It was on 12/31/2020 that I learned that a supernumerary genius named Natsuho Murata had emerged in the Japanese violin world.
I had no choice but to watch NHK's Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Singing Contest), so I started listening to classical music on YouTube.
As mentioned, as a student at Sendai Niko High School, my former teacher requested me to stay at Kyoto University and carry the university on my shoulders.
Because of my family's misfortunes, I was closed off studying, so I spent every day listening to classical music broadcasts on NHK FM.
Every day, anyway.
I subscribed to magazines related to FM broadcasting, checked all the programs, and listened to them.
I even spent some of my spare money on the complete LP collection of Renata Tebaldi's La Bohème.
The person in charge of editing my graduation book told me, "There are three Ks in the humanities. One of them will eventually leave a significant mark on the Japanese literary world." I was the kind of person who was mentioned.
I lived a life that took a drastic sidetrack from the life I was promised, first in Tokyo, then in Kyoto, and finally as a company manager in Osaka.
As for music, I was initially inclined to be a pianist.
Whenever a pianist of international reputation came to Japan to perform in Tokyo or Osaka, I was always there.
However, I never attended any of their performances after a certain period.
Instead, I spent my days singing various genres of songs accompanied by a pianist at my favorite bar in Kita-shinchi, Osaka, every night.
The cost should have been higher than it was.
It is an international contest in which a pianist's performance is filmed from above.
When I was watching the video, I realized something.
Pianists remember songs even by fingerings.
The same is true of the violin.
My best friend described Natsuho Murata's hands as "like babies."
I thought the same.
Two supernumerary geniuses have appeared in the world of Japanese baseball.
Shohei Otani and Roki Sasaki are coincidentally both from Iwate Prefecture.
When Roki Sasaki joined Lotte, most professional baseball commentators, including Kiyoshi Nakahata, said it would take him time to pitch on the first team.
When I first saw him playing catch in camp, I was surprised.
The way his arms flexed was extraordinary.
It was the first time I had seen such a great form.
I had never seen Otani playing catch, so Sasaki was my first.
He was an immediate first-team starter; second-team is no joke.
No one could hit his pitches.
My editorial reached Kiyoshi Nakahata, the host of TV Tokyo.
I had also criticized Kiyoshi Nakahata for looking the other way.
Nakahata immediately corrected his statement, went to the camp, verified it, and said, "I want to see him in the first team as soon as possible. I can't wait to see him on the first team soon."
Readers know the story behind this.
Nakahata is an insider, and I am an outsider.
Significant changes are made by outsiders, whether you like it or not.
Insiders, being insiders, are blinded.
And therefore, they make mistakes in judgment.
It is no exaggeration to say that becoming an insider is synonymous with becoming a mediocre genius.
I have told people around me since I was young, "What is genius?
What is a genius?
A genius is a person who has a blank blackboard in his mind. That's why they can absorb anything."
What is a mediocre genius?
An ordinary genius is a person whose mind is blackened by his own words (and the words of others). That is why he cannot absorb anything."
Natsuho Murata is undeniably a genius.
She understands every resonance, every composer, vastly and infinitely.
My best friend is, in fact, one of the greatest geniuses.
Through Natsuho Murata and my best friend, I have added another definition of genius.
What is a genius?
The characteristic of a genius is Innocence.
As the word suggests, Innocence is a state of mind free from evil.
In other words, although it may seem obvious, a genius is a person who is the opposite of an evil person.
Natsuho Murata's hands (palms) were distinctive.
My best friend described them as "like a baby's hands."
Unlike Himari, who appeared four years below, Natsuho Murata entered the Tokyo School of Music as a special student.
So we were able to attend her concert on 3/10.
It was nothing short of bliss to see her perform live.
We decided to attend all of her concerts in Japan.
On May 26, she will perform with the Ibaraki Symphony Orchestra in Mito, her hometown.
Osaka to Mito, a day trip.
We changed our return train to one train later to see the concert at leisure until the end of the performance.
We were in the middle of the second row. It was the best bliss.
When we came out of the hall, immersed in the afterglow of bliss and gratitude for her performance, to our surprise, she was in the lobby interacting with the fans!
We joined her immediately.
I told her I was "the turntable of civilization," and we shook hands spontaneously.
I was amazed because her hands were incredibly soft.
Perhaps that was why. As if unconsciously, the words came out.
"I had last heard Perlman, and you were better than Perlman. I mean, you are the best in the world."
I came to the concert after listening to Saint-Saens' Concerto No. 3, the piece she performed that day, on YouTube, where many eminent musicians were playing it.
The last one I heard was Itzhak Perlman.
What makes her the best is the unbelievable softness of her hands (palms).
Brain power is essential for those who are called genius violinists.
Something beyond that forms the best in the world: innate talent.
It is a gift given only to those in whom the god of music dwells.
Like Otani and Sasaki, Natsuho Murata also creates incredible power.
And the beauty of the highest delicacy.
It is no longer a secret that Otani and Sasaki are supernatural geniuses.
They have one thing in common.
Their shoulder joints are uncommonly flexible.
Incredibly flexible muscles produce incredible power.
Incredibly flexible muscles also produce the most delicate and beautiful sounds.
When I got home, I reviewed the videos of the eminent people I had seen.
Finally, there was only one! Itzhak Perlman!
I was convinced of the correctness of my findings.
His hand, too, was a baby's palm.
There were two unverified great violinists in this manuscript.
They probably assumed that because the quality of the video was poor, the sound quality must also be inadequate.
Or YouTube had taken the liberty of assuming that, and it never came up.
I was surprised when I examined the footage of the two men, Isaac Stern and David Oistrakh.
I was surprised when I examined their footage!
At the same time, I was convinced that my guess was correct.
They both had the same palms as Natsuho Murata.
There was a further surprise in Oistrakh's image.
To my surprise, he and Menuhin were playing Bach together.
When I saw this video, I thought to myself.
The Japanese government should give Natsuho Murata and Himari the National Medal of Honor.
In other words, they will be recognized as "National Treasures."
For the first time, she and Himari, as the Oistrakh and Menuhin of today, will be distributed simultaneously to the world for a fee as a nation.
If Natsuho wants to play a Stradivarius, the government will buy the best Stradivarius and give it to her as a performance fee.
The government would still receive a large sum of money.
Oddly enough, Himari's palm is a Menuhin type, even more so.
The government should now realize the miracle that there were two such women in Japan at the same time, Natsuho Murata and Himari, who is four years younger than her, or, to use the above image, Oistrakh and Menuhin, and promote them as a nation as a supreme national policy.
Korea has been selling KPOP, which has no real musicality, to the world and even made it to No. 1 in Billboard magazine!
Two real, genuine Japanese people are the best in the world, yet the government does nothing about it.
In this respect, too, the government is genuinely foolish.
The government's attitude is inimical to the glorious names of Prince Shotoku, Murasaki Shikibu, Sei Shonagon, Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu and to the glorious nation of Japan.
Alas, if only Mr. Abe had been around in this regard.
My proposal of the genius, who has made a remarkable discovery that will remain in the history of the world, would have been delivered promptly.
No, I am sure that I would have delivered it.
P.S.
David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and Natsuho Murata.
They all have baby hands.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century.
2024/6/29 in Osaka
