(巻三十二)マラソンが歩いて来たる野菊かな(細川加賀)
３月１２日土曜日
台所にガス警報器が取り付けられていて二酸化炭素なども感知してくれているが、取り付けてから５年経ったので交換することになった。その作業にガス屋さんが午前中に来ることになっている。午前中と云うのではやや範囲が広すぎるので絞り込んだ訪問時間の連絡をお願いしていたところ、９時に電話があり１１時から１２時の間との連絡があった。が、１１時半を過ぎても来ない。作業にかかる時間は多分５分か１０分だろうから、１１時５０分に来るのかもしれない。そう思うと少し苛々してきた。細君も苛々しながら、窓から駐車スペースを睨んでいる。結局１２時０２分に来て０８分に帰って行った。今日の午前の一番簡単な仕事だったので最後になったのだろう。説明に依ればガスを感知すると大きな警報音と音声で異状を伝えるとのことだ。川端康成のようにガス管を咥える道を選ぶとすれば、警報器をオフにするのを忘れないようにしなくては。
春寒く虚空に燃やす化学の火(西岡正保)
午後は陽気もよくなってきたので葛西城趾まで歩いてみた。亀青小学校の南門を経て環七に出て、環七を葛西方向に進み、国道６号を青戸陸橋に並行している歩道橋で渡り、そこから環七沿いにほんの百メートルほどで御殿山公園という名前になっているその場所に着く。御殿山と言うと、品川辺りにある豪奢な御殿山が思い浮かぶが、葛飾区青戸の川より低いところにある御殿山とでは月とすっぽんである。環七の建設で葛西城の遺構が発見されたそうだが、すべては手遅れで遺構は環七で分断されている。公園の企画立案者は立派な御殿山公園にしたかったのだろうがすで道路で分断され民家が密集している状況ではこれが精一杯だったのだろう。その埋め合わせのためか、「葛西城趾を偲ぶ」という矢鱈に大きな石碑が建っていた。隣りの解説盤によれば、この葛西城は室町時代末期には小田原北条氏と関東管令古河公方との勢力争いの要衝で幾度となく戦があったと説明されている。また、此処は貨幣論でよく登場する青砥藤綱の居城でもあったそうでその石碑も建っていた。念のために申し添えれば、わざわざ行くところではないと思う。
行く先はどこでもよくて春の水(仲寒蝉)
願い事－生死直結で叶えてください。コワクナイ、コワクナイ。
A gas alarm is installed in the kitchen and it detects gas and carbon dioxide, but it has been 5 years since it was installed, so I decided to replace it. A gas shop mechanic is supposed to come to the work in the morning. Since the range is a little too wide to say in the morning, I was asking for a narrowed-down visit time, and there was a phone call at 9 o'clock and he said he would come between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock. However, he did not come even after 11:30. The job itself would probably take 5 or 10 minutes, so he may come at 11:50. I was a little annoyed when I thought so. She is also annoyed, staring at the parking space from the window. After all he came at 12:02 and left at 08. It was the last place to visit probably because it was the easiest job this morning. According to the explanation, when gas is detected, a loud alarm sound and voice will convey the abnormality. If you choose a way to suck a gas pipe like Yasunari Kawabata, you have to remember to turn off the alarm.
It was getting warmer and no wind in the afternoon, so I walked to Kasai Castle Ruins. Go out to Rind Road 7 via the south gate of Kameao Elementary School, proceed in the direction of Kasai, crossing National Highway No. 6 at the pedestrian bridge parallel to Aoto Overpass, and from there it is only about 100 meters along Ring Road 7. It took 15 minutes get to that place named Gotenyama Park. When you think of Gotenyama, you can think of the luxurious Gotenyama near Shinagawa, but Gotenyama, though the namesake, which is geographically lower than the river level and in Aoto, Katsushika-ku, is like “Moon and soft shell turtle” =”two things that superficially similar but completely different, night and day, chalk and cheese.”. It seems that the remains of Kasai Castle were discovered during the construction of Ring Road 7, but it was too late to preserve and the remains were divided by the trunk road. The planner of the park probably wanted to make it a magnificent Gotenyama Park, but in the situation where it was divided by the road and the private houses were crowded, this was probably the best. Perhaps to make up for that, a large stone monument was erected on the site, inscribed "Remembering Kasai Castle Ruins." According to the commentary board next to it explaines that this Kasai castle had many battles at the end of the Muromachi period as it as at the strategic point of the power struggle between Odawara Hojo clan and Koga Kobo, the Kanto region governor sent by Shogun in Kyoto. In addition, it seems that this place was also the residence of Aoto Fujitsuna, who often appears in monetary theory text books, and his stone monument stands also. Just in case, I am not suggesting you to visit this humble place, anyway.
