Kawabata Doki

A mochi merchant from Kyoto. Nakamura Gorozaemon, the son-in-law of Watanabe Susumu, who lived in Toba, a southern suburb of Kyoto, became a Buddhist monk and took the name Doki. Doki lived in Shinzaike, near the Mikawa River that flows outside the fence of the Imperial Palace, around 1504 (Eisho 1), and took the name Kawabata as his shop name. Later, he opened a mochi shop and joined the mochi troupe, but before long he began wearing brown-dyed plain sliding doors and presenting mochi on inkstone lids to the Imperial Court. The chest from that time is still in the possession of the Kawabata family. In 1577 (Tensho 5), when the Imperial Court repaired the Tsuiji and other structures, Doki contributed to the expenses and other efforts. He was exempted from taxes such as sake tax (probably from brewing or selling sake) by Oda Nobunaga. His grave is at Jofukuji Temple in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City. His descendants, who also bear the name Doki, have taken over the business and live in Kyoto to this day. He is famous for Doki rice dumplings.

[Takahiro Okuno]

"The Documents of Tachiiri Munenori and Kawabata Michiyoshi, eds. Nishida Naojiro and Shibata Minoru (National Spiritual Culture Documents 13, 1937, National Spiritual Culture Institute)" "Visiting Kyoto's Long-Established Stores, by Matsumura Shigeru and Nishiyama Jiro (1979, Sunbright Publishing)"

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京都の餅(もち)商人。京都南郊鳥羽(とば)の住人渡辺進(すすむ)の女婿(じょせい)中村五郎左衛門(ごろざえもん)は、入道して道喜といった。道喜は1504年（永正1）ころに皇居の垣の外を流れる御溝(みかわ)の傍らの新在家(しんざいけ)に住み、その川端を屋号とした。のち餅屋を営業し、餅座に加入するが、いつしか褐(かち)染めの素襖(すおう)を着て、餅を硯(すずり)の蓋(ふた)にのせ、宮廷に供進するようになった。そのときの唐櫃(からびつ)というのが川端家に現蔵されている。77年（天正5）宮廷で築地(ついじ)などを修理したとき、道喜は費用を納めるなど尽力した。そして酒役（酒造か酒の販売もしたのであろう）などの租税を織田信長から免除されたという。墓は京都市上京区の浄福寺。子孫も道喜を称し、営業を継ぎ京都に住み、現在に至る。道喜ちまきで名高い。

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『西田直二郎・柴田実編『立入宗継文書・川端道喜文書』（『国民精神文化文献　13』1937・国民精神文化研究所）』▽『松村茂・西山治朗著『京の老舗をたずねて』（1979・サンブライト出版）』

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