どうも最近、家系史の研究として長兄の「本家」に残されていた遺物・文書類のデジタル化、アーカイブ化に取り組んできて「筆跡」という情報源に気付かされてきている。
　歴史研究としては、家の伝承や公的記録の掘り起こし運命の生々流転を追うのが基本。墓石検証も並行するし過去帳や幕末明治期の最初期戸籍謄本なども基本資料になる。一方で画像は明治以降の人間にしか残らないので、それ以前の確証は得られない。しかし先祖が書き記した痕跡として、書が残っているケースがある。
　わが家系では1815年に６代前の三木寛蔵先祖が書き記してくれた「原氏由来の事」巻物が最古で残されている。一方、既報のように1934年の祖父の葬儀に際しての父の「筆跡」とおぼしき記録が掘り起こされた。
　確実な父の肉筆はそのうちに書簡記録などから兄弟間から出てくると思っているが、親不孝でわたしは手許に持っていない。なのでいまのところこちらが候補。で、既報のように父との肉親としての肌感覚が蘇ってきたと感じたことで筆跡には強い「コミュニケーション要素」があると気付かされた次第。
　であればデジタル化の利点を活かし、DNAの流れでは119年間の時間差があるこのふたりの筆跡を対比できるのではと対比写真画像として生成させてみた。上の写真。
　父の筆跡、さらには６代前の先祖の墨跡についても、伝承やわたしの個人的感覚が根拠なのでまだ不完全だけれど、この手段はひとつの「探索手段」ではないかと思い至っている。
　AIの発展で、むしろこういう手書き文字の「人間性と深くかかわる」独自性が大きな領域として脚光を浴びつつあると言われる。調べてみると、AI的な解析には不向きな領域とわかる。AIからの参考情報は以下。
　〜印刷文字が記号化された情報であるのに対し、手書き文字は筆圧、速度、運筆の揺らぎ、余白の取り方など「その文字を書いた瞬間のその人の肉体性・心理状態・生命の呼吸」がそのまま定着した純度の高いアナログな人間文化領域です。子であるあなたがその「くせ字」を目にした瞬間に単なる言葉の意味を超え、お父様の内面性や生前の気配に直接触れさせられるような感覚を覚えるのは、まさに手書き文字が持つ「生体情報」の力です。〜　ふーむ。
　というような前段に踏まえ「比較対照」に心意を凝らして見つめてきています。

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[Comparing the “Handwriting” of My Father and a Sixth-Generation Ancestor: A 119-Year DNA Time Gap]
Yesterday’s post explored the study of “characteristic handwriting,” even going as far as Wang Xizhi. This led me to realize that analyzing handwriting could also be beneficial for genealogical research. …

　Lately, as part of my family history research, I’ve been working on digitizing and archiving artifacts and documents left behind at my eldest brother’s “main family home,” and in the process, I’ve come to realize the value of “handwriting” as a source of information.
　In historical research, the basic approach is to unearth family traditions and public records to trace the vivid twists and turns of fate. I also verify gravestones in parallel, and family registers as well as the earliest copies of household registers from the late Edo and early Meiji periods serve as primary sources. On the other hand, since photographs only exist for people from the Meiji period onward, we cannot obtain definitive proof of events prior to that time. However, in some cases, written documents remain as traces left by our ancestors.
　In my family lineage, the oldest surviving document is a scroll titled “The Origins of the Hara Clan,” written in 1815 by my sixth-generation ancestor, Miki Kanzo. Meanwhile, as previously reported, a record believed to be my father’s “handwriting” from my grandfather’s funeral in 1934 was unearthed.
　I believe authentic examples of my father’s handwriting will eventually surface from correspondence or other records among his siblings, but—unfortunately—I do not have any in my possession. Therefore, for now, this serves as a candidate. As I mentioned earlier, the fact that this brought back a visceral sense of my close bond with my father made me realize that handwriting possesses a strong “element of communication.”
　With that in mind, I decided to take advantage of the benefits of digitization and generate a side-by-side comparison of their handwriting—a pair separated by 119 years in the DNA lineage—as shown in the photo above.
　While my understanding of my father’s handwriting—and even that of my ancestor six generations back—is still incomplete, relying solely on oral tradition and my personal intuition, I’ve come to believe this method could serve as a valuable “means of exploration.”
　With the advancement of AI, it is said that the uniqueness of handwritten characters—which is “deeply connected to humanity”—is actually gaining prominence as a major field of study. Upon investigation, I found that this is an area ill-suited for AI-based analysis. The following is reference information from AI sources.
　~While printed text is symbolic information, handwriting is a highly pure, analog realm of human culture in which “the physicality, psychological state, and vital breath of the person at the very moment they wrote the character”—as reflected in pen pressure, speed, fluctuations in stroke, and the use of white space—are directly captured. The moment you, as a child, see that “quirky handwriting,” you feel something that transcends the mere meaning of the words—a sensation of directly connecting with your father’s inner self and the presence he left behind. This is precisely the power of the “biometric information” inherent in handwriting. ~ Hmm.
Based on this introduction, I have been carefully examining the subject with a focus on “comparison and contrast.”

