​Mayo KOIDE

Statement

八木酒造は４００年近く酒造りを行ってきた場所であると共に、町の中心とも言える存在であったそうだ。

かつては大変賑やかだった酒造の前の通りの様子や、夏になると水泳場となった裏手の大堰川、そしてそこに集う人々をずっとみつめてきたのだろう。

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初めて酒造を訪れた時、建物自体が持つ時間の長さに圧倒されると同時に、酒造りの道具や機械に目が止まった。それらはとても丁寧に整頓されていて、

仕事をしていた人々の日々の振る舞いを写し取っているように思えた。

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そういった道具や酒造に関わってきた人々の言葉、記録など、今存在しているものから、かつての風景を想像してみようと思う。

 

 Alongside serving as a place for brewing sake for more than 400 years, it is said that Yagi Shuzo was once the center of the local area.

It has surely always gazed out at the formerly bustling street in front of the brewery or at the people who came to the Ooi River behind the brewery to swim during the summer.

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 When I first visited the brewery, I was overwhelmed by the length of time encompassed in the building, while I simultaneously took note of the tools and machines used for brewing sake. They were all delicately arranged, replicating the daily behavior of the people who work there.

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 From those tools and the things that currently exist such as records and the words of people who have been involved in the brewery, I try to imagine the landscape of that time.

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 One of the meanings of katashiro is a “substitute” or “stand-in.” This work functions as a kind of katashiro, conveying the history and memories of the brewery on behalf of the people associated with it.