Folklore exhibition room

Update date: 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.

Folklore exhibition room
	Exhibition theme	overview	Exhibition Contents
1	Village life and annual events	Annual event	Annual events held at the farm and folk implements throughout the year
2	Private house and life	villages and private houses	Models of old folk houses, topographical models of the Sakahama area, etc.
3	Folk tools in daily life	Folk utensils for food, clothing, and shelter	Folk utensils used in daily life for food, clothing, and shelter
4	Folk tools used in farming	agricultural tools	Agricultural tools used for rice cultivation, field cultivation, and mountain work
5	Growing pears in Inagi	Making pears	The history of pear making in Inagi and the folk tools used
6	Edo no 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	stonework	Jizo Bodhisattva Tower ( ) , Koshin Tower ( ) , Bato Kannon Tower ( ) Such
8	Events and beliefs from snakes	Events from snakes	Snake events and beliefs held at Hyakumura Myokenson
9	Living with the Tama River	Tama River	Tama River fishing, ferry terminals, types of riverboats, riverboat construction, etc.

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Folklore exhibition room

Folklore of Inagi

Private house and life

In the Inagi city area, life has been centered around agriculture since ancient times. Private houses were built and villages were created taking into account geographical conditions such as hills and flat areas. On display are models of old folk houses from the Edo period in the Sakahama area, as well as models of storehouses and woodsheds. Also on display are topographical models created by researching the old place names and villages in the Sakahama area.

Models of old folk houses, storehouses, and woodsheds from the Edo period

Topographical model of the Sakahama area

Living with folk tools

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.

Food, clothing, shelter and farm tools

Folk tools for making pears

Edo no 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'.

Edo no Sato Kagura exhibition

Seii 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.

Life-size model of stonework

Jizo Bodhisattva Pagoda at Jōrakuji 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.

Snakes and the event

big snake 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 gear used in the Tama River

Tama River ferry and houseboat (model)

Inquiries regarding this page

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