連休の最終日、老夫婦連れだっての早朝散歩。ふたりでの行動だといろいろ話合いをしなければならない。「きょうはだいたい、7000歩のコースでどうだい？」「いいね」みたいな会話が必要になってくる。自分ひとりだけの散歩コース選択は出来ませんね。それと経験知の豊富な夫としてはさまざまな選択肢を提供して、彼女の「自分でも決めた」気分を尊重したい。
　あ、２日間の経験から、彼女は「上り坂」は避けたい、できれば下り坂希望、という条件があることがわかった。わたしは多少負荷がかかる上り坂はキライではなく、そういった困難を乗り越えるという心理に惹かれていることがわかった。こういう気付きはいっしょに歩いたことで得られたもの。わたしの早朝散歩習慣はたぶん20年くらいは続いていると思うのですが、そういった経験から、おのずと体感蓄積があって、コース選択に反映しているのでしょう。

　散歩コース上ではたとえば「花見物」みたいな数寄ポイントも多い。必ずしもどこかの公園花壇ばかりではなく、それこそコース沿いのお宅の丹精されているお庭から道路側に顔を覗かせているポイント等も、しっかり記憶されている。カミさんと歩いていると、不思議にそういうポイントを案内もしている。男の嗜好だけではなく女性の嗜好も無意識に考慮しているのでしょうね。写真は散歩コース状のお宅で咲き誇っていた「ダリア」。ここのところ咲き誇っていて、目を楽しませていただいております。まだ温暖気味の札幌、雪虫にもめげず、豪奢なお姿。
　まぁ今回は連休で日中のための用意、朝食づくりや掃除洗濯などからフリーだったことからいっしょの散歩が実現したのですが、これからも適時、こころがけたいところ。
　で、わたしの方はここしばらく１月ほどのノドの不調がようやく少し回復してきて、昨日は娘が来てくれていたので、やきそばや肉じゃがなどの調理をふるまっておりました。気付いたのは、体調不良のときにはあんまり料理に積極的ではなかったということ。まぁルーティンとしての料理は作っているのだけれど、「よし、作るぞ」みたいな気合いの入った料理はパスしていたこと。肉じゃがなどはジャガ８コ分なので、大鍋で15-6人前以上と大量。娘夫婦にときどき作って持たせるのが楽しみでもあるのです。舌に叩き込む「父の味」の強制（笑）。
　「はい味見」といって差し出して、その反応を楽しませてもらう。娘の方も心得ていて、しっかり吟味して反応を返してくれる。平凡ですが、至福のいっとき。

English version⬇

I’ve been on a health-care & cooking binge since I’ve been feeling well.
I happened to have a sore throat, so I had to stay away from a large amount of homemade cooking. The source of motivation is health, after all. …

　On the last day of a consecutive holiday, an elderly couple took an early morning walk together. When two people take a walk together, there are a lot of discussions to be had. “How about a course of about 7,000 steps today? It is necessary to have a conversation like, “That sounds good. I can’t choose a walking course all by myself. And as a husband with a wealth of experience and knowledge, I would like to offer a variety of choices and respect her “I’ve made my own decision” mood.
　Oh, from our two-day experience, I know that she has a condition that she wants to avoid “uphill,” preferably downhill. I have learned that I am not averse to a somewhat strenuous uphill, but am attracted to the mentality of overcoming such difficulties. This realization came from walking together. My early morning walking habit has probably continued for about 20 years, and I have naturally accumulated a lot of experience, which is reflected in my choice of course.

　There are many points along the walking course where you can “flower-viewing,” for example. Not only the flower beds in parks, but also the spots along the course where flowers are peeking out from the roadside gardens of the homes along the course. When I walk with my wife, she also guides me to such points. I guess she subconsciously takes into account not only men’s tastes but also women’s tastes. The photo shows “dahlias” in full bloom at a house along our walking course. They have been in full bloom for some time now and have been a delight to the eye. They are still in Sapporo, where the weather is still mild, and they look magnificent, undaunted by the snowbugs.
　Well, this time we were able to take a walk together because it was a consecutive holiday and I was free from preparing for the daytime, making breakfast, cleaning and washing clothes, etc. I would like to try to do so in a timely manner in the future.
　My throat has been ailing for the past month or so, but it is finally getting better, and yesterday my daughter came over, so I cooked yakisoba and meat and potatoes for her. I realized that I was not very active in cooking when I was not feeling well. Well, I cooked as part of my routine, but I did not cook with a lot of enthusiasm, as if I were saying, “Okay, I’m going to cook. I made a large pot of meat and potatoes for eight potatoes, which is a lot of food for more than 15-6 people. I look forward to making them for my daughter and her husband from time to time. I force the “taste of my father” into their taste buds (laughs).
　I offer it to them, saying, “Here, taste it,” and enjoy their reaction. The daughter knows what she’s doing, and responds with a careful examination of the food. It is ordinary, but a moment of bliss.
　
　

