Chotto Edo Made 1

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Chotto Edo Made
Chapter One Rose of Stone and Cherry Blossom of Ice

009

Here
is where I will draw my last breath. An old man, alone.

Kiou...

010

1
Thanks to you...
I can die in peace......

Yes --

Your father spent time with many women, leaving you eleven younger half-siblings.
I took care of all of them.
written text: things like marriage and jobs

2
I lived my life doing as I pleased......
I never lived a life to be proud of.........yes...

There's only one thing I can be proud of...

011

1
That you

are my son...!

2
Adios.

012

1
Father!

2
Remember.
sfx: twitch

3

Ten years ago, I got to know a tea serving girl called "Hana" at the Kyu Furukawa Gardens...

Ah...the roses are famous.

I forgot to mention I went out with her one spring.

013

If there is a child, please look after it.
sfx: sputter

This is my last breath.

014

1
Therefore I looked into it the matter. I have a report for you today.

Yes.

2
It seems this is the child.

Ootono's illegitimate child that has been troubling you.

3
And so, Masanari, go and meet this child.
And make sure everything is alright.

Ah --

015

1
It's a hassle, but I can't just let it go.

Speaking as hatamoto, the head of the Sakurai family,
and as Edo town magistrate.


There you have it. I am Masanari Kamiya.
At the behest of the head of the family, I am traveling to Hakone.
written text: this kid's in Hakone, right

016

1
And so
the Edo Period.

We can't go by deluxe train from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto in an hour and a half.

2
Back to basics -- walking.

There are a large number of lodging places along the road.
I will be able to travel safely.

scribbled text:
top left: Inn Towns -- places to stay, eat meals, buy souvenirs
in between text bubbles: Musashi (Tokyo Metropolis + Saitama Prefecture)
below left text bubble: Shimousa
below far right text bubble: Kai (Yamanashi Prefecture)
next to that: Sagami (approximately Kanagawa Prefecture)
below that: Suruga (around Shizuoka Prefecture)
in box: To Kyoto
below that: Izu
bottom left: Kazusa (around Chiba Prefecture)
below that: Awa

bubbly map boxes from left to right:
Nihonbashi
Shinagawa-juku
Kawasaki-juku
Kanagawa-juku
Totsuka-juku
Hodogaya-juku
Fujisawa-shuku
Hiratsuka-juku
Ooiso-juku
Odawara-juku
Hakone-juku
text below that: Tokaido

017

1
People of this time period are good walkers.

written text at top: The inn town names are still station names on the Tokaido Line.
right to left:
Nihonbashi
Shinagawa-juku 2 ri
Kawasaki-juku 2 ri
Kanagawa-juku 3 ri
Totsuka-juku 1 ri
Hodogaya-juku 2 ri
Fujisawa-shuku 2 ri
Hiratsuka-juku 4 ri
Ooiso-juku 0.5 ri
Odawara-juku 4 ri
Hakone-juku 4 ri

written text at bottom: 1 ri = about 4km, almost 100 km journey.

Walking over 100 km in one day, I plan to arrive sometime tomorrow.

3
Nevertheless, I am concerned for Kiou-sama.

2
His father was of such a Latin lineage.
written text:
Badboy
Sexy Hatamoto

He's become completely stoic.
In the castle, they call him "Sakurai of Ice."

3
But

What is it?

4
I've read Hakone has delicious food.

I'll go and eat.
written text: expressionless

5
He is concerned about his younger half-siblings.
I will occasionally be commanded to go check up on them.
written text: expressionless

019

While I'm telling you this now,
I am going because I am a trusted confidant.

He is thoughtful and kind to this common person.

So I am obedient to him.

It's really been earned...

020

1
I'm here ------

2
Since I don't have any work -------

I'll check in and eat at the onsen.
written text from right to left: tofu umeboshi anpan grated sweet potato rice

3
Oh --
Thief.
sfx: snatch

My bag.

021

2
sfx: poof!

