時の姫路藩・榊原家から「新田開発」の事業要請を受けた英賀城の末裔で酒造業などを営んでいた三木家が承って、移住してきたのだという。
江戸期の経済のなかでは当然ながら為政者たちとのさまざまな関係性は重要だっただろう。戦国期までの武士階層のメンタルはひたすら暴力的な領地拡大意欲だっただろうけれど、中央統一政権の確立によってそういう拡張主義は壁にぶち当たって、家康の施政方針として平和主義・学問や秩序重視の姿勢が貫徹して行った。
そういった社会の中で経済運営についてはそれまでの戦国期にさまざまな試行錯誤が繰り返されて、基本は農業生産でありながら、周辺的なものづくり産業から形成されていったことだろう。三木家はもっとも基本的な地域製造業として酒造に取り組み、姫路城下で一定の経済的基盤を確立していた。そういう家だからこそ、藩の側としても経済主体として未開墾の地域総合開発を任せたということかと思える。
なお、戦国期以来の英賀・三木家では戦陣食としての「乾燥麺」〜そうめんなどの技術発達があったとも言われている。縁の深い讃岐の「三木」地域でも讃岐うどんとして地域名産になっている。三木家という存在には播州のそうめん文化に一定の足跡を感じさせられる。事実、この三木家住宅の裏には「もちむぎの館」という独特の麺料理発祥を謳い文句にした名物館が存在している。
そういった来歴の三木家の福崎移住から７代目になる三木通深氏が描いたという絵画が遺されている。
かれは1824年生-1857年没と短命だったけれど、幼時から神童のほまれ高く、その学識で地域で広く敬愛されていた柳田國男の祖母に入門して学問を学んだという。江戸期というのはこういう学問への社会的崇敬心が非常に重視された社会だったことが伝わってくる。家康の開いた江戸幕府の施政が日本人に遺したDNAの深さを思わされる。
学問と同時に絵についても島琴陵・浦上春琴に師事した。そのかれが描いたのが上の絵。８歳の年齢として馬のデッサン力などまことに秀逸。こういう絵を見せられた方は「まことに神童」と目を見張ったに違いない。
学問についてもやがて大阪懐徳堂（現代の大阪大）、江戸昌平校（現代の東大）に学んだという。昌平校では林大学学頭に学んだのだという。
しかし経済的には７歳で大庄屋を拝命したけれど、叔父の後見を受け、その留学費用などや著名な文人墨客との交友が家政を傾け、三木家の財産を半減させたと言われている。

８歳の子どもが一心不乱にこの絵に意識を集中して、細部にまで想像力を注ぎ込んだ様子が、筆使いの端々に強く印象づけられる。たぶん絵を描くに際しての少年の忘我の集中力に接したひとびとは、つばを飲み込むほどに愛を注がざるを得なかったことだろう。そういう状況が絵から伝わってくる。

English version⬇

Painting by Michihisa Miki, a child prodigy of the village headman’s family, at the age of 8 in 1831.
My basic theme for many years has been “people and home,” and the paintings left behind by my predecessors convey a sense of their way of life. It is a vivid realization. I am very grateful to the artist for his kindness and generosity.

The history of the Miki family in Banshu during the Edo period (1603-1868) is well documented in Fukusaki, and has been left behind through detailed research. The Miki family’s history in Banshu dates back to 1655, when the Sakakibara family of the Himeji domain at that time asked the Miki family, descendants of the Eiga Castle family, who were engaged in the sake brewing business, to develop new rice paddies in the area.
Naturally, relationships with government officials were important in the Edo period economy. Until the Warring States period, the warrior class’s mentality was one of violent territorial expansion, but with the establishment of a unified central government, such expansionism ran into a wall, and Ieyasu’s policy of pacifism and an emphasis on learning and order came into effect.
In such a society, economic management was subject to a variety of trial and error during the Warring States period, and while the foundation of the economy was agricultural production, it was also formed from peripheral manufacturing industries. The Miki family was involved in sake brewing as the most basic local manufacturing industry and had established a certain economic base under Himeji Castle. It is precisely because the Miki family was such a family that the clan entrusted the comprehensive development of the uncultivated area to them as an economic entity.
It is also said that since the Warring States period, the Eiga and Miki families have developed the technology of “dried noodles” or “somen” as a battle food. In the Miki region of Sanuki, which is closely related to the Miki family, Sanuki udon is also a regional specialty. The Miki family’s presence in Banshu’s somen culture has left a certain mark on the region. In fact, behind the Miki family’s residence is the Mochimugi no Yakata, a specialty museum that claims to be the birthplace of a unique noodle dish.
There is a painting by Michihisa Miki, the seventh generation of the Miki family to immigrate to Fukuzaki, that depicts this family history.
He was a child prodigy and was widely respected for his learning by his grandmother, Kunio Yanagida, who studied under her. The Edo period (1603-1867) was a time when social reverence for learning was highly valued in society. This reminds us of the depth of the DNA bequeathed to the Japanese people by the administration of the Edo shogunate established by Ieyasu.
In addition to his studies, Ieyasu studied painting under Shima Kinryo and Urakami Shunkin. The above picture was painted by him, and his drawing of a horse at the age of 8 is truly outstanding. The person who was shown this kind of picture must have been awestruck, saying, “He is truly a child prodigy.
In terms of studies, he studied at Osaka Kaitoku-do (today’s Osaka University) and Edo Shohei-gakko (today’s University of Tokyo). At the Changping School, he studied under the dean of Hayashi University.
However, financially, although he was given the title of “daimyo-ya” (village headman) at the age of seven, he was looked after by his uncle, and it is said that his study abroad expenses and his friendship with famous writers and artists caused the family’s finances to decline, reducing the Miki family’s wealth by half.

The way the eight-year-old concentrated his mind and imagination on this painting, pouring his imagination into every detail, is strongly evident in every brushstroke. Perhaps those who came in contact with the boy’s selfless concentration as he painted must have felt compelled to love him so much that they swallowed their spit. This situation is conveyed through the painting.

Posted on 10月 31st, 2023 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 住宅マーケティング, 歴史探訪 | No Comments »