Posted on 10月 15th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　世間は３連休ということですが人生一段落夫婦としては行動予定はおおむね自由度が高いのでその連休にあわせる必要は特段ない。これまでならば「今度の連休、どこいこか？」と計画していた記憶があるのですが、そういった「追い込まれる」ような心理から解放されてしまった。そういった計画最優先という強迫観念がすっかり薄らいで来ています。これはいいことなのか悪いことなのか（笑）。
　早朝散歩はひとりで出掛けるのが習慣だったのですが、カミさんを誘ったらいっしょに出掛けることになった。休日だし、特段、自宅兼用事務所に出入り予定はないので、朝食も作り置き食品と残り飯のおにぎりというメニューにして外出時に弁当的に食べることにしていたのです。カミさんの朝の予定は特段なかった。ただ、散歩終了後はあちこち買い物の予定はしていた。
　ふだん歩いているコースをふたりで歩くと、ペース配分が違うので、ときどき立ち止まってか、あるいは歩速をゆっくりさせるかして合わせる必要がある。人生自分ひとりだけのものではないので、そんな風に歩いていたら、今度は逆に追い越され気味になった。
　やや上り坂から歩き始めて、そのあと下り坂気味に道が変わったら、彼女はそのペース通りで追い越されそうになったのですね。わたしは上り坂は早足で登りたいし、一方下り坂はノンビリとゆったりしていたいのだ、ということにふたりで歩くと気付かされた。「へーえ」という気分。

　コースはわたしの普段通りで、北海道神宮の周辺緑地を森の中、水辺、いくつかの神社参拝というようにめぐって、最後は北海道神宮本殿に参拝というコース。　神宮境内、早朝は日本人ばかりなのでそこそこ人出があっても静粛は保たれている。散歩が時間がズレて日中になってしまうと声の大きな国のみなさんが多くて、ちょっと悲しい騒音ぶり（泣）。大袈裟に注意するまでもない事柄なのでまぁ、無視一択なのですが、マナーはどうすれば向上していただけるのか、と思ってしまう。
　まぁ日中にしか散歩時間が取れないときには、神宮は避けた方がいいのでしょうね。
　という夫婦での早朝散歩でしたが、カミさんからは「楽しかった」という高評価（笑）。おお、楽しんでくれたんだというよろこびがこみ上げてくる。高齢化時期にはやはり夫婦関係の円満が大きな条件なのでしょう。人間ひとりだけで生きているワケではない。
　ということであくせくせず、自分たちペースで連休、その先も過ごしたいものです。

English version⬇

Aging Society and the Changing Sense of “Consecutive Holidays”
As we age, we realize that the marital relationship as a basic unit is extremely weighty. I want to remember to be thankful.

　The world is celebrating a three-day weekend, but as a couple who has reached the end of their lives, we have a high degree of freedom in our plans, so there is no particular need to adjust our activities to this holiday. In the past, we would have planned our activities by asking ourselves, “Where shall we go on this consecutive holiday? But now I am free from that kind of “driven” mentality. I have become free from such a “driven” mentality. The obsession of putting the highest priority on planning has completely faded away. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
　I used to go out for an early morning walk by myself, but when I invited my wife to join me, we decided to go out together. Since it was a holiday and I had no particular plans to go in and out of my home office, I had decided to eat breakfast as a lunch box when I went out, with a menu of leftover food and onigiri rice balls. Kami had no special plans for the morning. However, after the walk, we planned to go shopping here and there.
　Walking the same route we normally walk, our paces differ, so sometimes we have to stop or slow down to match our pace. I was not alone in my life, so when I was walking like that, I began to feel like I was being overtaken.
　When I started walking slightly uphill and then the road changed to a downhill, she followed my pace and almost overtook me. Walking together, we realized that I like to go uphill as fast as I can, while I like to take it easy on the way downhill. I was in a “heh-heh” mood.

