浮世絵師 故立原位貫氏のアトリエ 兼 和菓子店訪問！
Visited the Japanese sweets shop and art studio of the late Ukiyo-e artist, Mr. Inuki Tachihara.
和菓子店主様と数年ぶりの再会！
Reunion with the Japanese sweets shop owner for the first time in several years！
京都南禅寺の方角から哲学の道に入ると、小さな間口に上品なのれんが風にゆれています。のれんをくぐって細い通路の先にお庭が広がりそこに素敵なお屋敷がありその一角が和菓子屋さんとなっています。
When you enter the “Philosophy Road” from the direction of Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto, an elegant shop curtain sways in the wind with a small flutter.
After passing through the shop curtain, the garden spreads out from the end of the narrow passage, and there is a nice mansion in the back. In one corner is a Japanese sweets shop.
和菓子屋店主様は浮世絵師故立原位貫氏の奥様でもあります。たった一人で、独自の美味しい和菓子を創っています。
The owner of the Japanese sweets shop is also the wife of the late Ukiyo-e artist, Mr. Inuki Tachihara, and she creates her own original Japanese sweets by herself.
２Fに立原氏のアトリエであったお部屋があり、１Fは喫茶室として開放され立原氏のオリジナル作品も飾られています。美しいアンティーク家具や置物も全て立原氏が選んで置いたもので、シンプルで実に洗練されています。
There is a room that was Mr.Tachihara’s atelier on the 2nd floor, and the 1st floor is open as a tea room, where Mr.Tachihara’s original works are also displayed. All the beautiful antique furniture and figurines were chosen by Mr.Tachihara, and they are simple and really sophisticated.
浮世絵は絵師、彫師、摺師の分担作業の工程を踏むが、立原氏はそれを全て一人で行うというこだわりぬいた江戸時代の再現をします。オリジナル作品のひとつ「靴」は自身が好んで履いていたくつで、色合いも含めてなにもかも洒落ています。
Ukiyo-e is originally a combination of work between a painter, a sculptor, and a “rub master” but Mr.Tachihara did it all by himself, reproducing the prints of the Edo period.
One of his original works, “Shoes”, is a shoe that he liked to wear, and it is stylish, including its color expression.
丁寧に作られた和菓子を抹茶と共に頂きました。和菓子のお皿や茶器の美しさを含めて味わいます。庭から見える新緑の山からやさしい風が吹いていました。日本の美の楽しみ方を感じる事の出来る京都の隠れた場所です。
I had a carefully made Japanese sweet with green tea (Maccha), including the beauty of plates and tea ware. A gentle breeze blows from the fresh green mountains over the garden.
Here is a wonderful hidden place in Kyoto where you can feel how to enjoy the beauty of Japan.