Poet Ujou NOGUCHI（猿島岩井町 茶の芽が伸びりゃ 空に雲雀が さへつりかゝ（Hiragana repeating characters-The monument was erected on November 30, 1958）る, Composer Shinpei Nakayama-Visited Japan on May 12, 1923

ちんげん菜

【種類】

Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis

【生産地】

茨城県坂東市逆井（諸川青販連）

【名前の由来】

“Chingon Tsai ; Chinese cabbage”, From the name of Chinese vegetables of the Brassicaceae family ≒ Green pak choi

【主な特徴】

Widely known as a vegetable kingdom, agriculture in Bando City takes advantage of the regional characteristics of being close to Tokyo, a major consumption area, with vast farmland. It plays an important role in supplying fresh food products and preserving the beautiful rural environment. Major agricultural products include green onions, lettuce, cabbage, chinese cabbage, and tomatoes. Rich aroma and rich taste born in the land of water transportation-Sashima green tea (Koga, Bando, Joso, Yachiyo, Sakai). “Bando City”, Located in the southwestern part of Ibaraki prefecture.It was born on March 22, 2005 by the merger of Iwai city and Sahima town. It borders Noda City, Chiba Prefecture across the Tone River（This is the Tonegawa, also known as Bandotaro. The River Tone meanders [winds its way] through the plains of Kanto）. The center is a flat land called Sashima tableland, with rice fields and upland fields spreading out : Famous for its many flatland forests and the arrival of swan（Every year from late October to mid-March ; Cygnus columbianus, Platalea leucorodia, Anas acuta）, rich nature is preserved-Sugao Swamp etc. Located on the border between Bando and Joso. A long and narrow swamp with a north-south width of about 5 km and an east-west width of about 200-500 m. Egawa River, Iinuma River, Higashinire River flow in. Water flows from the Hoshido lock to the Tone River via Sugao Swamp. The sorimachi bank is called kaminuma and shimonuma in border, and walking load is maintained in kaminuma. Pacific climate with an average annual temperature of 15.3 degrees celsius : A relatively warm region with annual rainfall of 1,288 mm. A place related to hero Taira no Masakado who won the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke) in the Heian Period. Called Bando’s Fengyunji, a wish to create an independent country beyond the power of the imperial court : Although branded as a rebel, he broke up with the aristocratic society here : A heart that I admire, trying to build an utopia for living with the people : It is alive in the places that Masakado loved. Iwai’s cantonment, home of the government, Kokuo Shrine built by the third daughter（如蔵尼）to mourn the soul, Enmeiin（神田山如意輪寺延命院-宗介, 来世法師; 真言宗智山派; 篠越山延命院観音寺, 本尊-延命地蔵菩薩）with a body mound, etc. The city is dotted with legends and historic sites. “Masakado Festival” held every November : A magnificent and gorgeous period picture scroll that seems to go back a thousand years is unfolded. “Masakado Half Marathon Tournament” to be held on the day : Many citizen runners participate and compete for good legs on the course related to Masakado. Forefront base for Go-Hojo Family’s expansion into North Kanto : Restoration while utilizing the remains of Sakasai Castle. It is popular as a historical park. Prefectural designated cultural property : 逆井城跡, 昭和60年3月25日指定, 逆井. The castle that remains today is a remains that made full use of the castle construction technique of the end of the Warring States period.He pursued prosperity with Nobunaga’s Azuchi Castle and Go-Hojo Family. In 1590, the castle was abandoned due to Hideyoshi’s conquest of Odawara. And now, more than 400 years later, the moat and earthworks as they were at that time are utilized. “Bok choy” is a member of pickled greens. In China, headed Chinese cabbage with overlapping leaves and spherical shape : Bok choy that does not form a sphere is called a Xiăobáicài. “青梗菜” : When it was first introduced in the 1970s, it was called by various names. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries-Bok choy on the green（blue）axis, the white axis was set as Pakchoy, and it became established nationwide. Vegetables that spread during the recovery of diplomatic relations between Japan and China in the 1970s. And it is generally called Chinese vegetables. It became a temporary boom, and it became prosperous with various transmissions. It became widespread before it was widely cultivated in Japan, several species such as Ching Guang Juai, Tatsoi and Stem garlic. Also, with the gourmet boom and health consciousness, demand for China Vegetables is growing, and multiple types are produced domestically. However, it has been handed down to Japan since ancient times : It seems that some of them have changed according to the climate. ‘History’ – When TAIRA no Masakado（平将門）raised an army in 939 and conquered eight provinces in Kanto (Johei and Tengyo War /TAIRA no Masakado’s War), he formed a coalition with TAIRA no Sadamori and attacked Sashima District in the Shimofusa Province, which was the base of Masakado, in March 940, next year, and suppressed the turmoil. TAIRA no Masakado, after conquering “Bando” (old Kanto region), having won out family struggles, held a ceremony of enthronement at the local government of Kozuke