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　家系史探索のかたわら、いろいろなビジネス案件も持ち込まれてきて、50年来の付き合いのある入社した会社での同僚に連絡をした。久しぶりに聞くその声はややかすれていて聞き取りにくかった。
　最近の消息を交換し合っていたら、心臓病で３回ほど手術もしていたとのこと。76歳という年齢を考えれば、まぁやむを得ない趨勢と思いつつ、昔話なども交えて歓談するうちにかれはどんどん元気が出てきて、声音が一変するようになってくれた。用件を話しつつ、あれこれと話題が盛り上がった。
　家系史探究は時代的には四百年前からスタートしているけれど、それがどんどん現代に近づいてきて、どうやら自分事にまで「歴史」が差し掛かってくるのだなぁと思わされた。DNAが遭遇した環境を探究しているワケだから、当然の流れということになる。ただ、自分のことになると客観視が難しいですね（笑）。
　・・・おっと、きょうのテーマと写真はわたしの父の「筆跡写真」。
　いろいろ資料を整理整頓してくるなかで発見してしまった（笑）。なんとも気恥ずかしい。
　この独特の「くせ字」を眺めていると、オヤジの笑顔が浮かんできてどうしようもない。「おう、ようやくオレの資料までたどりついたのか（笑）」という笑顔。
　この字を見て、冒険的な仕事人生を切り開いて行った父の思いが肉親として想起されて、自分自身の冷静さのようなものが完全崩壊させられてしまったのだ。
　文字の書き方には、やはり人間性が表現されるのですね。健康面では無理がたたった人生だったひとですが、しかし悔いなく生き切った人生だったのだと子どもとしては思えます。自分の「いのち」をフルに活用した感じが強く迫ってくる、その字体。こころなしか、躍るような筆致が感じられる。
　肉親としてはそこから人間性の残響が湧き上がってきて仕方がない。そういうものなのだと頓悟。
　で、いまは父のそれであるけれど、やがて母のモノゴト・息づかいにまで探究が及んでくるかと思うと、そこでのわたし自身の完全崩壊ぶりに、やや身構えてしまわざるを得ない（笑）。
　肉親の事跡からの対話は、やはり深い心情がそこに充溢してきてしまいますね。

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[My father’s “quirky handwriting” makes me smile (lol)]
“Oh, are you doing well? (lol)”—the sound of his voice, that of the man who gave me life, fills my heart, and I just can’t help it. Handwriting speaks volumes about a person. …

　While I was researching my family history, I started receiving various business proposals, so I reached out to a colleague from the company I joined—someone I’ve known for 50 years. His voice, which I hadn’t heard in a long time, was slightly hoarse and hard to make out.
　As we exchanged updates on our recent lives, he mentioned that he had undergone about three surgeries for heart disease. Considering he was 76 years old, I thought it was an inevitable part of aging, but as we chatted and reminisced about the old days, he became more and more energetic, and his voice completely transformed. While discussing the matter at hand, our conversation became lively as we touched on various topics.
　My family history research started about 400 years ago, but as it gets closer and closer to the present, I’ve come to realize that “history” is now encroaching on my own personal life. Since I’m exploring the environments my DNA encountered, this is only natural. Still, it’s hard to be objective when it comes to myself (laughs).
　…Oh, right—today’s theme and photo are of my father’s “handwriting.”
　I stumbled upon it while organizing various documents (laughs). It’s incredibly embarrassing.
　When I look at this unique, “quirky” handwriting, I can’t help but picture my dad’s smile. The kind that says, “Oh, so you’ve finally made it to my stuff (laughs).”
　Seeing this handwriting, as his child, I was reminded of my father’s determination as he blazed a trail through an adventurous career—and it completely shattered any sense of composure I had left.
　It’s true that a person’s character is expressed in their handwriting. Although his health suffered due to the strain of his life, as his child, I feel he lived a life without regrets. That handwriting strongly conveys the sense that he made full use of his “life.” I can almost feel a dancing quality in the strokes.
　As a child, I can’t help but feel the echoes of his humanity welling up from those characters. I’ve come to realize that’s just how it is.
　And while this is about my father now, the thought that my exploration will eventually extend to my mother’s words and very breath makes me brace myself a little for the complete emotional breakdown I’ll likely experience then (laughs).
　Conversations born from the deeds of one’s parents are inevitably filled with deep emotion.