3
swoosh

022

1
Waa --
sfx: trip

2
written text: Ahhh ---
sfx: clap clap clap

3
Oh --
You did it, boy-o!

4
No...
It does not trouble a samurai.

023

1
written text: expressionless ----

The child!?
written text: childhood

2
The eyes make it clear.

024

1
Ootono's Spring Love
(An Investigative Report)

2
Thirteen years ago
A sexy gentleman and a beautiful tea-serving girl

Fell in love in the rose garden.

3
But the girl knew the gentleman was a high-ranking hatamoto.

She left the gentleman.

The gentleman tried everything he could to find her, but he could find no news of her.

4
One year later, the girl gave birth in a mountain village in Hakone.

She lost her life.

Raised by his grandparents,

When the child was five, both died in a pandemic.

5
He was left all alone.

He has from the gentleman, a days-of-the-week medicine case with the Sakurai family crest.

From the memories of roses, he was given the name "Soubi*"
*translator's note: means 'rose'

written text: "Soubi" is an olden-time name

025

1
signs: Motel Hakone

2
So why do you work in a place like this?
I heard an old unmarried lady in this village took you in.

Well, she passed away last spring.

They gave me a job here.


026

1
What was it like to be raised in the mountains?
Are you good at gathering wild plants and and hunting game?

Kamiya-sama, can you get us provisions for tomorrow, too?

2
...And

What kind of business are you on for the samurai family, huh?

You said I'm a child of good social standing.
Don't you think you should do something for me?


3
I've decided!

027

1
Boy-o.

Aren't you coming to Edo?

028

1
Okay.

box: Gives an okay to anything.
written text: all alone

Oh, you have a chance.
Soubi-chan, you're a hard worker, but you're not suited for the service industry.

written text bubble: Jizou

Your face looks like O-jizou-sama.*
*translator's note: The boddhisattva Khitagarba, guardian of children and travelers, statues of them all around.

2
Come back when you get homesick -------

029

1
To Edo.

2
And so you brought him back.

030

1
The rest of my siblings were taken care of with money.
In short, the problem was settled.

Only this child has received special treatment.

2
I was following your orders......

The child is so young.
And alone in the world.

3
He is like you in his manner of speech and the way he carries himself.

The rain will be here soon.
sfx: agile ---

To make him live as a common person.
I thought it would be best for him to be trained in the martial arts and so forth.

031

1
In short, you like him.
sfx: clench

Yes --
Oh -- He's like a carbon copy of Kiou-sama as a child.
written text: young --

Why must he have the same face as you. Let's leave him as he is.

2
I love him.

3
We may find the Hatamoto warrior family blood runs through his veins.

032

1
And now, the always-entering-the-conversation "Hatamoto."

Will "Hatamoto" be on the test? (Possibly)

2
In the Edo Period, there were about 260 "han"s (domains) in Japan.
The territory of the "han" was governed by a "daimyo."

translations for names on the map, from top:
Matsumae
the ones with the arrows pointing to white dots, on left (West side), from top:
Hirosaki-han/Tsugaru family
Morioka-han/Nanbu family
Akita-han/Satake family
Sendai-han/Dateuji family
Yonezawa-han/Uesugi family
Shibata-han/Mizoguchi family

the ones with the arrows pointing to white dots, on right side (East side - the side Tokyo's on) , from top:
Soumashi-han/Soumashi family
Mito-han/Tokugawa family
Owari-han/Tokugawa family
Tsu-han/Toudou family

in white box above Tokyo: Edo

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1
Controlling the daimyou and ruling the entire country was the "Shogun Tokugawa Family." The system to carry out the affairs of the government was the "Edo Shogunate."

written text: Hokkaido was Ezo
Okinawa was the Ryukyu Kingdom

right-to-left, west side:
Kaga-han/Maeda Family
Hikone-han/Iishi Family
Kurume-han/Tanaka Family
Saga-han/Nabeshima Family

right-to-left, east/Tokyo side:
Tokushima-han
Tosa-han/Yamauchi Family
Uwajima-han/Date Family
Oka-han/Nakagawa Family
Satsuma-han/Shimazu Family