　The course was as I usually do, visiting the green areas around the Hokkaido Jingu Shrine, including the forest, the waterfront, and several shrines, and ending at the main shrine of the Hokkaido Jingu Shrine.　The precincts of the shrine are usually full of Japanese people early in the morning, so even if there are a few people, the place is quiet and peaceful. However, when the time of the walk shifts to the middle of the day, there are many people from other countries with loud voices, and the noise is a little sad (crying). I don’t need to be overly cautious about it, so I just ignore it, but I wonder how I can improve my manners.
　Well, if you can only take a walk during the daytime, it would be better to avoid Jingu.
　We had an early morning walk as a couple, but Kami gave us a high evaluation saying, “It was fun” (laugh). (Laughs.) I was pleased to hear that she enjoyed the walk. I suppose that a major condition for an aging population is a happy marital relationship. People do not live alone.
　So we should not be too busy, but rather enjoy the holidays and beyond at our own pace.
　

Posted on 10月 13th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　きのういつものように早朝散歩に午前６時頃に家を出たのですが、体感気温が予想以上に低く感じた。あとで調べたら７度程度ということでしたが、体感的には５度を下回っているようなレベル感。はやく寒さから逃れたいと通常よりも「速歩」気味にして体温上昇を一生懸命にこころみていました。10分程度早足で歩いている内にようやく馴染んできていましたが、普通のジャンパーを着込んでいましたが、これから場合によっては薄手のダウンジャケットも選択肢かと。
　ということで近隣の「発寒川」流域の公園を歩いていたら、橋の欄干に人が集まって川面を注視している。「お、」というところ。案の定、鮭たちが発寒川を遡上している様子を観察しているのです。北海道人としては、まことに季節を知らせてくれる季語のような「イベント」。発寒川は結構な傾斜のある流路なのでところどころにサケの遡上用に造作が施されているのですが、そこを力を込めて遡上するのに、やや体力を整えてからチャレンジするところに遭遇していた。
　写真ではやや鮮明ではないでしょうが、どうもオスメスのペアのように思えた。種としてのいのちの定めにためらうことなく立ち向かうかれらの姿は神々しい。観衆としての人間たちは、自然に誰言うともなく「応援」するような心理になってくる。地元のスポーツ選手を無条件に応援するような心理に近い。
　そういえば先週末の買い物ではサケの獲れたてのヤツが１匹990円で販売されていて、即購入。ひとり１本限定販売。謹んで捌かせていただいた。白子が腹部から生々しく取り出せた。カミさんは「ゲっ」とひとこと（笑）。わたしは淡々と立ち向かって、赤身の本体を捌き終わったあと、白子を丁寧に調理させていただいた。煮物料理の主役として扱って料理したのですが、カミさんも恐る恐るだったけれど食べたら「うん、いけるね」。どうしても「アニサキス」の心配があるので、多少しっかり目に加熱調理した。
　残ったアタマ部分と骨の部分は「アラ汁」として楽しんでおりました。って、まだアラ汁は半分しか材料を使っていないのでもう一回食べられる。もちろん肉身は50-60切れくらいに分けて冷凍。990円でコスパ最高レベル。
　遡上を応援したり、その食味を味わわせていただいたり、北海道の秋にとってサケはまことに主役。
　一方、散歩道のナナカマドの色づきも日々深まっている。メッチャ硬くて食用に調理するには７回くらいカマドを使うというものですが、冬の間、野鳥たちの貴重な栄養補給源にもなってくれる。
　万物生々流転、おだやかに進んで行く秋の風情であります。

English version⬇

Sapporo’s salmon run up the Hassamu River, Nanakamado, and autumn colors deepen.
The cold progressed rapidly during my early morning walk. It may be time to put on your down jacket. The salmon, both in taste and in the show of their return to the Hakkasamu River, are a favorite of the people of Hokkaido. Nanakamado trees are also beautiful. Sapporo