in 939. FUJIWARA no Hidesato, who defeated TAIRA no Masakado as the oryoshi of Shimotsuke Province, is well-known. In 940, FUJIWARA no Tadabumi was appointed as seii taishogun (literally, “great general who subdues the barbarians”) to subdue TAIRA no Masakado’s War and sent to Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region), however TAIRA no Masakado was killed before Tadabumi’s arrival. It originally started with the ‘family the groom married into’ uncles of the TAIRA no Masakado, and uncles of TAIRA no Masakado built a structure in Kanto region especially in Hitachi, Kazusa, Shimousa, and Musashi Provinces, and there was a trace that the conflict of interest between ‘places where the grooms married’ led to the struggle between TAIRA no Masakado, his uncle, and cousins. Kubizuka of TAIRA no Masakado: located at Ote-machi, Chiyoda Ward (Chiyoda Ward), Tokyo. The plaque at the site that testifies to its authenticity and recounts the history states that, “This is where TAIRA no Masakado’s head was put on public display during the period of Tengyo. Therefore, during the Edo Period, the Kanda Myojin Shrine, where TAIRA no Masakado was enshrined, was revered as the Edo Sochinju (the center place to pray for local gods) by the Shogunate. “TAIRA no Masakado’s spirit was again enshrined together with the god of Kanda Myojin in 1984. Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, spinach, etc. are shipped from neighboring cities and towns and delivered nationwide. The original “Bando” is the ancient name of the entire Kanto region. This regards mountains such as Ashigara Pass and Usui Pass as “Saka（Slope）.” This is because the countries east of the east were designated as “Slope East = Bando”. Selected as aiming for a magnificent city that represents the Kanto Plain. The Tone River is also derived from the old nickname “Taro Bando”. Yoshishige Satake（The 18th head）, a Hitachi warlord who evenly crossed Mr. Date with Hojo. 延命寺山門建造物, 昭和48.2.1, 岩井 / 延命寺, 延命寺石製太鼓橋, 建造物, 昭和48.2.1, 岩井 / 延命寺, 国王神社幣殿, 建造物, 昭和52.1.21, 岩井 ･ 国王神社, 八幡神社社殿, 建造物, 昭和62.10.1, 神田山新田 / 八幡神社, 逆井城跡公園観音堂, 建造物, 平成5.10.25, 逆井, 万蔵院観音堂, 建造物, 平成5.11.29, 生子 / 万蔵院, 釈迦三尊像, 絵画, 平成9.10.1, 坂東市, 両界曼荼羅, 絵画, 平成12.12.27, 坂東市, 絹本著色親鸞聖人坐像, 絵画, 平成17.1.25, みむら / 妙安寺, 土偶, 考古資料, 昭和53.5.1, 坂東市, 桐木嘉吉板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 桐木 / 香取神社, 莚打十三仏板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 莚打 / 阿弥陀堂堂敷大安寺虚空蔵板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 矢作 / 大安寺, 大崎勢至板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 大崎 / 高橋豊氏, 上出島虚空蔵板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 上出島 / 野本美千雄氏, 弓田弘安板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 弓田 / 染谷政明氏, 弓田弘安板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 弓田 / 染谷政明氏, 幸田辻念仏板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 幸田 / 小林義雄氏, 小山庚申塚板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 小山 / 片野安男氏, 東陽寺十三仏板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 矢作 / 東陽寺, 西念寺来迎図板碑, 考古資料, 平成3.6.1, 辺田 / 西念寺, 歓喜寺江戸彼岸桜, 天然記念物, 昭和52.3.8, 辺田 / 歓喜寺, 多羅葉, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 神田山 / 妙音寺, のだ藤, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 小山 / 中川小学校, 伽羅木, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 馬立 / 弓馬田小学校, むくろじ, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, みむら / 浄国寺, かや, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 神田山 / 延命院, いちょう, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 長谷 / 長谷寺, なつめ, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 幸田新田 / 飯島小学校, あらかし, 天然記念物, 昭和54.4.1, 岩井 / 国王神社, かや, 天然記念物, 平成元.3.1, 莚打 / 観音寺, 厨子入木造薬師如来坐像, 彫刻, 昭和56.4.23, 生子 / 染谷顕司氏木造薬師如来立像, 彫刻, 平成2.10.1, 長須 / 東光寺, 木造地蔵菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 岩井 / 延命寺, 木造如意輪観音坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 岩井 / 延命寺, 木造聖徳太子立像（孝養太子）, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 辺田 / 西念寺, 木造地蔵菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 辺田 / 歓喜寺, 木造阿弥陀如来坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 弓田 / 慈光寺, 木造不動明王及び二童子立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 弓田 / 慈光寺, 木造地蔵菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 馬立 / 自性院, 木造如意輪観音坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 馬立 / 自性院, 木造十一面観音立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 幸田新田 / 幸田新田地区住民, 木造聖観音菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 矢作 / 大安寺, 木造薬師如来坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 矢作 / 東陽寺, 銅造阿弥陀如来立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 矢作 / 東陽寺, 木造聖観音菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 大谷口 / 泉福寺, 木造阿弥陀如来坐像及び両脇侍立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 大谷口 / 泉福寺, 木造聖観音菩薩立像（聖観音前立像）, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 大谷口 / 泉福寺, 木造十一面観音立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 長谷 / 長谷寺, 木造地蔵菩薩立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 桐木（正明院）木造聖観音菩薩坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 莚打（観音寺）, 木造如来立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 長須 / 東光寺, 木造阿弥陀如来立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 長須 / 阿弥陀堂共同墓地木造地蔵菩薩坐像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, 