Water of Edo

Japanese: 江戸の水 - えどのみず
Water of Edo
The water from the waterworks in Edo. Edoites were proud of the water they drew from the Kanda and Tamagawa waterworks. *Miscellany, Yanagi Taru Shui (1801), Volume 19, "When people drink Edo water, they want to sell oil."

Edo-no-mizu ...mizu [Water of Edo]

This lotion, used under powder, was first sold by Shikitei Sanba in Honcho 2-chome, Edo in 1811 .

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Japanese:
江戸の水道の水。神田上水や玉川上水で引いた水を江戸っ子が誇りにしていう語。※雑俳・柳多留拾遺(1801)巻一九「江戸の水のむと油をうりたがり」

えど‐の‐みず ‥みづ【江戸の水】

式亭三馬が江戸の本町二丁目で文化八年(一八一一)に売り出した白粉下に用いる化粧水。

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