さて、昨日ようやくわが家に帰還いたしました。日曜日20日からだったので今週はほぼデスクワークを離れておりました。夕方帰ったのですが、以前から時間アポをしていた官公庁からのビジネス連絡を受けた。
　で、必要と言われた公的書類の指示があって取り寄せを了解したのですが、２つの書類とも有効期限内の取り置きがあったので、さっそく返信して必要な届出について、電話で逐一確認しながら完了させることが出来た。なかなかお役所との対応は細かな点についての注意が求められるので、たくさんの案件を進行させているビジネスの現場感覚からすると、あまりにも内容が細かすぎて対応がメンドイ（泣）。
　今回のことも、先方から一度は「完了通知」を受け取ったけれど、官庁組織内部での細かいチェックの結果、微細な部分の修正申告を、というような内容。それもはるかに時間経過後〜約半年経ってからの対応依頼。まぁ、やむを得ないとは思うのですが、ビジネス的効率から考えるとどう考えても割に合わない。う〜む、であります。
　この案件は旅行期間中、しずかに進行していたのですがまずは一段落。
　で、観桜旅道中の写真整理をちょっと。今回青森で、以前〜たぶん10年くらい前、青森県立美術館で見て大好きになっていた奈良美智（よしとも）さんの美術作品、巨大イヌの彫像作品と再会することが出来ていたのです。作品は写真の通りでして、弘前の「レンガ倉庫美術館」での再会でした。
　おお、とその予期していなかった再会に驚き、一気にその醸し出されている雰囲気にこころがすっかり奪われていた。奈良さんは美智という名前の文字から女性と誤解されたりしているのですが男性だそうです。って、その作品については好きになったけれど、そんなに作家について調査したりしていなかったので、今回ようやく作家について多少、知識を集めることができた（笑）。ただ、まるでNHKの「チコちゃん」と近似した（チコちゃんは奈良さんとは無関係）女の子キャラが巨大オブジェになっていたように記憶残像がアタマにこびりついていた。人間の記憶というのは相当にいい加減のようですが、ひょっとしてそういう作品も実際にあるのかも知れません。今後、要チェックであります。
　さて、実は本日から駆け足で今度は、九州博多へのトンボ飛び（笑）。これも終われば疾風怒濤の４月がようやく終了。静かなGWにあとひと息であります。ふ〜。

English version⬇

[Reunited with Yoshitomo Nara’s works at a museum in Hirosaki 🎵]
Yoshitomo is a male artist whose name is written Yoshitomo. A native of Tsugaru. Influenced by his style, did he also derive from NHK Chikochan?　I am an elderly person, but I love this kind of thing. …

Well, I finally returned to our home yesterday. I had been away from my desk for most of the week as I had been there since Sunday 20. I returned home in the evening and received a business contact with a public office with whom I had previously made a time appointment.
　So, I was instructed on the official documents they said I needed, and I agreed to order them, but both documents were on hold until the expiry date, so I was able to quickly reply and complete the necessary notifications, checking every step of the way over the phone. It is not easy to deal with the bureaucracy, as attention to detail is required, and from a business perspective, where many projects are in progress, the details are too detailed and difficult to deal with (tears).
　In this case, too, we received a “notice of completion” from the other party, but as a result of a detailed check within the government organisation, we had to file a revised declaration for the smallest details. It was also a request for a response after much time had passed – about six months. Well, I think it’s unavoidable, but from a business efficiency point of view, it’s not worth it. It’s a bit of a problem.
　Such matters had been going on quietly during the trip, but first of all they were settled.
　So, a bit of photo organisation during the cherry blossom viewing trip. This time in Aomori, I was reunited with a giant canine sculpture by Yoshitomo Nara, a work of art that I had seen and loved at the Aomori Museum of Art about 10 years ago. The work is shown in the photo, and we met again at the ‘Brick Warehouse Museum’ in Hirosaki.
　I was surprised by the unexpected reunion and was at once captivated by the atmosphere that was being created. Mr Nara is sometimes mistaken for a woman because of the letters in his name, Yoshitomo, but he says he is a man. I had not done that much research on the artist, although I liked his work, so I was finally able to gather some knowledge about the artist this time (laughs). However, I had an afterimage stuck in my mind as if there was a huge object of a girl character similar to NHK’s ‘Chikochan’ (Chikochan has nothing to do with Nara-san). Human memory seems to be quite lax, but perhaps there are actually such works. I will have to check them out in the future.
　Well, as a matter of fact, I’m off to Kyushu-Hakata in a hurry from today (laughs). When this too is over, the fast and furious month of April will finally come to an end. We are just a few more days away from a quiet GW. Whew.

Posted on 4月 26th, 2025 by 三木 奎吾
Filed under: 日本社会・文化研究