{"id":264,"date":"2017-12-26T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hyakugo.pref.kyoto.lg.jp\/wordpress_eng\/?p=264"},"modified":"2020-01-31T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T02:41:50","slug":"early-history-of-chamise-teahouses-it-was-not-an-easy-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hyakugo.pref.kyoto.lg.jp\/eng\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Early history of Chamise (teahouses) \u2013 It was not an easy way 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tea vendors started to gather in the temple town in front of the Minamidaimon gate of Toji, which was crowded with many visitors.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, those tea vendors met sudden incidents.<\/p>\n

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In the previous story, a fire broke out, originated by a hibachi (charcoal burner) of a tea vendor, and it was decided to expel them from the Toji area.<\/p>\n

What would happen to the tea vendors?<\/p>\n

Even though the fire was caused because of their fault, tea vendors were at a loss.<\/p>\n

The representatives of Toji would not listen to them through a direct appeal. Therefore, the vendors decided to turn to Wakasa Hogen Ien (\u82e5\u72ed\u6cd5\u773c\u4ee5\u5186), a monk at the Sampoin building of Daigoji (\u918d\u9190\u5bfa\u4e09\u5b9d\u9662).<\/p>\n

Sampoin had been closely related with Toji. Several other letters that Ien sent to Toji are also included in the Hyakugo Archives.<\/p>\n

Did the tea vendors have a connection with Ien?<\/p>\n

Twenty days after receiving the request from the tea vendors, Ien submitted a letter to Toji on April 22, petitioning the re-permission of trading in the Toji area (Item 118 of Box-YA(Hiragana)<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Item<\/a>
Item 118 of Box-YA(Hiragana), \u201cWakasa Hogen Ien\u2019s Letter\u201d, dated April 22, 1404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Item<\/a>
Item 118 of Box-YA(Hiragana), \u201cWakasa Hogen Ien\u2019s Letter\u201d, dated April 22, 1404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toji reluctantly responded to this petition, and admitted the restart of trading under additional conditions. Their new decision is recorded in the minutes of the meeting held on July 20, 1404 (Item 1 of Box-KU(Hiragana)<\/a>, \u201cNijuikku-kata Hyojo Hikitsuke\u201d(\u5eff\u4e00\u53e3\u65b9\u8a55\u5b9a\u5f15\u4ed8)).<\/p>\n

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Item of 1 Box KU(Hiragana), \u201cNijuikku-kata Hyojo Hikitsuke\u201d, dated July 20, 1404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Item of 1 Box KU(Hiragana), \u201cNijuikku-kata Hyojo Hikitsuke\u201d, dated July 20, 1404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 23, tea vendors were required to submit a new written oath as follows, to restart trading (Item 61 of Box-SHI (Hiragana)<\/a> )<\/p>\n

\"Minamidaimon-mae<\/a>
Item 61 of Box-SHI(Hiragana), \u201cMinamidaimon-mae Ippuku Issen Chaurinin Doko Goke and Hachiro Jiro Rensho Jojo Ukebumi\u201d, dated July 23, 1404<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With this new oath, tea vendors were additionally required:
\n\u25cb To do business only to the south of the Minamidaimon Oji (Kujo Oji) across from the Minamidaimon gate;
\n\u25cb Not to put a hibachi (\u706b\u9262 charcoal burner) or tea utensils beneath Minamidaimon or behind the Tsuigaki (\u7bc9\u57a3 stone fence), nor deposit them in the temple;
\n\u25cb Not to take shelter from the rain under the eaves of the temple, nor ramble around its precincts;
\namong other requirements.<\/p>\n

Compared to the former oath mentioned in the previous story <\/a>, the new oath apparently geared up restrictions on the admitted activities and the range of movement for tea vendors.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the representatives of Toji did not forget to have the vendors pledge \u201cnot to ask a Kenmonseika (\u6a29\u9580\u52e2\u5bb6 influential person) for help\u201d at the end of the written oath, probably hinting that there would be no second compromise mediated by Ien or whoever.<\/p>\n

Do you think this oath settled everything?<\/p>\n

But no, seven years after this, tea vendors were once again required to submit a written oath (Item 54 of Box-YA(Hiragana)<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"Minamidaimon-mae<\/a>
Item 54 of Box-YA(Hiragana), \u201cMinamidaimon-mae Chashonin Shami Jo-on Jojo Ukebumi\u201d, 1411<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New rules were added to the existing requirements, such as:
\n\u25cb To clean inside and outside Minamidaimon every day, because the area has become dirty due to trading by tea vendors; and
\n\u25cb Not to gather prostitutes and have them serve visitors.<\/p>\n

It seems that visitors were gradually increasing, and tea vendors were not discouraged by repeated regulations, but continued to come up with new ideas and vigorously did their business.<\/p>\n

The last oath indicates that the tea business in front of the temple became prosperous and its scale became larger. We can feel the atmosphere of the busy temple town from this document.<\/p>\n

\u25c6Chronology of related events\u25c6<\/p>\n

April 1403 Tea vendors submitted the first oath (Item 98 of Box-KE(Katakana))
\nApril 1, 1404 A fire broke out
\nApril 3, 1404 Toji decided to expel tea vendors at a Nijuikku-kata Hyojo (Item 1 of Box-KU(Hiragana))
\nApril 22 Tea vendors had a letter petitioning for the restart of business submitted (Item 118 of Box-YA(Hiragana))
\nJuly 26 Toji admitted the restart of business at a Nijuikku-kata Hyojo (Item 1 of Box-KU(Hiragana))
\nJuly 23 Tea vendors submitted the second oath (Item 61 of Box-SHI(Hiragana))
\nFebruary 10, 1411 Tea vendors submitted the third oath (Item 54 of Box-YA(Hiragana))<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t this a breathtaking process of offensive and defensive acts?<\/p>\n

The records also indicate that Toji frequently held meetings and rapidly responded to various issues.<\/p>\n

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