『五重塔』『運命』を執筆した明治の文豪 幸田露伴(こうだ ろはん)は家事に大変習熟していたそうです。 その姿は露伴の娘で随筆家・小説家の幸田文(こうだ あや)の文章によくあらわれています。 This time、父 露伴が娘 文へ掃き掃除を伝えたエピソードをご紹介します。

Father-daughter housework rehearsals

The sentence reads, "I learned housework in general from my father.。It is said.。

Moon loses his birth mother at the age of 8。The remarried partner of the dew companion was excellent in academics but not familiar with housework, so the father and the dew spouse taught the daughter Moon housework.。
He grew up in poverty with eight siblings.、Morning and evening cleaning、Rice and Rice、laundry、Because I was doing all the housework such as burning the fire、That instruction was accompanied by practice.。

父娘の掃除の稽古が本格的に始まったのは、Moon is 14 years old、It was the summer vacation of my first year of girls' school.。

Day 1 of cleaning rehearsal、The sentence instructed to bring the tools to the dew is、3I will bring the best broom and the best broom from the book broom.。
　しかし露伴に「これじゃあ掃除できない。Yes、There is no other way, so do it by fixing it."、Remodeling the Hataki、correct the distortion on the broom and exit。To do a good job、It teaches us that better tools are important.。

On the second day, I had a fixed broom and a shack.、Cleaning order、How to use the tool、You will be trained in the deeds when you are cleaning.。
I also started to work on the shoji no hatakigake、Look at the sentence that flutters and slaps、Dew throws harsh words at him.。I also feel rebellious about the sentence and think that it is "mean parentage"、Seeing such a sentence, Dew Chen,、Gives an example of a slapstick。

"The tip of the bunch touched the shoji bar precisely,、Made a light rhythmic sound.。The practice that would have been done decades ago is、It was indeed。The correctness of technique and reason is、Straight(Soon)It was a great road leading to the heart to。I couldn't do it.。」

From "Koda Bunshō Shōnen" ("Koda Bunshō Shōnen"
Fumi Koda, edited by Tama Aoki, Heibonsha, 2009, page 39

I watched as he used the slapstick as if it were a part of his body.、Although there is still a feeling of repulsion,、Moon challenges Shoji no Hatakigami again。
But it still doesn't work.。The tip of the slap hits the shoji paper、Watch it smack、They're teased when Shoji is crying with dew.。

By the time the broom injury is over following the slapstick,、I sat down next to the broom with the honest feeling that I had been given a lot of rehearsal and thanked the dew, saying, "Thank you."。

"Aftermath" Magic trick after cleaning

On the back of the sentence that salutes and stands up and walks away, there is a voice accompanied by a dewdrop.。
I wonder and look back at the sentence、Dew Companion、Look back again after cleaning、Teach them a spell called "Aftermath" to make sure there's nothing left to do.。

The essay vividly depicts the interaction between father and daughter through the rehearsal of housework with Dew.。Especially the depiction of Dewdrops doing housework、It's like seeing a martial arts master with tools and body as one.。It makes me imagine that they will probably clean with a sophisticated demeanor.。

honesty、If I am watched by such a master of housework, I think that I will be nervous and can not clean、It seems that the spell of "Afterglow" can be used in various situations other than cleaning。