文明のターンテーブルThe Turntable of Civilization

日本の時間、世界の時間。
The time of Japan, the time of the world

A writer (novelist) has a style, and a musician has a sound, a painter has a line.

2021年05月08日 10時34分22秒 | 全般

A writer (novelist) has a style, and a musician has a sound, a painter has a line.
These are concepts that came to me when a close friend of mine graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and was struggling as a painter in Rome.
In the later years as a businessman, I discovered Kyoto for the third time and started to explore it every weekend.
At the age of 20, I arrived in Kyoto after a struggle, and I lived in a  lodging house, a minor temple on the grounds of a head temple managed.
It had been a long time since my best friend from Osaka and I had spent every weekend visiting Kyoto's historic sites.
My father was a prefectural government official who was not at all a happy father to his children.
He took up photography as a semi-professional hobby.
He had even won some prizes in photography competitions.
When I was a Sendai Daini High School student, I borrowed my father's Leica camera for a school trip to Kyoto.
The photos I took on that trip that has remained in my mind for a long time were of Toshodaiji Temple in Nara, the East Pagoda of Yakushiji Temple, and the Pagoda of Ishiyama Dera in Shiga.
One of my classmates took a picture of me scooping water at Kiyomizu Temple.
When I was young, I was so handsome that a wealthy man with an Edo-Japanese temperament told me to stop going to Kyoto University and go to the Haiyuza Theater Company, so I was a good subject (laughs).
Since then, I have had no interest in photography.
Even when I visited Hawaii countless times, and Italy, Singapore, Thailand, etc., which I saw quite a few times as a person at that time, I did not take any pictures.
Although I didn't take any photos at all, I already mentioned that I came up with the idea of a "turntable of civilization" in Rome.
I was not interested in being photographed at all.
That is why I have almost no photos from those trips.
The only exception was when I took a company trip to Hawaii.
I do not follow the path that most people follow when it comes to photography.
I do not study photography at all.
When I started taking pictures of Kyoto, I was using a digital camera for work.
I took the Hankyu train to Arashiyama, and just as I was about to start taking pictures, this digital camera broke down from overuse.
I went back to the Yodobashi Camera in Kyoto Station and immediately went to the Sony single-lens reflex camera section to buy an Alpha 55.
It also broke down due to heavy use (perhaps from getting wet in the rain), and I had no choice but to buy an α66.
Eventually, I learned that Sony had assembled a team of engineers to create a top-of-the-line camera that "reproduced what you saw" and that it was now available for sale.
At that time, the α66 was also in need of some repairs.
I bought the α99 with the intention of "to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple."
I don't do any science with cameras.
I don't even read the manual.
My only position is autofocus.
It is because I have only three philosophies about photography.
1. Photography is about composition.
1. Beauty is in the moment. I can say that I specialize in instantaneous photography.
I take pictures only on sunny days. In other words, when the weather is fine, I go to Kyoto, Nara, and Shiga to take photographs of the beauties of nature, the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics.

When I woke up much earlier than I had planned, I found the following Italian chapter in the goo real-time top 10.
First of all, I was surprised by the pictures.
It was a photo taken during the cherry blossom season this year. 
There was a thin cloud running over the gate of the Chionin temple, and the cloud gave off an aura so strong that it protruded outside the photo.
The gate of Chion-in was responding to me.
To see what the chapter was about, I translated Italian into English using google translate.
As with the photo, I thought I did a good job.
The following is the original text, and below is the English translation from Google Translate.