　I left home around 6 a.m. for an early morning walk as usual yesterday, but the temperature I felt felt was lower than expected. I later checked the temperature and found that it was about 7 degrees Celsius, but my physical sensation was as if it was below 5 degrees Celsius. I tried my best to walk faster than usual to get out of the cold and raise my body temperature. 10 minutes of walking at a fast pace and I was finally getting used to it, but I was wearing a normal jacket, but I thought a light down jacket might be an option.
　So I was walking in a park along the Hassamu River, and I saw people gathered on the parapet of a bridge, staring at the surface of the river. I was about to say, “Oh! Sure enough, they were watching salmon moving up the Hassamu River. As a Hokkaido native, this “event” is truly a seasonal reminder of the season. The Hassamu River is a fairly sloping stream channel, so it is built for salmon runs in some places, but I was encountering a place where I had to be somewhat physically fit to challenge the salmon to make a strong run up there.
　The photo will be somewhat unclear, but it appeared to be a male-female pair. It was divine to see them face their destiny of life as a species without hesitation. As spectators, we naturally began to “cheer” for them, without anyone telling us to. It is similar to the mentality of unconditionally cheering for local athletes.
　Speaking of which, when I was shopping last weekend, freshly caught salmon were on sale for 990 yen per fish, and I immediately bought one. Limited to one per person. I was respectfully allowed to handle it. The milt was freshly removed from the abdomen. My wife said, “Geez” (laugh). I faced her without hesitation and carefully cooked the milt after I finished processing the lean body. I treated it as the main ingredient in a stewed dish, and although Kami was a little afraid of it, when she ate it, she said, “Yes, it’s good. I cooked it more or less thoroughly because I was worried about “anisakis” (an aquatic organism).
　The rest of the fish, including the head and bones, was enjoyed as “ara-jiru” (soup with ara). I mean, I have only used half of the ingredients for the “ara-jiru,” so I can eat it once more. Of course, the meat pieces were divided into about 50-60 slices and frozen. 990 yen is the best level of cosmos.
　Salmon are a mainstay of Hokkaido’s autumn season, whether cheering for their return or savoring their taste.
　On the other hand, the coloring of the Japanese white ash along the path is deepening day by day. They are so hard that it takes about seven times to cook them, but they are also a valuable source of nourishment for wild birds during the winter.
　The autumn season is a time when all things are moving gently and gently.

Posted on 10月 11th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　きのう見たように、幕末明治初頭の日本に対して、欧米の市場経済が期待したものは養蚕業による絹製品群だった。近代国家として独立を確保しさらに欧米列強と伍して行くためには、当然ながら「国力」の涵養が第一に必要。国内戦争を経て権力体制の樹立に成功して後、それまでの幕府が尽力してきた経済的な努力を明治政府はまっとうに継承し、発展させていった。
　それまでの日本社会でも養蚕業は環境的適地性があって全国で展開されていたが、それは農家の女性たちによる「家内制手工業」の枠に留まっていた。そういう状況の中でフランスなどの大消費地からの需要が急拡大したことで、粗悪品などが流通する結果になってしまった。そうしたなかで主にフランス式の発展した「大規模工場生産方式」が志向された。そのプロセスでは、初代の指導者、仏人ポール・ブリュナは、日本の家内制手工業の養蚕技術を詳細に研究して、日本人女性たちの手法に学びながらそのエキスを反映した工場生産方法に昇華させていったとされる。
　明治５年にこの富岡製糸場からの製品出荷が開始されて、その均質で高精度な絹製品は、欧米市場で高い評価を獲得していくことになる。
　こうしたプロセスで国営として製糸場は経営されていくけれど、最初期には女性たちの「募集」に大きな困難があったと言われる。「異様な西洋人たちによって工女はその生き血を吸われる」というような風説が広がって、募集活動は壁にぶち当たったのだ。〜御雇いの異人どもは、実は魔法使いの悪鬼輩にして、彼のおふれに応じた年若の工女を入れるや、可愛や其女等はかれらに生き血を絞られていのちを断たれてしまう（当時の庶民の発言：富岡製糸場誌より）〜
　そういう状況に対して設立に尽力して所長となる尾高惇忠は自ら範を示すため、娘の「勇」を伝習工女第１号として入場させてウワサの払拭を図ったのだという。官営工場として、ここで最新の工場生産手法を学んで、地元で設立される予定の製糸場にその技術を持ち帰るというまことに崇高な使命感を訴求して、武家の娘たちを中心にして、徐々に工女は確保されていったのだという。
　鉄道がようやく新橋〜横浜間で開通したばかりの当時、この群馬の富岡には全国30道府県からやってきた彼女たちは、徒歩でやってきたのだ。それも交通宿泊費はすべて自費だったのだという。
　国を思い郷里の発展を思い、風説におびえながらも献身した彼女たちの状況を不覚にも初めて知った。
　ふっと『元始、女性は太陽であった』という女性解放運動の先駆者として知られる作家、平塚らいてうの言葉が思い出された。神々しく感じられる伝習工女たちの表情から、女神・アマテラスの残照を見る思い。

