Old Yakage Ishii Family Inn and Residence

(Translated by Google) As I was walking down the main street, I noticed a magnificent building so I decided to go in. Our experienced guide was a great talker and gave a fun and detailed explanation, so I learned a lot of things. If you can find a guide at reception, I recommend asking for one, as it will definitely be more fun and informative. Thanks to him, I have fond memories of Yakage. (Original) メイン通りを通っていると立派な建物が目に付いたので入ってみました。 ベテランで話し上手なガイドさんが楽しく丁寧に説明をしてくださったのでいろいろな事を知ることができました。 ガイドさんは受付のところでいらっしゃればお願いした方が絶対に楽しくためになると思います。 おかげで矢掛で良い思い出ができました。

(Translated by Google) I had a discount ticket at the roadside station Yakage, so I went to see it. In the past, the side of the street was the main inn, and the back was a sake brewery. At the main shrine, I was able to see the old lord's room. The sake brewery part looked like a museum, with various explanation panels and Satsuma portable bathtubs on display. There's a shrine-like thing in the back, and I guess it's Yoshitsune and Benkei? There was a picture of it. When I was leaving, the person in charge explained to me about the maid's room on the second floor. The old exit door at the bottom of the stairs can only be opened from the outside, what would happen in case of a fire? I was able to tell some pretty scary stories. (Original) 道の駅矢掛で割引券あったので観に行ってみました。 昔の通り側は本陣の宿で奥は造り酒屋でした。 本陣では昔の殿様の部屋とか見れました。 造り酒屋の部分は博物館っぽくなっていていろいろ説明パネルとか薩摩ポータブル風呂桶とか展示してありました。 一番奥に神社みたいなのがあって、義経と弁慶？の絵がかかってました。 帰り際に係の人が2階の女中部屋の説明してくださりました。旧な階段の下の出口の扉は外からしか開かない、火事とかどうすんでしょうね？とかなかなかに怖い話効かせて頂きました。

(Translated by Google) The vast grounds of approximately 1,000 tsubo and the Ishii family residence were quite worth seeing. Adults over high school age are 500 yen. There were audio guides at each location, which was enough to help me understand. The courtyard was also well maintained by the gardener and gave me a sense of elegance. Yakage has many free parking lots, making it easy to stop by. It would be cool to see it together with Wakihonjin's Takakusa family. (Original) およそ1000坪もある広大な敷地と石井家邸宅はなかなか見応えがありました。高校生以上の大人は500円です。それぞれの箇所に案内音声があり、それだけで十分理解することができました。中庭も庭師さんがきちんと手入れされていて趣を感じました。矢掛は無料駐車場が多く、立ち寄り易いです。脇本陣の高草家とセットで見るのも乙なものです。

