Tools and Various Stories

4. Rice food

 In the past, nearly half of men in the blacksmithing town, Miki, were destined to work related to knives and tools. When I left elementary school, I first went to a blacksmith's shop for apprenticeship. He is still a young child. The hard work was done first, exclusively cleaning, baby care and clutter. Still, even if no one teaches me, you will understand the work procedure without knowing it.

 At the age of 17, when you finally get your body, up to the 20-year-old soldier inspection is an era where you can learn skills at work. You will learn the basics one by one with your body by imitating. After successfully completing military service, return to his master and work for thank-you for about a year.

 After that, it will finally become a training course in search of a single path. Traveling alone and learning with the famous masters of blacksmiths in various places. It is said that this was called hangui. I dreamed of becoming a master who sits in the seat of the wig beside the furnace.

This reading was reprinted in 1983 by the former deputy director Kunio Kaku and the former assistant director Haru Ichiro Nishimura, with the aim of widely communicating the significance of the establishment of the carpentry tool building one year before the opening of the museum (1983). Please note that some of the contents are outdated because of the description more than 20 years ago.