Sep. 1st, 2014 02:02 pm
Ginnikan Ep. 6: Drama Notes
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earth_colorsEp. 6: "Both Our Dream"
Episode Synopsis: Otetsu has admitted she is Maho but has to keep the identity of Otetsu in order not to upset Ohiro, the dango-maker. Ohiro, who is sickly and slightly emotionally unstable, had saved Maho and brought her up as her own daughter as a way to replace the child she lost in the fire five years ago. Matsukichi also learns that her father and grandpa did not make it out alive from that fire. Maho makes him promise that they won't see each other anymore. He also promises Maho he will make a firmer agar which Kahei was looking for before he died, as a way to honor him. So he asks Wasuke to let him go to the agar factory to try and come up with a new type of agar, and is allowed. He sets for the agar factory with high hopes... Meanwhile in his absence, Umekichi continues on with the side jobs to help augment their income since the agar business is still put on hold. But to his surprise, he gets an offer to be adopted by the aging couple of Yamashiroya, and to take over their dried fish shop. It seems a good opportunity but he feels worried about Ikawaya's Master and Head clerk who are both getting old as well... Osaki who has been apprenticing on housework at Ikawaya, is heartbroken when it seems obvious to her that Matsukichi cares deeply for Maho... Hanbee, the chief agar-maker from the Fushimi factory (which has already been shut down) has put up his own production site in his home village of Hara in Shimagami-gun using money donated to him from Ikawaya. Matsukichi has come to help him with the business, and to make firmer agar as well. Months later, and through constant hard work, Matsukichi looks at the agar he was making and...
Drama Notes:
Kiribi. I talked about this in the drama notes for the SP Hanayome no Chichi. As Matsukichi leaves for the agar production site, Osato and Osaki are seen striking "hi-uchi-ishi" (fire-strike-stone) since fire symbolizes purification and good luck. This practice is called Kiribi. The stones are usually made of either quartz or agate. Read more about here.
(Pic: mugai_de_iai)
Bekaguruma. It was a man-powered two wheel cart used to transport goods and merchandise during the Edo Period. Usually it was pulled by a person in front and pushed by 1-2 persons behind it. During this time period, it was a common sight in the streets as merchandise are shipped in via river boats and are transported to the Osaka shops via these carts.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: dandan-minoh)
Adoption and heirs to merchant houses. "There was no guarantee (...) that the eldest son, or for that matter any son, would automatically be the most suited for such an important positions. The value-priority assigned to the House as an economic unit, over family and blood considerations, led many Osaka merchants to put blood consideration aside and, almost as a matter of principle, take an adopted son as successor. It was clearly simpler to choose a capable manager, who had proven himself, as son-in-law than to worry about the business abilities of the natural eldest son. If neither the son or a daughter was available, a manager or some capable guild member could be adopted to continue the business. Only this priority of the House as a going concern over blood consideration can thus fully explain, given the high mortality rates, the steady continuity of the business House." ~The Development of Japanese Business: 1600-1973, p. 38.
Tokoroten. Tokoroten is believed to have come from China during the Nara Period. It is made with red algae called tengusa and/or ogonori. These seaweed are dried under the sun, bleaching out and losing its red color. They are then stored in a cool dry place. Afterwards, the seaweed are washed and soaked in water repeatedly and then boiled. They are simmered for about 1 hour at low heat after boiling. Next, they are strained through a linen cloth to remove the dregs. The resulting liquid is then poured in tubs and are allowed to coagulate. Then they are cut into blocks and placed inside a tokoroten tsuki where they are pushed out to form noodle-like strips. They are eaten with one's preferred sauce (ponzu sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, etc.)
(info/pic: ja.wiki, shizuokagourmet)
Ginnikan's Episode Index: (link)
Episode Synopsis: Otetsu has admitted she is Maho but has to keep the identity of Otetsu in order not to upset Ohiro, the dango-maker. Ohiro, who is sickly and slightly emotionally unstable, had saved Maho and brought her up as her own daughter as a way to replace the child she lost in the fire five years ago. Matsukichi also learns that her father and grandpa did not make it out alive from that fire. Maho makes him promise that they won't see each other anymore. He also promises Maho he will make a firmer agar which Kahei was looking for before he died, as a way to honor him. So he asks Wasuke to let him go to the agar factory to try and come up with a new type of agar, and is allowed. He sets for the agar factory with high hopes... Meanwhile in his absence, Umekichi continues on with the side jobs to help augment their income since the agar business is still put on hold. But to his surprise, he gets an offer to be adopted by the aging couple of Yamashiroya, and to take over their dried fish shop. It seems a good opportunity but he feels worried about Ikawaya's Master and Head clerk who are both getting old as well... Osaki who has been apprenticing on housework at Ikawaya, is heartbroken when it seems obvious to her that Matsukichi cares deeply for Maho... Hanbee, the chief agar-maker from the Fushimi factory (which has already been shut down) has put up his own production site in his home village of Hara in Shimagami-gun using money donated to him from Ikawaya. Matsukichi has come to help him with the business, and to make firmer agar as well. Months later, and through constant hard work, Matsukichi looks at the agar he was making and...
Drama Notes:
Kiribi. I talked about this in the drama notes for the SP Hanayome no Chichi. As Matsukichi leaves for the agar production site, Osato and Osaki are seen striking "hi-uchi-ishi" (fire-strike-stone) since fire symbolizes purification and good luck. This practice is called Kiribi. The stones are usually made of either quartz or agate. Read more about here.
(Pic: mugai_de_iai)
Bekaguruma. It was a man-powered two wheel cart used to transport goods and merchandise during the Edo Period. Usually it was pulled by a person in front and pushed by 1-2 persons behind it. During this time period, it was a common sight in the streets as merchandise are shipped in via river boats and are transported to the Osaka shops via these carts.
(info: ja.wiki) (pic: dandan-minoh)
Adoption and heirs to merchant houses. "There was no guarantee (...) that the eldest son, or for that matter any son, would automatically be the most suited for such an important positions. The value-priority assigned to the House as an economic unit, over family and blood considerations, led many Osaka merchants to put blood consideration aside and, almost as a matter of principle, take an adopted son as successor. It was clearly simpler to choose a capable manager, who had proven himself, as son-in-law than to worry about the business abilities of the natural eldest son. If neither the son or a daughter was available, a manager or some capable guild member could be adopted to continue the business. Only this priority of the House as a going concern over blood consideration can thus fully explain, given the high mortality rates, the steady continuity of the business House." ~The Development of Japanese Business: 1600-1973, p. 38.
Tokoroten. Tokoroten is believed to have come from China during the Nara Period. It is made with red algae called tengusa and/or ogonori. These seaweed are dried under the sun, bleaching out and losing its red color. They are then stored in a cool dry place. Afterwards, the seaweed are washed and soaked in water repeatedly and then boiled. They are simmered for about 1 hour at low heat after boiling. Next, they are strained through a linen cloth to remove the dregs. The resulting liquid is then poured in tubs and are allowed to coagulate. Then they are cut into blocks and placed inside a tokoroten tsuki where they are pushed out to form noodle-like strips. They are eaten with one's preferred sauce (ponzu sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, etc.)
(info/pic: ja.wiki, shizuokagourmet)
Ginnikan's Episode Index: (link)
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