(Translated by Google) This is the former Yakage Honjin Ishii family residence. It's a long post, but please read it if you are interested. The Ishii family has passed down many ancient documents related to early modern transportation, including a record of Tenshoin Atsuhime staying at Yakage Honjin on her way from Satsuma to marry the 13th Tokugawa Shogun Iesada. is. It is believed that he stayed overnight on September 17th, and in the ``Shukukata Gokyu Hakudome,'' which is the accommodation record of the Honjin, the September 1853 (Kaei 6) The text reads, ``Three pieces of silver received by the daughter of the Shogun and the Princess of Satshu, and the number of 52 people who stayed at the main shrine, including maidservants and samurai guards, and meal arrangements.'' The lodging records of the inns around the main shrine for the same month include ``Satsushu Princess' overnight stay,'' and it is said that over 200 retainers stayed at 33 inns. Atsuhime is currently being rebroadcast on NHK-BS, so I was intrigued to find out how timely it was. This is because, in the drama, Atsuhime crosses the Seto Inland Sea by boat on her way from Satsuma, and there is no depiction of her passing through Yakage inland. When I asked the guide about this, he explained that in Tomiko Miyao's novel ``Tenshoin Atsuhime,'' which is the basis for the taiga drama, Atsuhime's party departs from a port near Cape Toi in Miyazaki Prefecture, and goes to Hososhima Port in the same prefecture, Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, etc. After that, the Seto Inland Sea Although the drama adopted the ``sea route theory'' although the course was partially changed, in reality, the sea route was under tension at this time due to the arrival of black ships, etc., and it was decided to take the land route. seems to have become the norm. NHK also responded to a question from a reader by saying, ``It seems like it was actually a land route.'' Below is from HP The Ishii family served as the honjin of Yakage-juku for generations during the Edo period, and their house is now designated as a national important cultural property. Honjin was used as a place for lodging and rest for daimyo, court nobles, and shogunate officials who commuted between Edo and Kunimoto on the sankin kotaho. There are records that not only humans but also elephants, seen by the shogun, sometimes stopped by on their way from Nagasaki to Edo. The existing Ishii family buildings were built in the mid to late Edo period and have been successively renovated until now. The approximately 1,000 tsubo (approximately 3,200 m2) grounds are equipped with guest reception facilities such as a parlor with an upper room as the main facility and an Onarimon gate, as well as a place for the family to live and for running the family's sake brewing business. There are more than ten buildings in total, including the main building, inner storehouse, sake storehouse, and west storehouse, which remain as they were in the past to this day. (Original) 旧矢掛本陣石井家住宅です。 長文ですが、ご興味ありましたらお読みください。 石井家には多くの近世交通関係の古文書が伝わっており、その中には、薩摩から徳川13 代将軍家定に嫁ぐための道中、天璋院篤姫が矢掛本陣に宿泊した記録も残されているそうです。9月17日に御泊になったとみられ本陣の宿泊記録である「宿方御休泊留（しゅくかたごきゅうはくどめ）」の1853（嘉永6）年9月部分に「中将様御娘也　薩州御姫君様　御登　御泊　御拝領銀三枚」と記され、女中や警護の武士ら本陣に宿泊した人数52人、食事の手配も記載されています。本陣周辺の宿の宿泊記録にも、同月の部分に「薩州御姫様御泊り」とあり、33軒に200人余りの家来が宿泊したことが記されているそうです。 現在NHK-BSで篤姫が再放送されているので、タイムリーに興味津々で伺いました。というのも、ドラマでは薩摩からの道中、篤姫は瀬戸内海を船で渡っており、内陸の矢掛を通った描写はありませんでした。その件についてガイドさんに質問したところ、大河ドラマの原作となった宮尾登美子さんの小説「天璋院篤姫」では、篤姫一行は宮崎県の都井岬近くを出港し、同県細島港、山口県下関などを経て、瀬戸内海を通り大坂に到着しており、ドラマでもコースを一部変更したものの「海路説」を採用しではいますが、実際は、この時期、黒船来航などで海路は緊張が続いており、陸路を通ることが通常となっていたようです。また、NHKでも読者からの質問に対して、「実際は陸路だったようです」と回答しています。 以下、HPより 石井家は、江戸時代に矢掛宿の本陣職を代々務め、現在、その家屋は国の重要文化財に指定されています。 本陣は参勤交代ほで江戸と国元を行き来する大名や公家、幕府役人の宿泊や休憩の場として利用されていました。時には、人間だけでなく将軍にお目見えする象も長崎から江戸への道中、立ち寄った記録が残されています。 現存する石井家の建物は江戸時代中期から後期に建てられたものを中心に順次改築され今に至っています。約1,000 坪（ 約3,200㎡）の屋敷地には、本陣施設として上段の間を備えた御座敷、御成門などの迎客施設を整え、さらに家人の生活の場や家業の酒造業を営むための主屋、内倉、酒倉、西倉など、合わせて十数棟が建っており、往時の姿のまま今日に至っています。

(Translated by Google) This is the headquarters of Yakage-juku, a post town on the old Sanyo Expressway (Saigoku Kaido). It has been designated as a national important cultural property. Admission fee is 500 yen for adults. The Ishii family has lived in Yakage since the early Edo period and is said to have prospered by running a sake brewing business. This time I only had a look at the exterior, but it had a great personality and presence. Visit period: September 2024 (Original) 旧山陽道（西国街道）の宿場町「矢掛宿」の本陣です。国の重要文化財に指定されています。入館料は大人500円です。 石井家は江戸時代初期から矢掛に居を構え、酒造業を営んで繁栄したとのこと。 今回は外観だけ見学しましたが、さすがの風格と存在感でした。 訪問時期：2024年9月