Progress report on the antique documents in the tea house
As a follow-up to the salvage of the antique paper doors in the tea house, I got a progress report on the vintage documents hidden inside the paper doors. With the approval of Mr. Matsuda, the author and expert of the town, I’ll post my abridged translation of the report, adding some notes. The progress report: Research on the antique documents contained in the paper doors in the tea house INTRODUCTION A tea house called " Geishun-an" (*1), which was built in the Meiji era, still stands in Oyodo Town, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture. Supposedly, Mr. Sakujiro OKITA (1843-1901) from the town built it. The Oyodo Board of Education has been researching a series of documents that had stiffened fusuma (Japanese paper doors) (*2), which were temporarily transferred from the owner of the tea house since July 2020. Among them, 33 documents were examined and the followings are the results. *1) The name translates as a tea house for welcoming spring. *2) According to Wikipedia (...