[National Treasure] Hatsune’s Furniture x Hime Yukari [Sakakaku] ~Hime Yukari, a design tin with a modern arrangement of the National Treasure made with the motif of “The Tale of Genji”, released in commemoration of the 135th anniversary of its founding~
*Sakakaku Sohonsho Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 28, 2024
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[National Treasure] Hatsune’s Furniture x Hime Yukari [Sakakaku] ~Hime Yukari, a design tin with a modern arrangement of the National Treasure made with the motif of “The Tale of Genji”, released in commemoration of the 135th anniversary of its founding~
*[Sakakaku Sohonkan] 135th Anniversary Commemoration Product: Collaboration Box Full of Love*
135th Anniversary Commemorative Products – Hime Yukari Hatsune’s Furnishings – Image
Sakakaku Sohonsho Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture, Representative Director: Taisuke Saka) will celebrate its 135th anniversary in April 2024. To commemorate the 135th anniversary of our founding, we will be releasing a collaboration product with the national treasure “Hatsune no Just” from the Tokugawa Art Museum on September 1st (Sunday) – Hime Yukari
We are releasing Hatsune’s Furniture.
“Hatsune Furniture” is a wedding utensil that Chiyohime of the Tokugawa shogunate brought with her when she married Mitsutomo, the second generation of the Owari Tokugawa family, and lived with her for the rest of her life. -Hime Yukari
The design of Hatsune no Furnishings takes into account the motifs and thoughts contained in Hatsune no Furnishings, while expressing them in a modern way.
When you open the lid, Hime Yukari, a bite-sized version of Sakakaku’s signature product Yukari, is wrapped in gorgeous and cute individual packaging, creating a collaboration full of love. This is a package that wishes good luck to the princesses living today and hopes that they will shine even more and walk towards their own happiness.
-Hime Yukari Hatsune’s Furniture-Artwork＆Design by mio.matsumoto -Hime Yukari Hatsune’s Furniture-
Release date: September 1, 2024
Price: 1,620 yen (tax included)
Contents: Hime Yukari 32 pieces
Characteristics of rice crackers: Twice baked using a technique originating from the Edo period. This is a bite-sized Yukari that has a gentle texture and can be enjoyed easily.
Available stores: Online mail order, Tokugawa Art Museum Museum Shop, department stores in Nagoya, main store, main factory shop, etc. Design: One of the national treasures, “Hatsune’s Furnishings”, “Hatsune Makie Kosumi Akatebako” is expressed in a modern way. All the letters and motifs of waka poems arranged like hidden letters are incorporated into the design, and the details are explained in “Reading Hidden Waka Poems” below.
One of Hatsune’s Furnishings: Hatsune Maki-e Kosumi Akatebako (Possessed by the Tokugawa Art Museum)
“The Tale of Genji” and National Treasure “Hatsune’s Furniture” Akashi no Kimi, who appears in Murasaki Shikibu’s book “The Tale of Genji,” which has been read for thousands of years, wrote a waka poem that he sent to his young daughter who lived far away, “To the person who wafts the years, drawn by the pine tree.”
The design motif of “Hatsune Furniture” is “Today’s nightingale, Hatsune Kikaseo.”
“Hatsune Furniture” is a wedding tool that Chiyohime, the eldest daughter of the third shogun Iemitsu, brought with her when she married Mitsutomo, the second generation of the Owari Tokugawa clan. It is a work of art that took more than two years to create and brought together the best techniques and materials.
It is said that the reason behind the selection of the motif was a waka poem that a mother sent to her daughter in memory of her daughter was a deep love and wish for the happiness of her young daughter, whom she married when she was only two and a half years old.
Part of the national treasure “Hatsune’s Furniture” (owned by the Tokugawa Art Museum)
The Tokugawa Shogun family and “The Tale of Genji”
It is said that The Tale of Genji was a textbook for the wives and princesses of the Tokugawa shogunate, who were the top members of the Genji clan.
The motif of the national treasure “Hatsune’s Furniture” is the waka poem “Hatsune” from chapter 23 of “The Tale of Genji,” “Today, let the first sound of the nightingale be heard by the person who shakes the year and month by the pine tree.”
