Osaka Museum of Housing and Living 9th floor
Exhibition Hall 1: Osaka in the Early Modern Period
Time travel back to Edo Period
Summer Festival Decorations
8. kusuri-ya Pharmacy 1 Storefront
Higo-ya is the largest merchant in Osaka-machi san(3)-chōme.
The noren storefront curtain hung at the storefront boasts the efficacy of the medicine called Uruyusu, which was sold as an elixir.
The roofing of the storefront eaves uses hegi-ita thin splints of sawara cypress, which is called kokera-roofing.
A glorious roof sign with its own small roof stands on top of the storefront eaves in the middle.
At Higo-ya, the interior of the storefront was decorated with its family treasure folding screens brought out and set up.
House guests and family members sat in front of the folding screens and watched the togyo imperial procession while passersby appreciated the beautifully decorated folding screens from outside.
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