Quanto segue è tratto da un articolo apparso sul WiLL di oggi, una rivista mensile intitolata "The Comfort Women Issue, secondo motivo della Germania nel battere il Giappone", con una conversazione tra il giornalista Yoshio Kisa e l'analista di strategia dell'informazione Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
Come menziono ogni mese, le riviste mensili WiLL, Hanada e Sound Argument sono piene di articoli autentici che sono una lettura obbligata per i giapponesi e le persone di tutto il mondo.
Questo articolo dimostra meravigliosamente questo punto.
Quando ero ancora abbonato all'edizione giapponese di Newsweek, ho letto un articolo incredibile su un sondaggio tedesco che mostrava che circa la metà dei tedeschi ha un'ideologia anti-giapponese.
Da allora, ho avuto il massimo disprezzo per le cosiddette figure culturali che hanno detto cose come "impara dalla Germania", tra le quali ho visto in prima persona sulle pagine di Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara e Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa e Tetsuhide Yamaoka, che sono anche tesori nazionali come definiti da Saicho, hanno dimostrato perfettamente che la mia critica alla Germania era corretta al 100%.
I giapponesi devono recarsi alla libreria più vicina per iscriversi.
Lo farò sapere al resto del mondo come meglio posso.
Stereotipi tedesco-giapponesi
Kisa
Altre donne giapponesi sono arrivate in Germania dopo il crollo del 70 ° Trattato di sicurezza.
Erano collegati ad organizzazioni coreane in Germania e hanno continuato le loro attività anti-giapponesi.
Yamaoka
Gli individui sono liberi di criticare il Giappone, ma spiegano striscioni in luoghi pubblici e gridano a squarciagola che "il Giappone è un paese sbagliato.
È difficile capire perché i giapponesi vadano addirittura all'estero per tali spettacoli.
Kisa
In una parola, c'è una grande differenza tra il Giappone, dove ci sono giapponesi anti-giapponesi, e la Germania, dove non ci sono tedeschi anti-tedeschi.
Nel mio libro precedente, "The Disease of 'Anti-Japanese'" (Gentosha), ho analizzato la mentalità anti-giapponese.
In Giappone, la visione storica dei processi di Tokyo rimane forte. Attraverso i processi di Tokyo, il Giappone è stato condannato dalla comunità internazionale come una nazione di guerra criminale.
Tuttavia, tra il popolo giapponese, l'ex militare giapponese ha commesso questi crimini e siamo diventati più egocentrici perché provavamo rimorso ed eravamo buoni giapponesi.
Questo narcisismo è diventato distorto ed estremo, che è la vera natura del popolo anti-giapponese.
Etsuro Totsuka, l'avvocato che ha applicato la parola "schiava del sesso" per confortare le donne, e Kenichi Takagi, l'avvocato che è andato in Corea del Sud e in altri paesi per trovare querelanti di donne di conforto; sono esempi tipici.
Yamaoka
Il senatore Mizuho Fukushima è probabilmente nella stessa barca.
Kisa
Non solo loro, ma molti nell'intellighenzia giapponese venivano trattati come "giapponesi senza rimorso" se non dicevano o facevano qualcosa di anti-giapponese.
Coloro che hanno insistito su queste cose sono caduti nel tipico "stereotipo tedesco-giapponese" secondo cui il Giappone, che non riflette sul suo passato, è cattivo, mentre la Germania, che riflette sul suo passato, è giusta.
Ed è stato l'Asahi Shimbun che ha preso l'iniziativa nel guidare tale discorso.
Si può dire che i risultati del dopoguerra sono "arrivati ​​a buon fine" con l'installazione della statua delle donne di conforto questa volta a Berlino.
Yamaoka
Nel nuovo libro del signor Kisa, il signor Kisa ha nomi specifici come Akira Ikegami, Yoichi Masuzoe, Shigeru Ishiba, Kiyohiko Nagai (scienziato politico internazionale), Mari Akasaka (scrittore) e Yuji Ishida (scrittore). Professore dell'Università di Tokyo, uno dei principali ricercatori di storia moderna e contemporanea in Germania).
Kisa
In questo libro, critico le loro parole e azioni sulla base di fatti concreti.
Se hanno argomenti contrari, vorrei ascoltarli e discuterne in un forum ufficiale.
Nel numero di aprile 2021 di Bungeishunju, Ikegami ha avuto una conversazione con il filosofo Kohei Saito dal titolo "Il 'capitalismo' di Marx salverà l'umanità.
Anche se è vero che il capitalismo è fermo, non capisco perché Marx di questi tempi.
Yamaoka
Nel nuovo libro viene presentato anche Yasuaki Onuma (deceduto), professore emerito all'Università di Tokyo.
Il signor Onuma era il direttore dell'Asian Women's Fund e poteva essere considerato un'autorità sulla questione delle donne di conforto.
Quando gli ho fatto una domanda dopo la conferenza, sono stato abusato dal signor Onuma. Il signor Onuma ha parlato della questione delle donne di conforto, confrontandola con la Germania e dicendo che il Giappone era responsabile del problema.
Poi ho detto: "Ci sono paesi dietro a questo che stanno pianificando di dividerci politicamente. È la Cina, per esempio. Non dovresti anche menzionare che stanno usando la questione delle donne di conforto per dividere il Giappone e gli Stati Uniti?" Il signor Onuma ha risposto: "Lo so.
Quando ho chiesto di nuovo: "Allora perché non aggiungi quel punto a quello che hai detto", il signor Onuma si arrabbiò molto.
Il signor Onuma è diventato furioso: "Non posso avere una discussione costruttiva con te. La tua storia è una corsa al traguardo, proprio come Il Consiglio coreano per le donne arruolate per la schiavitù sessuale militare", ha sputato e se n'è andato.
Dopo di che, non ho più visto il signor Onuma, ed è morto di malattia.
Kisa
Quando avevo poco più di vent'anni, una volta andai a trovare Onuma a casa sua.
Il signor Onuma era uno studioso tradizionale che viveva nel mondo accademico.
In breve, non poteva andare al di fuori della sua "laurea presso la Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Tokyo.
Yamaoka
Sento fortemente i limiti dell'accademismo.
Kisa
Il professor Onuma ha dimostrato di essere disposto ad ascoltare varie opinioni.
Tuttavia, è difficile per lui uscire dall'ambito dell'Università di Tokyo, quindi non può dire: "La questione delle donne di conforto è una fabbricazione.
D'altra parte, vorrei iniziare a chiedermi cosa stiano facendo i ricercatori tedeschi specializzati in storia moderna e contemporanea.
Questo articolo continua.

