Inari wants to live in peace

Edo Townsfolk

Starting on April 1, 1950, the Shogun and the clan bureau will collect the money that is on the market and give it a new currency instead.

Monetary units shall be changed to yen as determined by Inari God.

Currencies may be used unchanged, but all shall be replaced by yen.

Recently, I began to see such written placards everywhere in Edo.

It was March of five years ago.

While my husband is at work, I leave home packed with heavy money in a drawstring bag to get the ingredients for dinner.

And through the boulevard, I was aiming for the Edo market.

It was a waste of time for my seven-year-old daughter to stay at home, and I was worried that she would leave a message in this state.

As a result, he forgave to accompany him, put his hands together so as not to get out, and walked at a pace with his child.

Then, along the way, her daughter found a brand new stand in a place that wouldn't interfere with the traffic, and rushed over with interest.

I was observing it for a while, but I turned to the wipe and asked.

"Mother, what does this stand say?"

Um ─ ─

Many other passers-by stopped and watched the stand.

I also come closer and take a closer look, and I understand that there are two contents there: a circulation board that I read a few days ago and a melon.

To make a difference, new items have been added, such as drawings of new coins and notes as a sample, which will also be displayed in the nearest hall.

Incidentally, my daughter is planning to go to second grade this year. There are still many kanji characters that she can't read, and Frigana didn't shake them, so she probably asked me.

"In April, the unit of currency will change, so they'll exchange it at the nearest hall."

Hmm, why does it change?

Her daughter is curious and asks anything she suspects.

So every time I answer, I don't think so.

My child's flexibility is often wrapped around his tongue, and in the future he will certainly be a good scholar or doctor.Or I could be an intellectual.

However, there are several problems, and it is a little tough for me and my husband to earn money after completing the compulsory elementary school curriculum.

Whether or not my daughter will pass the entrance exam before that.

However, Inari God has a policy that knowledge and technology are treasures of the country, so there are many subsidy schemes.

If you win an exclusive student, you can go there for free.

More rumors. They are thinking of extending compulsory education at a low cost to middle school and creating new high schools and universities.

It's a magnificent and dreamy story, but the more difficult it is for ordinary people to understand, the more they build things in a long-term perspective.

Therefore, ordinary people like me did not fully understand the will, and I was just impressed that the driftstone was the Inari God.

Regardless of the thought of such a commoner, I will seriously answer the question of why my young daughter needs to change the currency unit.

"Japanese precious metals... iron, copper, gold and silver.

Because they won't take it abroad. "

Rumors spread all over Edo that Inari God had spoken publicly.

I didn't actually hear about it, but it did happen sometime.

And I asked deeper questions about whether my daughter's curiosity would be exhausted.

"Why can't they take it out?"

"The future of Japan is going to see more and more ore processing.

That's why I want to get as many ingredients as I can. "

A little while ago, I heard that Inari God had stood on the special stage of Inari Taisha Shrine for the first time in a long time and declared what he had just taught his daughter.

But in retrospect, I do trade with foreign countries, but I rarely buy anything from them.

Japanese products are sold, but since mold dropouts are the main thing, on the contrary, currency from other countries comes in.

However, since the wand that does not fall is also important, I feel that Inari God, who always takes the lead, is thinking a lot.

"By the way, Mother."

What is it?

Her daughter points to a point with a standing bid with a small hand and speaks magnificently.

"I want the bill drawn on the sign."

Yes, I want 10,000 yen bills too.

In general household income, 10,000 yen bills are not so exchangeable.

Moreover, it is unknown how much of the first edition will be printed and put on the market, so most people will probably get a reprint.

But at least three of them are for viewing, preservation and missionary purposes, and I would like to secure the first edition.

Collect all the money in the house and it will arrive, but the question is how many sheets the Edo shogunate will print.

"Mother, Inari-sama is divine."

"... that's right."

What is depicted on the stand is a picture of banknotes and coins.

Compared to other coins and bills, the result was excellent enough to clearly understand the difference between clouds and mud.

Many other passers-by are watching the placards besides us, but it is not hard to imagine that everyone is after the Inari God.

I heard that if trust in Inari gods and Edo shogunate is shaken, the banknotes issued this time will be as valuable as paper scrap.

Metal coins are good for crushing, but banknotes are not.

However, the Japanese people believe that only Inari God's banknotes are worth more than the exchange ratio.

That's why the yen, the currency unit, is sure to be accepted nationwide.

I also heard that even Australia beyond the sea is looking to Japan for cooperation and is considering moving to the yen at the same time.

But, well, that's something God Inari doesn't know about, so I'll leave it there for now.

Now that I was looking at the stand, I could care less, so I called my daughter.

"Looks like a yen swatch is on display at the local bureau.Want to stop by? "

"Yeah! Let's go!"

My daughter, who was holding hands, nodded so vigorously that she could stop by before going to buy the ingredients for dinner.

If so, goodness hurries, and we walk with our backs on the stand.

It was a local bureau on the way to the market.

Walking along the vibrant boulevard with her daughter, she eventually saw the local hall of interest.

But something is wrong.

I usually have a lot of users, but today I felt like it was really crowded.

"Mother, it's full of people."

"Eh, yeah, yeah. But what the hell is going on?"

It's been so crowded that people are gathering outside.

Not at all, but it's unlikely to get into the bureau.

We can only look farther, but we casually called out to the middle-aged woman who was passing by to find out the cause.

"Um, excuse me, what's all this noise?"

The passers-by woman seemed to know better than me or my daughter, who had just arrived, and replied immediately.

"A lot of people came to see the bill of the Inari God on display in the hall."

I was expecting it, but I didn't think it was going to be so much noise.

It seems impossible to worship a 10,000 yen bill with this.

"It's going to be like this every day until April."

If there's anything else you need to do in the office, you'd better give up and come back.

That said, the middle-aged woman's passers-by turned her back and left.

Thank you for telling me about such a kind girlfriend with my daughter, and I'll see her off.

Fortunately, it is overflowing outside the hall, but not so much so that the boulevard becomes inaccessible, but it does not change that it becomes impossible to achieve its purpose.

I was somehow out of my mind, and I shouted quietly at the daughter who was holding hands.

"What should I do?"

Um, I'll hold out till April.

Wow, that's great.

It's hard to put up with a child, but there's nothing I can do about it.

And my daughter seems to be very knowledgeable and smart.

"If you get up early and go to Inari Taisha Shrine, I'll see you."

Yeah, the bills are good, but the real ones are the best.

There is a considerable distance to Inari Taisha Shrine, and the early morning ritual is very crowded, so it is difficult to attend.

But it was a precious opportunity to see in the near future, and there was no longer any comparison between just painting and authenticity.

I spoke kindly to energize my little disappointed daughter.

"And Mom, I'll do my best to help."

Well, will your mother run with Inari-sama?

"Well, lately, I've been doing my job and I haven't had enough exercise.Is that a bit difficult? "

He leaves the office with his daughter's hand and walks towards the market, which is his original purpose.

I was tempted by my innocent daughter's suggestion, but I couldn't refuse it after all.

Therefore, in order to participate in the early morning ritual of purification, I decided to exercise flexibility carefully so as not to cause muscle strain at least.