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Posted on 9月 18th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　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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　写真は、わたしを１代と数えた５代前で、明治維新直前の江戸末期を生きた先祖「三木文蔵」の葬儀記録帳の最後のページ。
　当主の葬儀にあたってその生きた人的交流の実相が表現される葬儀記録は伝統的記録表現。家系史〜ひいてはその生きた時代相を理解するのに最適な記録になります。わが家ではこの記録帳の「傷み」が心配されたので、広島県立文書館の西向先生に依頼して内容を精査いただき、先生からも江戸末期の地域社会や経済、人間関係を考えるうえでも有益な資料との評価をいただきました。
　この資料を含め、いま「本家」筋の長兄の家からわたしに譲受された史的資料類をデジカメ撮影して電子形態で保存し、さらにこの機会に時代順に整理整頓して、年代ごとに仕分けして「三木家文書」としてアーカイブ保存させようという計画。こうした記録類がデジタル化される意義は大きい。今後、WEB上に保存させるなどの手段を通して「一族共通の史的資産」として活用可能になる。
　次兄がまとめてきてくれた一族の「足取り」の通史をさらに発展させて、いまを生きる一族にとって貴重な先祖の「人生体験記憶」をなまなましく活用出来るようにさせたい。人間は親がいなければこの世に存在しない。けっして「自分ひとり」だけの命ではない。
　過去を生きた先人の足取りから「学べる」ことは非常に大きいと思う。
　因果は応報し輪廻する。未来を生きるいのちに少しでも役立てられれば、という願い。
　今を生きている自分としては、その「基礎工事」的な心境で、謹んでこのアーカイブ化をジミジミと取り組んでいます。その基礎工事のさらに基礎、みたいな作業を始めたところ。
　そして自分たちの世代もまた未来にとってはひとつの「過去生」として見えてくるでしょう。自分たち自身の「歩み」に対してのクールダウンした見方も獲得できてくる可能性がある。
　こういう新しいタイプの「歴史資料蓄積」は、歴史好きの日本人に取っても新領域として浮かび上がってくる可能性も高い。いつまでも「信長だ秀吉だ家康だ」ばかりが日本人の歴史興味ではないだろうと思うのです。さまざまな「家系」が複雑に絡み合い日本人の歴史は紡がれてきた。このような「家系史アーカイブ」が基盤を形成するようになる「未来」。・・・あり得るのでは？

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[Digitizing and Organizing Family “Documents”]
A process of permanently preserving the vivid traces of our ancestors’ lives and passing on the true story to future generations. An archive for “living better.” …

　The photograph shows the final page of the funeral record book for my ancestor “Miki Bunzo,” who lived during the late Edo period just before the Meiji Restoration—five generations back, counting me as the first generation.
　Funeral records, which capture the true nature of a person’s social interactions during their lifetime, are a traditional form of documentation. They are the ideal records for understanding family history—and, by extension, the social conditions of the era in which they lived. In our family, we were concerned about the “deterioration” of this record book, so we asked Professor Nishimuki at the Hiroshima Prefectural Archives to carefully examine its contents. He confirmed that it is a valuable resource for analyzing the regional socio-economic conditions of Hiroshima Prefecture during the late Edo period.
　Including this document, I plan to photograph the historical materials recently transferred to me from the home of the eldest brother of the “main branch” of the family using a digital camera and preserve them in electronic form. Furthermore, I intend to take this opportunity to organize and arrange them chronologically, sorting them by era, and archive them as the “Miki Family Documents.” The significance of digitizing such records is immense. In the future, through means such as storing them online, they will become usable as “historical assets shared by the entire clan.”
　I wish to further develop the comprehensive history of our clan’s “journey”—which my second-eldest brother has compiled—so that we, as the living members of the clan today, can vividly draw upon the “memories of our ancestors’ life experiences.” Without our parents, we would not exist in this world. Our lives are by no means our own alone.
　I believe there is much we can “learn” from the footsteps of our forebears who lived in the past.
　Cause and effect bring about retribution and the cycle of reincarnation. My hope is that this will be of even the slightest help to the lives that will live in the future.
　As someone living in the present, I am humbly and steadily working on this archiving project with a mindset akin to laying “foundation work.” I have just begun work that serves as the very foundation of that foundation work.
　And our own generation, too, will likely come to be seen as a “past life” for the future. There is a possibility that we will also gain a more detached perspective on our own “journey.”
　This new type of “historical record accumulation” is highly likely to emerge as a new frontier even for history-loving Japanese people. I don’t think Japanese interest in history will forever revolve solely around “Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu.” Japanese history has been woven from the complex intertwining of various “family lineages.” A “future” in which such “family history archives” form the foundation… Could that be possible?