冨田 / 富田阿弥陀堂木造十一面観音立像, 彫刻, 平成17.1.25, みむら / 妙安寺, “逆井本村祭ばやし”, 無形民俗文化財, 昭和53.5.1, 逆井 / 本村祭ばやし保存会, 奉納絵馬, 歴史資料, 昭和53.5.1, 沓掛 / 香取神社, 岸本君二世功徳碑, 歴史資料, 平成5.10.26, 沓掛 / 旧飯沼31カ村, 地元氏子. Ujo Noguchi was born on May 29, 1882 in Isohara Village, Taga District, Ibaraki Prefecture (currently Isohara Town, Kitaibaraki City) as the eldest son of his father Ryohei and his mother Teru, and was named Eikichi. His birthplace was once a resting place for the lord of the Mito Tokugawa clan and was called ‘Kankai-tei’ and was also called ‘Isohara Palace’. It seems that he was also a popular person. In 1897, he lodged with his uncle, Katsuichi Noguchi (Hokugen), a member of the House of Representatives, and in April 1901, he entered the Literature Department of Tokyo Career College Higher Preparatory Course (now Waseda University), but dropped out after just over a year. ing. It is said that he was interested in literature since he was a boy and wrote poetry in the style of folk songs for publication in circulating magazines. His beginning as a poet seems to have been a cycle of bad luck and disappointment. In March 1902, he appeared in the poetry world with the literary magazine Koshibafune, but it seems that he did not reach the level of fame. He returned home on the death of his father in 1904, inherited the family estate, and married “Hiro Takashio”. In March 1905, he self-published his first collection of poems, Karegusa; Hay, but it seems that he did not reach the rank of the central poetry circle. In 1906, he moved to Karafuto, Hokkaido, where he later participated in the formation of Waseda Shi-sha（company）, and later moved to Hokkaido as a newspaper reporter and spent more than two years wandering. During this time, he seems to have had a friendship with Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912). In 1913, he returned to his hometown away from Chuo and continued his poetry activities while also holding public office in Isohara Village. After divorcing his wife Hiro in 1915, he moved to Kashiwaya in Tokiwa Yumoto-cho, Iwaki City, where he continued to write poetry. In 1918, he went to Mito to publish children’s songs while editing “Ibaraki Shonen”, and in autumn he married “Tsuru Nakazato”. In 1919, with the introduction of Yaso Saijo (1892-1970) and others, he began to publish nursery rhymes in children’s magazines in the center of Japan. In addition, the publication of his free poetry collection, Toshi to Denen, marked his return to the poetry world. It seems that he wrote the lyrics for the famous “Funato Kouta” (original name: Kare Susuki; Seeing it in the snow and wind is also very atmospheric. Awn is the season word for autumn.) and asked Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) to compose it. In 1921, he published works such as “Seven Children,” “Red Shoes,” and “Blue-Eyed Doll,” and from 1922 he also published works in Kodomo no Kuni (published by Higashioka Honkyosha). “Amefuri Otsuki-san”, “Anomachi Konomachi”, and “Rabbit Dance” were published in this magazine. It seems that composers such as Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945), Nakayama Shinpei, and Kiyomi Fujii (1889-1944) were fortunate enough to have the perfect score for his trial production. Around this time, Ujo began to travel around the country to give lectures to spread nursery rhymes and folk songs, and his footprints seem to extend not only to Japan, but also to Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, and Mongolia. Hundreds of his new folk songs, including “Suzaka Kouta（A word that conveys the prosperity of Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, a town of silk manufacturing at that time. Even now, this song is played at the “Suzaka Festival” every July, and in the town of Suzaka, this song is played, and the dragon’s portable shrine (carried in festivals) and costumed ren appear, and the festival is dyed in color.）,” have been written all over Japan. From around 1935, his poetry began to decline, and in 1929 he fell ill, and in 1930 he evacuated to the suburbs of Utsunomiya to avoid the fires of the war. He died at the age of 63 on January 27, 1945 (later the end of the Pacific War).

Iwai’s market is always filled with beautiful and delicious bok choy. This excellent agricultural product is cultivated and shipped all over the country from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south, but Ibaraki seems to have the largest shipment volume by far. As long as there is stable shipment throughout the year, it is reliable. As a good example of preservation, if you wrap it in a wet newspaper, put it in a plastic bag, stand it up, and refrigerate it, it will not lose its freshness.

The Ibaraki Prefectural West Agricultural and Forestry Office Bando Regional Agricultural Improvement and Extension Center (Iwai, Bando City) is focusing on successor activities as a business guide. Concentrates heavily on agriculture in Koga City, Bando City, Goka Town, and Sakai Town. These include securing diverse workers, creating highly competitive production areas, promoting eco-friendly agriculture, dietary education and hands-on exchanges, and promoting sixth industrialization.