Ikekawa needle - Ikekawa needle

...In particular, the main family was destroyed some years ago, so those who sell needles all call themselves Misuya Honke, and it is impossible to know which is the real original. In addition, Ikekawa (pond side) needles in Otsu were also famous, but it is said that this was a relocation of Anenokoji needle shop, which was located next to Oike. There is a story in Goso Manpitsu that when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a boy, he bought sewing needles with his father's inheritance when he left the village, and sold them on the road, but Morisada Manko writes that needle sellers were boys, old women, or haberdashers, and that since Misuya needles in Kyoto were famous, they would also call out "Misu narabari wa yoroshii" in Edo....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ikegawa Needle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…尤右本家は先年滅亡之由に付，針をひさぐ者，皆みすや本家と号し，何れが真の本元なる事を知るべからず〉という。ほかに大津の池川（いけのかわ）(池側)針も著名であったが，これは御池の側にあった姉小路針屋が移転したものともいう。　豊臣秀吉が少年のころ，村を出る際に父の遺産で縫針を求め，それを売って歩いたという話が《梧窓漫筆》に見えるが，《守貞漫稿》には針売りについて，男子や老姥あるいは小間物屋が針を売る，京都のみすや針が著名なので江戸でも〈みすやはりはよろし〉という呼声をかけると記されている。…

※「池川針」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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