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Chart:

1st box: Shogun

2nd box: Daimyo

3rd box (right):
Shogun subordinate
Jikisan

1st box below Jikisan:
Omemieijou
(Can have an audience with the Shogun)
Hatamoto
arrowy text to that: Toyama no Kin-san
Onihei*
*translator's note: Toyama no Kin-san and Onihei are both dramas/stories about Edo-era magistrates

2nd box below Jikisan:
Omemieika
(Cannot have an audience with the Shogun)
Gokenin

3rd box (left):
Daimyo subordinate
Hanshi
arrowy text: Ryoma Sakamoto (Tosa-han)
Takamori Saigo (Satsuma-han)

The "Hatamoto" serves in the Shogunate as the Shogun's direct subordinate.


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The salary for most hatamoto is less than 500 koku.

The Sakurai family earns a high-ranking 3000 koku.
written text to side: High-ranking hatamoto...more than 3000 koku Super-Hatamoto

written text at bottom:
1 koku = 1 ryou = 160,000 yen
(180 liters of rice) (1 gold coin)

Tax money 4 kou 6 min
in box:
4 kou
Hatamoto income
(land tax = tax money)

6 min
The peasants' part.
(Living expenses Labor debt )

big text: Two Hundred Million!!!!
written text: doesn't have to work to get it

2
And Kiou is the Edo Town Magistrate.

035

1

The Shogun entrusts him with Edo's (his hometown!) judiciary, administration, security, fire department.
Super Important Position.

036

3
An expressionless face-off...
sfx: sigh

037

1
Your mother went through much trouble.

I apologize on behalf of my father.

2
I am entrusting thee to Kamiya.
Study hard until you become a man.

I've decided on a location for you.

Thank you very much.

3
Ah -
I'll make a fine man out of him!
written text: expressionless

I don't know what you're thinking about......
written text: Hmm ---

138

1
Good - I'll introduce him to the sword right away.
And then the bath --

Yes.

3
Gah -----

039
There were girls there............
written text: all too mistaken, all the same to him

040

2
Such a vast compound.
So this is Edo.........

3
For some reason, I totally came along
But a place like this is fine.

041

1
It's been like this for as long as I can remember.

I've always been under the care of someone.
I've been given much

2
But my heart has always been cold.

3
Oh, Soubi-chan.
Sorry, can you run an errand for me?
sfx: nod

4
Huh -- Soubi?

He's running an errand.

written text: he should get out once in a while

142

1
Hmm---mmm.
When he's off duty, Kiou-sama goes out in disguise.
written text: i want to play

Had a little free time.

2
sfx: clack clack clack

045

1
Oh --

2
U-
Um.

3
I, too, am bad at expressing my feelings.

046

1
However,
Know we were are connected by blood. It doesn't mean I'm not glad.

047

1
We'll see how much more you are like me.

048

1
Things are changing, aren't they?
written text: wandering off without me

2
It's something.
This Edo.

049

written text: Mitsui Echigo Shop Mitsukoshi
big text on sign: Dry Goods

2
Black Cat Yamato

3
written text: Today is LaLa's* release date
*translator's note: the magazine Chotto Edo Made is serialized in

magazine bottom right corner: Hana to Yume*
*translator's note: another Shoujo magazine

top left corner:
July Issue
Monthly Publication LaLa

bottom right:
Melody

050

1
Ahh -----

Haagen-Daaz -- a delicacy -----
on carton: Haagen-Daaz Dolce

2
M'Lady, please cease at once.

It has an ill effect on your health.

You may be thinking, Isn't this speech, like, weird?

sfx: ahh ----

051

1
It's been 405 years since the start of the Edo period ------

This is a year 2008 Edo-period story.

sign: Seven-Eleven

written text: what are you doing today ---
part-time job at McDonald's

sign: Summertime Onigiri
Primo Onigiri