From 1658 to 1661 in the early Edo period, PAPERMAKING technology was brought back from Yoshino and technical techniques were established in order to effectively utilize the native Broussonetia kazinoki × Broussonetia papyrifera. At its peak, about 400 paper plow shops lined up and were useful as materials for Japanese umbrellas and fan. However, due to the spread of Western umbrellas and the damage caused by the 1953 Kishu flood, it was in danger of being abolished in the 1955s. It seems that the “Elderly Production Activity Center (currently Experience Exchange Studio Warashi)” was opened in 1979 and revived. Currently, there are orders from temples and calligraphers, and it is said that it was used as a certificate of commendation at the 2015 “Kinokuni Wakayama National Athletic Meet”.
A literary person who opened the door to the dynasty literature “The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)”: Born in 1884 in Toyajo(A fossil of a large animal bone was discovered in February 2006. As a result of a joint survey between the Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Natural Sciences and Kyoto University after being contacted by the discoverer, it seems that several tens of centimeters square rocks containing bone fossils could be collected. They were later revealed to be Mosasaurus fossils. Reptiles, Squamata, Lepidosauria. Habitat (discovery site): Europe (Netherlands), North America, Japan (Hokkaido, Osaka, Wakayama). 79 million to 65 million years ago (late Cretaceous), total length 12.5 to 18 m.) Village (currently Aridagawa Town). After graduating from Wakayama Normal School in 1905, she became an elementary school teacher and then a teacher at Arida High School for Girls. Eita KITAYAMA is reported to have dreamed of creating a dictionary of Genji Monogatari, which no one can st...