１２月１５日は我が家の屋敷祭り

　東の庭に南向きにお稲荷様があります。およそ９０年前の昭和初期に亡父が石屋に手彫りで作ってもらったと言ってました。御影石でできています。裏面には建設者の父の名前と日付が掘られてますが、約一世紀の風雨に晒され、辛うじて読めても解読は次第にできなくなりつつあります。家内安全と家屋敷の守護神です。

　私の時代になって家を建て替え、東側に土地を２０坪ほど運良く広げることができました。亡き母の言葉「昔の人は地続きの土地は価値があり、借金しても買えと言っていた。」の言葉を私が覚えていたので、借金はしませんが手にしました。昨日は屋敷祭りで、家で一人でお祝いしました。

 There is an Inari shrine facing south in the eastern garden. Allegedly, my late father had stone craftsman make it by hand in the early Showa period about 90 years ago. It is made of granite. The father's name and date of construction were engraved on the back, but it has been exposed to the wind and rain during about a century, and even if it is barely readable, it is gradually becoming undecipherable. It is the guardian deity of family safety and the premises.

 In my generation, I rebuilt my house 20 years ago and could lucky expand the land of about 60 m² to the east. I remembered the words of my late mother, "Old people said that the connected land was valuable, so we should buy it even if we borrow money." I didn't borrow money, but I got it. Yesterday was the premises festival, and I celebrated alone at home.