The following is taken from an article that appeared in today's WiLL, a monthly magazine titled "The Comfort Women Issue, Germany's Second Reason for Beating Japan", with a conversation between journalist Yoshio Kisa and information strategy analyst Tetsuhide Yamaoka.
As I mention every month, the monthly magazines WiLL, Hanada and Sound Argument are filled with authentic articles that are a must-read for Japanese people and people all over the world.
This article wonderfully demonstrates this point.
When I was still a subscriber to the Japanese edition of Newsweek, I read an incredible article in a German poll which showed that about half of Germans have an anti-Japanese ideology.
Since then, I have had the utmost contempt for the so-called cultural figures who have said things like "learn from Germany", among which I have seen firsthand on the pages of Newsweek, Takeshi Umehara and Masakazu Yamazaki.
Yoshio Kisa and Tetsuhide Yamaoka, who are also national treasures as defined by Saicho, perfectly demonstrated that my criticism of Germany was 100% correct.
Japanese people need to go to the nearest bookstore to sign up.
I'll let the rest of the world know as best I can.
German-Japanese stereotypes
Kisa
Other Japanese women arrived in Germany after the collapse of the 70th Security Treaty.
They were linked to Korean organizations in Germany and continued their anti-Japanese activities.
Yamaoka
Individuals are free to criticize Japan, but they spread banners in public places and shout out loud that "Japan is a wrong country.
It is difficult to understand why the Japanese even go abroad for such shows.
Kisa
In a word, there is a big difference between Japan, where there are anti-Japanese Japanese, and Germany, where there are no anti-German Germans.
In my previous book, "The Disease of 'Anti-Japanese'" (Gentosha), I analyzed the anti-Japanese mentality.
In Japan, the historical view of the Tokyo trials remains strong. Through the Tokyo Trials, Japan was condemned by the international community as a nation of criminal warfare.
However, among the Japanese people, the former Japanese military committed these crimes and we became more self-absorbed because we felt remorse and were good Japanese.
This narcissism has become distorted and extreme, which is the very nature of the anti-Japanese people.
Etsuro Totsuka, the lawyer who applied the word "sex slave" to comfort women, and Kenichi Takagi, the lawyer who went to South Korea and other countries to find comfort female plaintiffs; are typical examples.
Yamaoka
Senator Mizuho Fukushima is probably in the same boat.
Kisa
Not only them, but many in the Japanese intelligentsia were treated as "Japanese without remorse" if they did not say or do something anti-Japanese.
Those who have insisted on these things have fallen into the typical "German-Japanese stereotype" that Japan, which does not reflect on its past, is bad, while Germany, which reflects on its past, is right.
And it was Asahi Shimbun who took the lead in leading this speech.
It can be said that the post-war results "came to fruition" with the installation of the statue of comfort women this time in Berlin.
Yamaoka
In Mr. Kisa's new book, Mr. Kisa has specific names like Akira Ikegami, Yoichi Masuzoe, Shigeru Ishiba, Kiyohiko Nagai (international political scientist), Mari Akasaka (writer), and Yuji Ishida (writer). Professor of the University of Tokyo, one of the leading researchers of modern and contemporary history in Germany).
Kisa
In this book, I criticize their words and actions based on hard facts.
If they have arguments against, I would like to hear them and discuss them in an official forum.
In the April 2021 issue of Bungeishunju, Ikegami had a conversation with philosopher Kohei Saito entitled "Marx's 'Capitalism' Will Save Humanity.
Even if it is true that capitalism is at a standstill, I don't understand why Marx these days.
Yamaoka
The new book also features Yasuaki Onuma (deceased), professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
Mr. Onuma was the director of the Asian Women's Fund and could be considered an authority on the issue of comfort women.
When I asked him a question after the conference, I was abused by Mr. Onuma. Mr. Onuma spoke about the issue of comfort women, comparing it with Germany and saying that Japan was responsible for the problem.
Then I said, "There are countries behind this that are planning to divide us politically. It's China, for example. Shouldn't you also mention that they are using the issue of comfort women to divide Japan and the United States?" Mr. Onuma replied: "I know.
When I asked again, "So why don't you add that point to what you said," Mr. Onuma got very angry.
Mr. Onuma went furious: "I can't have a constructive discussion with you. Your story is a race to the finish line, just like the Korean Council for Enlisted Women for Military Sexual Slavery," he spat and walked away. .
After that, I never saw Mr. Onuma again, and he died of illness.
Kisa
When I was in my early twenties, I once visited Onuma at his home.
Mr. Onuma was a traditional scholar who lived in academia.
In short, he couldn't go outside of his "graduation from the Tokyo University School of Law.
Yamaoka
I strongly feel the limits of academicism.
Kisa
Professor Onuma has shown that he is willing to listen to various opinions.
However, it's hard for him to get out of the Tokyo University scope, so he can't say, "The comfort women issue is a fabrication.
On the other hand, I would like to start by asking myself what German researchers specializing in modern and contemporary history are doing.
This article continues.

 

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