家系史の資料類、いわば「三木家文書〜もんじょ」の整理整頓作業を進めています。現代らしくこれらを長期保存可能なようにデジタル化させて「三木家文書アーカイブ」としてWEB上に保存したい希望。子孫が「三木の家ってどんな家なんだろう」とふり返ったり、未来を創造しようとするとき参照できるだろうという願い。
　こうした作業でいちばんの難関はたぶん最後自分のことをどう保存するか、なんだろうなぁきっと。・・・それはそれとして、先人たちの記録を時間を掛けてゆっくり整理したい。
　そんな作業を進めてきていますが、整理する中で「揮毫」類が在り、そのなかに「鳩山一郎」という名前が出てきて「あれ、このひとなんか聞いたことある」と気付いて検索したら以下の情報。
　〜鳩山一郎 1883〈明治16〉年〜1959〈昭和34〉年は日本の政治家。第52・53・54代内閣総理大臣。戦後の55年体制が成立後、初の総理大臣。
　鳩山一郎元首相と北海道のつながりは、かれの曾祖父の鳩山和夫が北海道栗山町に農場を開いたことや、孫の鳩山由紀夫が北海道（旧4区）から政界進出したことが挙げられます。曾祖父である鳩山和夫が栗山町に大規模な農場を開拓。地元の栗山町には鳩山家ゆかりの「鳩山神社」がある。〜
　というような基礎情報をはじめて確認させられた（笑）。まことに無関心層。
　家系保存としては無造作に紙片をたたんで仕舞い込まれていたわけですが、さてどうするか？
　わたし自身はこういう有名人揮毫などは「へーえ」と口を開けているだけのタイプですが、ありがたがる傾向も世には存在する。記録整理者としては留意せざるを得ない。まぁデジタル記録処理としては、他のデータと同様の処理ですが、現物の「保存」方法としては少しく考えさせられるところ。
　栗山はわが家系が暮らしていた故地と近接した地域なので、そういった地縁からわが家に伝承してきたものなのでしょう。「どんな人間関係かなぁ」と想像が湧いてくるけれど・・・。
　まぁそれよりもはるかに巨大な想像力刺激案件が次々と生起するのが、家系史探査。名もなき先人の足跡を追っていると、驚かされるような「境遇」に遭遇してくる、よく生きたなぁ・・・と。
　複雑な人間関係が表現された「戸籍謄本」記録で浮かび上がってくる「迷宮」に惑う日々・・・。

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[Former Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama’s Manuscript Discovered While Organizing Family History Materials]
As a digitized document, it’s a one-off piece, but since the general public tends to value items like this, I’m struggling as the organizer to decide how best to preserve it. …

　I’m currently working on organizing and cataloging our family history materials—what might be called the “Miki Family Documents.” In keeping with modern practices, I hope to digitize them for long-term preservation and store them online as the “Miki Family Document Archive.” My hope is that future generations will be able to refer to them when they look back and wonder, “What kind of family was the Miki family?” or when they set out to shape the future.
　The biggest challenge in this process will probably be how to preserve my own legacy in the end. …That aside, I want to take my time and carefully organize the records left by our ancestors.
As I’ve been working on this, I came across some calligraphy pieces, and among them was the name “Ichirō Hatoyama.” I thought, “Wait, I’ve heard that name before,” so I looked it up and found the following information.
　~ Ichirō Hatoyama (1883 [Meiji 16]–1959 [Shōwa 34]) was a Japanese politician. He served as the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Prime Minister of Japan. He was the first Prime Minister after the establishment of the postwar “55-Year System.”
　Former Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama’s connection to Hokkaido stems from the fact that his great-grandfather, Kazuo Hatoyama, established a farm in Kuriyama Town, Hokkaido, and that his grandson, Yukio Hatoyama, entered politics representing Hokkaido (formerly the 4th District). His great-grandfather, Kazuo Hatoyama, developed a large-scale farm in Kuriyama Town. In Kuriyama Town, there is the “Hatoyama Shrine,” which is associated with the Hatoyama family. ~
　This was the first time I’d ever come across this kind of basic information (laughs). I’m truly the type who couldn’t care less.
　As part of preserving the family lineage, this piece of paper had been casually folded and tucked away—but now, what should I do with it?
　Personally, I’m the type who just gapes in surprise at things like famous people’s calligraphy, thinking “Wow,” but there are people out there who tend to cherish such items. As someone organizing records, I can’t help but take this into account. Well, in terms of digital record processing, it’s handled just like any other data, but as for how to “preserve” the physical item, it gives me pause.
　Kuriyama is a region close to the ancestral home where my family once lived, so this item was likely passed down to our family through such local ties. It makes me wonder, “What kind of relationships were involved?”…
　But family history research constantly presents cases that stimulate the imagination far more than this. As I follow in the footsteps of nameless ancestors, I come across “circumstances” that truly astonish me—I find myself thinking, “They really lived a full life…”
　Days spent lost in the “labyrinth” that emerges from “family register” records, which depict complex human relationships…

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Posted on 9月 16th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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