Kaden Samurai (Home Appliance Samurai / 家電侍)

Kaden (Electronic Appliances), that is the wisdom of mankind

There should be no modern man who has not benefited from them.

What if these home appliances were available in the Edo period...

This is the story of a poor samurai who encounters modern home appliances and struggles to make his family happy.

Samurai, would you like to try kabayaki for dinner tonight?

Is it delicious?

Yes

It looks delicious

Of course. - Then I'll have three servings.

Right away Sir

This is just the beginning. Look

It's not something that will decrease, let's raise our morning glories.

Give oneself up to the Warrior Samurai Shijuro.

Haah

Are you so motivated to fight me?

This time I will forgive you.

Thank you for your help

There's no need to thank me. This is what is expected of a warrior.

Samurai-san, I'd like to know your name at least.

I'm not worthy of being called a great samurai with a name.

This man's name is Kanenashi Shijuro

He is a swordsman whose skill surpasses even that of a master or samurai, yet without a lord to serve

A so-called old man who lost his official position for some reason.

He is dressed up, but in modern terms he is a laid-off salaryman who has been downsized.

Thank you for waiting. That will be 150 mon(Currency at that time)

Therefore, he has no money to spare. 150 mon for this Samurai is out the question.

Master Samurai

150 mon

I'm sorry, but I'm tired of eating onagi.

His dwelling is a poor place for the common people to live.

I'm back.

Welcome back, Master Shijuro.

Welcome back Shijuro, who lives with three others in a cramped home.

Welcome back Father

Did you find an official position with a Lord?

Taro, Master Shijuro is tired.

Go play outside

OK Mother

Be back by dinner.

Shizue, the officials...

but you're hungry, aren't you?

I'm going to prepare the food now.

Master Shijiro, please rest.

Taro, Why don't you eat your food?

I hate cold rice.

I prefer warm rice.

Of course, Taro prefers hot rice. I don't like cold rice either.

Rice is cooked in the morning so it can't be helped.

Yes, to save money , rice can only be cooked once a day in the morning.

Then, Mother, is there no side dish?

Side dish, side dish, etc.

There aren't any.

I want to eat onagi (eel).

We do not have any.

That's right, in my home, we don't have enough money to buy unagi

You should be grateful that you are able to eat rice.

You should be thankful you're sleeping so well.

Are you still awake?

You're already awake.

Good morning. You're up early this morning.

Oh Good morning Shizue. How is Taro doing?

He's still sleeping.

I found some reasonably priced coal that I want to show to you.

I sewed you a new kimono.

You stayed up late sewing for my sake.

I will serve you your meal.

He still cannot let go of the pride he had when he was a samurai.

Shijuro is a man who has put his wife and child through a lot of hardship because he is a fixed-type perfectionist husband

It's been nearly three years since I lost my role, but my family doesn't blame me for it.

It is always here that he lament his worthlessness.

He pray before the Inari deity.

I hope that a place of death can be found soon, to make Shizue's life a little easier.

I can grant Shijuro's wish, and it is only one.

He wanted to see her smile from the heart. Something he don't see enough of these days.

Ever since he became an ronin, he kept that gaze every day and tonight marks exactly one year.

I wish for a thousand days.

What is that?!

What's this...?

Is it a watching eye?

Is there something I can help you with?

Who's there? Show yourself.

Nice to meet you, I'm Kersey, a home appliance advisor

Appliance Advisor?

Please call me Kersey

Ker ker

Kersey

Let us show you the best appliances to make your life easier!

Make life easier??

If the Inari-sama let me use it for my own good...

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.

In the Edo period, tablet devices didn't exist, but people believed that there were things beyond the boundaries of this land were sent by gods.

I think I'm a pennyless man.

It was rude of me to draw my sword.

Forgive me

Please do not hesitate to call me by saying "Hey Kersey" if you need me.

Aaha

Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

I want to make my wife's life a little easier.

Can you give an example?

An example? An example? Aaha

Cooking rice. Every morning, she has a hard time cooking rice.

I don't think you need to worry too much about cooking your rice. Let me explain how difficult it was to cook rice in this era for you.

In this period, it was common practice in Edo to cook rice in the morning.

In the dark of the night, you must first mince the vegetables before you can cook the meal.

To cook rice and other food, water must be fetched from a communal well and brought to the house.

Next, you need to make a fire. Of course, there were no lighters in this era, so you must use flint.

And if it catches on fire even more, it can't be left alone.

To cook a good meal, you have to adjust the heat with your ears, and the cook cannot leave the fire even for a moment.

This is just one example of a housewife in Edo, who spent a whopping 700 hours a year just to cook a meal.

I see, so Mr. Shijuro's home uses a traditional kamado, huh?

How can you help?

How about this appliance?

Home appliance?

This is a rice cooker, an appliance that cooks fluffy and delicious rice.

Can you cook rice with this?

By controlling the cooking temperature, soft and delicious rice will be cooked while preserving the soft meat.

How can such delicious rice be cooked in this small box?

Moreover, we have studied rice cooked in a kamado and reproduced an intense and complex large stream of rice.

Spread the heat of high temperature, grain by grain; its name is "Kan-buki", or flame cooking.

Ooo

The flames are rising and dancing? You're cooking with flame?

Wait a moment. Wait. Umm

Fire. What about the fire?

It doesn't use fire.

Without using fire, how does this household appliance cooks rice?