Anecdotes of Oyasama 124
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 124 presents the contents of "A Drawstring Made of Wood Shavings," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 102 and 103 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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124. A Drawstring Made of Wood Shavings In 1883, during the time of the construction of the Resting House, Hisa Kajimoto would take a sewing lesson every night from Oyasama. One night, Hisa learned how to make a bag by sewing pieces of material one inch square together. But she could not find any cord to use as a drawstring. Just as she was wondering, "What shall I do?" Oyasama said:
When Hisa brought the wood shavings, Oyasama skillfully braided them into a cord which She then threaded through the opening of the bag. Oyasama often carried a purse similar to this when She now and then visited the Kajimoto family of Ichinomoto. On each occasion, She would take some sweets in the purse so She could give them to the children of the family and also to the children of the neighborhood. The purses were of patches of various colors, such as red and yellow. And for their drawstrings, wood shavings were sometimes braided into a cord, and other times, paper-thin wood shavings were twisted into string. |
一二四 鉋屑の紐 明治十六年、御休息所普請中のこと。梶本ひさは、夜々に教祖から裁縫を教えて頂いていた。 ある夜、一寸角程の小布を縫い合わせて、袋を作ることをお教え頂いて、袋が出来たが、さて、この袋に通す紐がない。「どうしようか。」と思っていると、教祖は、
と、仰せられたので、その鉋屑を拾うて来ると、教祖は、早速、器用に、それを三つ組の紐に編んで、袋の口にお通し下された。 教祖は、こういう巾着を持って、櫟本の梶本の家へ、チョイチョイお越しになった。その度に、家の子にも、近所の子にもやるように、お菓子を袋に入れて持って来て下さる。その巾着の端布には、赤いのも、黄色いのもあった。 そして、その紐は鉋屑で、それも、三つ組もあり、スーッと紙のように薄く削った鉋屑を、コヨリにして紐にしたものもあった。0 |
