EDO - tagaya loop repairman

LINK
http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2013/09/tarai-tub.html

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tagaya 箍屋 hoop repairman, clamp repairman

taga 箍 is a hoop or clamp, a ring around a wooden barrel or bucket. In the Edo period the hoop was usually made of bamboo or metal.

The tagaya walked around in Edo, calling out for his service.

oke yui　桶ゆい / 桶結い　repairing buckets, barrels and tubs
wagae, wa-gae わがえ /　輪替え "changing rings" (hoops) of buckets, barrels and tubs



Some took the buckets home to repair them, others carried their tools and did the repair work right away at the roadside.

taga o kakeru 「―をかける / 掛ける」 / taga o shimeru 「―をはめる / 締める」
ゆるんだたがを元のように締め直したり、新しいたがに交換して、桶などを再生して歩いた職人さん。


- source : ginjo.fc2web.com


たが掛けはのの字しの字て日を暮し　
tagakake wa no no ji shi no ji te hi o kurashi
たが掛ケはのゝ字しの字て日を暮シ

to repair a hoop
he spends his day bending
and stretching it

This is a visual pun with the hiragana letter NO　の。


たがかけに四五間先キて犬かじやれ
tagakake ni shi-go ken saki ni inu ga jare

when the hoop repairman works
dogs is playing and biting at it
four, five meters away

The repairman had to stretch and fold the long bamboo string many times before applying it around the bucket. During that time the animals would play with one end.




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