English version⬇

Women were the sun even in the Meiji era.
The phrase “In the beginning, women were the sun” reverberates loudly. The goddess Amaterasu is the basis of Japanese culture. The divine expressions of the women who were responsible for the national economy of the Meiji era. The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, the sun.

　As we saw yesterday, what the Western market economy expected from Japan at the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period was silk products produced by sericulture. In order to secure independence as a modern nation and to compete with the Western powers, the cultivation of “national power” was naturally the first priority. After succeeding in establishing a system of power through domestic wars, the Meiji government properly inherited and developed the economic efforts of the previous shogunate.
　Until then, sericultural industry had been developed throughout Japan because of its environmental suitability, but it remained within the framework of a “cottage industry” operated by farm women. Under such circumstances, demand from France and other large consumption centers increased rapidly, resulting in the distribution of inferior products. Under such circumstances, the “large-scale factory production system,” which was mainly developed in the French style, was oriented. In the process, the first leader, Frenchman Paul Brunat, is said to have studied in detail the sericultural techniques of the Japanese cottage industry and sublimated them into a factory production method that reflected the extracts while learning from the methods of Japanese women.
　In 1872, the Tomioka Silk Mill began to ship products, and its homogeneous and highly precise silk products won high acclaim in the European and American markets.
　Although the silk mill was managed as a state-owned enterprise through this process, it is said that there was a great difficulty in “recruiting” women in the early stage of the operation. The recruitment process ran into a wall due to the spread of rumors that the women would be “sucked alive by strange Westerners. 〜The hired foreigners were actually evil wizards, and as soon as they let in young workers at his behest, they squeezed the lifeblood out of the girls and cut off their lives (from a commoner’s comment at the time: “Tomioka Silk Mill Magazine”).
　Junchu Otaka, who worked hard for the establishment of the mill and became its director, tried to dispel the rumors by admitting his daughter, “Isamu,” as the first apprentice. The factory was run by the government, and the girls, mainly daughters of samurai families, were gradually recruited, appealing to the noble mission of learning the latest factory production techniques and bringing them back to the local silk mill to be established in the area.
　At a time when the railroad had just opened between Shimbashi and Yokohama, women from 30 prefectures in Japan came to Tomioka, Gunma, on foot. They had to pay for their own transportation and lodging.
　I was surprised to learn for the first time of their devotion to their country and to the development of their hometown, even though they were frightened by rumors.
　I suddenly recalled the words of Raiteu Hiratsuka, a writer known as a pioneer of the women’s liberation movement, who said, “In the beginning, women were the sun. The godlike expressions on the faces of the apprentice workers reminded me of the afterglow of the goddess Amaterasu.
　

Posted on 10月 9th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　このブログでは2019-20年頃、北海道の住宅史の始原期を探って明治最初期の状況をずっと深掘りしてみていた。ちょうどコロナ禍によって社会閉塞のやむなき背景事情があったのだけれど、日常的な仕事の状況を反映したブログから、ちょっと意識変化してのブログのテーマ化だった。
　いまは逆にそこで追究した素材テーマ感が自分に強く影響してきている（笑）。年齢のこともあって開拓した事業を譲渡して、いまは比較的に自由にテーマに沿った掘り起こしを志向している。
　で、その過程で富岡製糸場のことに気付きが至って、北海道での始原期の開拓の実像一択でこれまで凝り固まっていたのかもと思えるようになった。わたしたち北海道人にとっては、いま現在にまでつながってくるのが、住宅性能進化に顕現した多くの先人の営為が主たる興味分野だけれど、一方で日本全体もまた、同様に「国家の近代化」に邁進してきていた事実にあまりにも無縁な姿勢だったのではないかと深く頓悟させられるのです。
　上の図は富岡製糸場の「継承される革新の歴史」というすばらしいガイドブックの付録年表図の一部。不勉強だったので、まずは教科書的にその歴史を学ばせていただくのに購入して、謹んで参照させていただいています。富岡製糸場は明治５年に操業開始するのだけれど、計画は明治３年からスタートしている。同時期、北海道では以下のような「洋造」建築がどんどんと建設されていた。


