folk exhibition room

Updated: March 16, 2018

The Folklore Exhibition Room displays Inagi City's annual events, folk tools, local performing arts, stonework, Fishing equipment ( ) Materials such as these are on display.

folk exhibition room
	Exhibition theme	overview	Exhibition contents
1	Village life and annual events	Annual event	A year of annual events and folk implements held at a farm
2	private house and life	villages and private houses	Models of old folk houses, terrain models of the Sakahama area, etc.
3	Folk tools in daily life	Folk implements for clothing, food and housing	Clothing, food and housing tools used in daily life
4	Tools used in farming	agricultural tools	Agricultural implements used in rice farming, field farming, and mountain work
5	Pear making in Inagi	Pear making	The history of pear-making in Inagi and folk tools used
6	Edo Sato Kagura and Local Performing Arts	local performing arts	Edo ( ) of Village Kagura ( ) and Lion Dance ( ) ·oh Music ( )・Gagaku ( ) Such
7	Stonework and popular beliefs	masonry	Jizo Bodhisattva Tower ( ) , Koshin Tower ( ) , Bato Kannon Tower ( ) Such
8	Events and beliefs from snakes	event from the snake	Snake Yori event and faith held at Hyakumura Myokenson
9	Living with the Tama River	Tama River	River fishing on the Tama River, ferries, types of riverboats, building riverboats, etc.

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folk exhibition room

Folklore of Inagi

private house and life

In the Inagi city area, life has been centered on agriculture for a long time. Villages were created by building private houses in consideration of geographical conditions such as hills and flatlands. A model of an old private house in the Sakahama area from the Edo period, a model of an earthen storehouse and a firewood hut are on display. Also on display is a topographical model created by researching the old place names and settlements in the Sakahama area.

A model of an old folk house, a storehouse, and a firewood hut from the Edo period

Terrain model of the Sakahama area

Folk tools and living

This exhibit features items used in daily life, such as food, clothing, shelter, and farming tools. sericulture ( ) These tools include farming tools and pear growing tools that have been used in daily life, mainly for farming. In particular, various tools related to pear growing, a specialty of Inagi, are on display.

Clothing, food, shelter, and farming tools

Folk tools for making pears

Edo Sato Kagura and Local Performing Arts

Edo ( ) of Village Kagura ( ) It is said to have originated in the early Muromachi period and is designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan. surface ( ) and a life-sized Kagura Statue of a deity ( ) In addition, Lion Dance ( ) ,oh Music ( ) , Gagaku ( ) ,drum, Woodworking ( ) We introduce local performing arts such as 'Ri'.

Exhibition of Edo no Sato Kagura

Aoi Shrine Lion Dance

Stonework and popular beliefs

Various stone structures built after the Edo period are scattered along old roads and within the grounds of shrines and temples in the city. Representative stone structures include: Jizo Bodhisattva Tower ( ) , Koshin Tower ( ) , Bato Kannon Tower ( ) The museum also introduces the beliefs of the common people in the areas where these stone structures were built.

Masonry life-size model

Jizo Bodhisattva Pagoda at Jorakuji Temple

Events and beliefs from snakes

snake ( ) Than Event ( ) It is a folk event held every year on August 7th at Myokenson in Hyakumura, and has been designated an intangible folk cultural property of Tokyo. Blue Xuan ( ) They twist threads to make a giant snake and pray for protection from misfortune for the year. A life-sized model of the snake's head and photos of the events held on the day are on display.

Snake Yori event

serpent head model

Living with the Tama River

The Tama River around Inagi has been a place where various lifestyles related to the river have been seen since ancient times. Ferry Terminal ( ) , Tama River Riverboat ( ) Here, various tools used for river fishing were used. Fishing equipment ( ) , Houseboat ( ) We exhibit river boat models and river boat building equipment.

Fishing equipment used in the Tama River

Tama River ferry and houseboat (model)

Inquiries about this page

Lifelong Learning Division, Education Department, Inagi City
2111 Higashi Naganuma, Inagi City, Tokyo
Phone: 042-377-2121 Fax: 042-379-0491