This waka poem means, “As I have been waiting for so many years, please at least let me hear that first sound today (please give me the good news of the beginning of the year)”.
*Read the hidden waka poems*
In the design of “Hatsune no Furnishing,” the words of a waka poem are expressed in the picture using ashite characters (*1) and absentee patterns (*2). -Hime Yukari
Hatsune’s furniture also has a Japanese poem hidden in the same position as the real “Hatsune’s furniture.”
*1: Added to the scenery like hidden letters in a painterly style. *2: A design that does not represent a person, but instead represents a story using a symbolic motif.
Hidden place of waka
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To the people who deserve it Kefu’s nightingale
Hatsune Let’s hear it
* About Lord Mitsutomo and shrimp crackers – Yukari – *
The second lord of Owari, Mitsutomo Tokugawa, whom Chiyohime married, is a person very close to Sakakaku Sohonno.
In 1666 (Kanbun 6), when Lord Mitsutomo built a palace in Yokosuka (present-day Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture), fishermen on the beach ate “Ebihanpei”, which was grilled shrimp paste. The name “Yukari” comes from the fact that it was praised for its exquisite taste and was given as a gift.
From “Owari Famous Places Book Volume 6 Chita District” by Harue Odagiri, published in 1844 (National Diet Library collection) It was in 1889 (Meiji 22) that the founder, Kakujiro Saka, focused on the “shrimp rice crackers” that had been handed down in his hometown of Yokosuka, and developed the “raw senbei” that became the prototype for -Yukari.
Furthermore, it was in 1966, exactly 300 years after the construction of Yokosuka Palace by Lord Mitsutomo, that the name “Yukari” was given to the evolution of “raw senbei.”
This year, which marks the 135th anniversary of Kakujiro’s development of “raw rice crackers,” Chiyohime’s husband, Mitsutomo, was placed in a can designed to resemble a small box of “Hatsune no Furukuri,” which Chiyohime cherished throughout her life. A product filled with shrimp rice crackers was born, which has its roots in “shrimp rice crackers”.
Tokugawa Art Museum
* About Tokugawa Art Museum *
Located in Nagoya City (Tokugawa-cho, Higashi-ku), it is a collection of masterpieces that have been passed down to the top three feudal lords throughout the Edo period, centering on the belongings inherited from Tokugawa Ieyasu to Tokugawa Yoshinao (Ieyasu’s 9th son), the first generation of the Owari Tokugawa family. This museum houses a collection of approximately 10,000 items made up of items collected after the 1990s.
9 national treasures including “The Tale of Genji Emaki” and “Hatsune’s Furniture”, 59 items including paintings, ceramics, and dyed textiles designated as important cultural properties, “Tanto signature Yoshimitsu specialty
It is a center of Japanese culture rich in quality and quality, with over 1,000 swords such as “Goto Toshiro”. At the Tokugawa Art Museum, you can always find exquisite masterpieces nurtured by Japanese tradition.
Shrimp crackers-Yukari-
* Shrimp crackers-Yukari-*
Shrimp rice crackers representing Sakakaku Sohonbo.
During the Edo period, when Mitsutomo, the second generation of the Owari Tokugawa family, built a palace in Yokosuka (present-day Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture), fishermen grilled the shrimp on the beach and praised it for its exquisite taste. It originates from the fact that it was given as a gift.
A deep, fragrant flavor made from carefully grilled fresh shrimp. The careful twice-baking finish brings out the rich flavor and aroma. Since its release in 1966, 3.5 billion copies have been shipped, and many people have loved it as a souvenir from Nagoya or as a gift.
Sakakaku Sohonkan
* Bankaku Sohonpo Co., Ltd. *
Sakakaku Sohonya took the surname and first name of its founder, Kakujiro Saka, and was founded in Yokosuka (currently Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture) in 1889 (Meiji 22).
We make sweets that take advantage of nature’s bounty, focusing on the shrimp rice cracker “Yukari”, which was created by inventing the “shrimp hanpei” that was presented to the Owari Tokugawa family during the Edo period. In 2024, we will celebrate the 135th anniversary of our founding.
Location: 15-1 Jinzo, Arao-cho, Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture Representative: Taisuke Ban
URL: https://www.bankaku.co.jp/