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Posted on 9月 14th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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　友人関係の「人生の相棒」たちとの年に一度の結集の機会が終わった。
　ということで、少し疲れを感じていたので日帰り温泉でどっぷりと脳味噌まで浸かっていたいと思って、クルマを走らせて出発したら、ものの数分でケータイが鳴ってしまった。
　やむなく安全地帯に駐車してケータイに出たら、三兄からの電話。で、そこから約１時間、先日の法要の時に渡していた祖母の「戸籍謄本」についての疑問をぶつけられていた。
　現代日本人にとって、明治以降に制度整備された「戸籍制度」はまことに信頼に足る民族の記録資産。非常に誠意に満ちた制度設計で、日本人のマジメさが極限的に生きている制度だと思います。そういう信頼に足る記録にあった、祖母とその母親という直系尊属について、表記された事実関係に多くの「？」があふれている。
　信頼できる事実記録の「背景事情」については、輻輳する社会状況を冷静に汲み取っていきながら、流れとしての「整合性」を組み立てていかなければならない。断片的な記録内容は正確だという前提に立つと、想像力を最大化させないと「腑に落ちてこない」ことがあり得る。
　そういう類いの疑問点を、わたしにぶつけられてくるのです。
　わたし自身もまだ、腑に落ちているワケではないので、ひとつの「壁打ち」機会と思い、いっしょに考えた。
　それはそれで「筋道の確立」には大いに役立つ機会ではあるので、説明しつつ、戸籍記録についての整合的解釈を、一生懸命に共同作業していた。・・・
　で、ようやく話にある「頓悟」感が出て電話を切ったら、即座に長兄からの電話着信。たぶん長電話中に何回か電話されていたのかもと思いつつ、午後にわが家に来るという展開になった。
　という流れで、やむなく「脳味噌ドップリ」チャンスは霧のようにあわく消えていった。
　長兄との会話でも、写真にあるようなご先祖様の「行動履歴」証拠物などから見えてくる「実相」について、これも「壁打ち」的な会話に終始。
　次兄から渡されたたくさんの資料類に加えて、長兄の家からも先祖からの「伝承品」一切がわたしのところに集積してきているので、自然とひとつずつ丹念に「腑に落とす」作業を迫られている次第。
　「オイオイ、これも幕末期かよ〜。え、房吉？恭平？」であります。
　しかし、格好の「脳活」機会ではある。・・・どこまで続くのかこの道は？

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English version⬇

[The “presence” of family ties swarming toward me (lol)]
When researching your family history, once you suddenly realize a certain pattern, new questions start popping up one after another like clouds in the sky. I’ll face them calmly and patiently! …

　My annual get-together with my “life partners”—my close friends—has come to an end.
　Since I was feeling a bit tired, I decided to head to a day-trip hot spring to soak thoroughly—right down to my brain—so I got in the car and set off, only to have my cell phone ring just a few minutes later.
I had no choice but to pull over to a safe spot and answer the call—it was my third older brother. From there, for about an hour, he bombarded me with questions about the “certified copy of the family register” for our grandmother that I’d handed over at the memorial service the other day.
　For modern Japanese people, the “family register system”—established and refined since the Meiji era—is a truly reliable national record. I believe it is a system designed with great sincerity, one that embodies the Japanese sense of diligence to the utmost. Yet, in these trustworthy records, the facts listed regarding my grandmother and her mother—my direct lineal ancestors—are riddled with “?” marks.
　When it comes to the “background circumstances” of these reliable factual records, we must calmly take into account the complex social context of the time and piece together the “coherence” of the narrative as a whole. If we assume that the fragmentary records are accurate, there may be instances where things simply “don’t make sense” unless we exercise our imagination to the fullest.
　It is precisely these kinds of questions that people bring to me.
Since I myself haven’t fully come to terms with it yet either, I treated it as an opportunity to “bounce ideas off someone” and we thought it through together.
Since this is, in its own way, a very helpful opportunity for “establishing a logical framework,” I worked hard with him to collaboratively develop a coherent interpretation of the family register records while explaining my reasoning. …
Then, just as I finally felt that sense of “epiphany” we’d been talking about and hung up the phone, I immediately received a call from my eldest brother. I suspected he might have called several times while I was on that long phone call, and it turned out he was coming over to my house that afternoon.
As a result, my much-anticipated chance to “dive headfirst into deep thought” vanished like mist.
　Even in my conversation with my eldest brother, we ended up having yet another back-and-forth discussion about the “true nature” revealed by evidence of our ancestors’ “activity histories,” as seen in the photos.
　In addition to the many documents handed over by my second-eldest brother, all the “heirlooms” passed down from our ancestors at my eldest brother’s house have also been accumulating at my place, so I’m naturally being forced to painstakingly “make sense of” each one, one by one.
　“Whoa, wait—is this from the Bakumatsu period too? Huh, Fusakichi? Kyōhei?” is my reaction.
　Still, it’s a perfect opportunity to “exercise my brain.” …Just how far will this path lead?

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Posted on 9月 12th, 2026 by 三木 奎吾
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