　同時並行した北海道・明治６年には開拓使の建築がもっとも活況を呈した１年。
象徴的建築としての「開拓使本庁舎」の大工事が進捗し、
さらに「お雇い外国人」たちがどんどん入地してきて、
いかにも北米的な「洋造新都市」がその骨格を表してきた時期。
　明治からの遠雷。
150年のタイムスリップは、しかしまったく古さを感じない。
むしろ日本という国家社会を進化させようとする明治という時代の必死さに深く打たれる。
　北海道人として、地域で展開した巨大な文明的進化がきわめて「現代的」なままに存続し発展進化し続けている状況に、自分自身も意識の上では「協働」感を持っていて、ひろく他を、日本全体を俯瞰するという心理にはなっていなかったのだと思われるのです。
　いま、さまざまな資料類を学ばせていただきながら、明治最初期の人びとの「熱さ」を追体験しているとその熱気が直撃してくる。北海道の「高断熱高気密」という住宅革新も、大きな視点で見ればこの明治の人びとの熱い思いが結晶して事柄であると思えるのです。
　そしてその明治の時代の人びとの心情を、すこしづつ掘っていきたい。まるで超高温の温泉源に出会ったような気分になっています（笑）。

English version⬇

Hokkaido Settlement and Parallel – Desperate Opening to Modernity – Tomioka Silk Mill – 4
An encounter experience at the ethnic level with modern civilization 150 years ago. Hokkaido people are fighting at the level of “living” survival. Here, it is a battle of reproduction and development. …

　Around 2019-20, this blog has been exploring the primitive period of Hokkaido’s housing history and delving deeper into the situation at the beginning of the Meiji period. The Corona disaster had forced me to look into the background of the social blockage, and this was a bit of a conscious shift from a blog reflecting my daily work situation to the theme of my blog.
　Now, on the contrary, the sense of material theme that I pursued there is having a strong influence on me (laughs). (laugh) Due to my age, I gave up the business that I had pioneered, and now I am oriented toward digging up materials in line with the theme in a relatively free manner.
　In the process of doing so, I became aware of the Tomioka Silk Mill, and I began to think that I may have been fixated on only the actual image of the pioneer settlements in Hokkaido in the primitive period. For us Hokkaido people, our main area of interest is the activities of our predecessors as manifested in the evolution of housing performance, which is connected to the present, but on the other hand, we are deeply reminded that Japan as a whole may have been too unaware of the fact that it was also striving for “national modernization” in the same way.
　The above figure is part of the chronological chart in the appendix of a wonderful guidebook entitled “History of Inherited Innovations” on the Tomioka Silk Mill. Since I had not studied the history of Tomioka Silk Mill, I bought it to learn its history as a textbook, and I am respectfully referring to it. Tomioka Silk Mill started its operation in 1872, but its planning started in 1872. At the same time, the following “Western-style” buildings were being constructed in Hokkaido.

　The year 1876 was the most active year for Kaitakushi (Hokkaido Development Office) construction in Hokkaido.
The symbolic “Kaitakushi Honcho Sho” (main building) was under construction, and more and more “hired foreigners” arrived in Hokkaido, creating the framework of a “Western-style new city” that was truly North American in style.
　A distant thunderbolt from the Meiji era.
The 150-year time slip, however, does not feel old at all.
Rather, we are deeply struck by the desperation of the Meiji era to evolve Japan as a national society.
　As a Hokkaido-er, I was consciously “collaborating” with the huge civilizational evolution that had developed in the region and was continuing to develop and evolve in a very “modern” way, and it seems that I had not yet developed the mentality to look at other parts of the world or Japan as a whole from a bird’s eye view.
　Now, as I study various materials and relive the “heat” of the people in the early Meiji period, I am directly affected by that heat. From a larger perspective, the housing innovation of “high thermal insulation and airtightness” in Hokkaido is also a crystallization of the passion of the people of the Meiji era.
　I would like to explore the sentiments of the people of the Meiji era. I feel as if I have found the source of an ultra-hot hot spring (laughs).

Posted on 10月 7th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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