What this Oil Painting “TOKIGAWA no FUKEI ( Landscape of the Toki River )” shows us

　This oil painting is an irreplaceable treasure for IKEDA MACHIYA, depicting in an integrated way the natural and economic environment surrounding this area from the late MEIJI period to the early SHOWA period. For that reason, protecting this painting, organizing the history of IKEDA MACHIYA shown within it, and passing that history on are an important mission of IKEDA MACHIYA Community Center ( General Incorporated Foundation ).


Three key themes expressed in this painting :

・MOUNTAIN
　　- IKEDA Fort
　　- The viewpoint and the view from IKEDA Fort
　　- KANI District and TOKI District

・RIVER
　　- Floods, river disputes, and river improvements
　　- The FURU-Kawa pond and horse market
　　- Old stories connected to the TOKI river and FURU-Kawa pond

・HIGHROAD
　　- The post town on the SHITA Kaido
　　- Why IKEDA developed as a machiya town
　　- CHUO Line and the transformation of IKEDA Machiya