師匠の癌 その２ My Teachers' Cancer

  師匠の癌 その２　

２０２２年９月１５日付の「MATの目」で以下のように書いた。

（私の師匠が三人とも癌を患い、一人は亡くなり、二人は闘病中だ。（略）三人目は、カルチャーセンターの「平家物語を読む」の講師・N氏で、８４歳だ。胆管癌で手術され、胆管、脾臓、十二指腸、胃のそれぞれの一部を切除され、療養中である。講座は中止になるだろう。せっかく平家物語を勉強し始めたばかりなのに）

その後、講座は１２月まで延期された。ところが、本日カルチャーセンターからN氏逝去の通知が来た。驚いた。個人的にも訊きたいこと（私の母が女学生の時に渡し船で女学校に通ったが、船着場が講師の家の近くであった）があったのに、残念だ。

引き続き、N氏の後輩の方にバトンタッチされ、来年４月から続けられるそうだ。９月１５日号でも書いたが、本当に「明日ありと思う心の仇桜……」だ。今日できることは今日やってしまわないと、後悔する。

My Teachers' Cancer 

The following passage is an excerpt from September 15 MAT'S EYE: 

Three of my teachers suffered from cancer. One died, and the other two are struggling with the disease. . . . The third one is the instructor, Mr. N, for the “Heike Monogatari” (The Story of the Heike) reading class sponsored by Chunichi Culture Center. He suffered from biliary cancer. He recently had surgery operation. Parts of his biliary, spleen, duodenum, and stomach have been cut off. He is now recuperating. I am afraid his class will probably be closed. I have just got interest in the story. I am sorry it is to be closed.

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Later, his class was postponed until December. Today, however, the Culture Center sent a letter informing me of the passing of Mr. N. I had wanted to talk with him about my mother, who commuted to a girls’ high school using a boat to cross the Ibi River. Mr. N happened to live in Takasu City near the pier for the boat. So, I have forever lost the opportunity to talk about the boat and my mother.

According to the Culture Center, one of Mr. N’s university colleagues will take over his class “Heike Monogatari” (the Story of the Heike). The new class will start in April.

As I wrote in the September 15 MAT’ EYE, it is a bad plan “to go to see the cherry blossoms tomorrow, because they might be blown off by the strong wind during the night.” Instead, don’t put off what you can do today until tomorrow. Otherwise, you will repent. I should have asked him about it while he was alive.

ブルーインパルス 航空ショー Blue Impulse Air Show

 ブルーインパルス　航空ショー　

ブルーインパルス　航空ショー

11月２６日、ブルーインパルス　航空ショーが名古屋城であり、見に行った。　

名古屋城近辺はショーの見物客で超満員であった。１時４５分ごろ、「来たー！」と言う声に、上空を見るとジェット機が数機スモークを棚引かせて南から北に飛んで行った。あっという間に消えた。次に六機各々が円を描いた。その後、一点から枝分かれして広がったり、ハート形を描いたり、多彩なショーを披露してくれた。

ショーが終わって帰るとき、同じ飛行物体でも、人を楽しませるものもあれば、ウクライナの如く、爆弾を落として人を恐怖に晒すものもあると思った。

日本は今のところ平和で、ありがたい。

The Blue Impulse Air Show

I went to Nagoya Castle to look at the Blue Impulse Air Show. The castle was crowded with spectators. At around 1:45, I heard a scream, “Look, jets!” I saw six jets in formation flying from south to north with smoky lines behind them. They vanished in an instance. Then they came back and each of them drew circle in the sky. Next, they spread from one spot to all directions and then drew a heart mark. I enjoyed the jets performance in the sky.

After the show, while I was walking, I thought, “Some planes give us pleasure, but other planes are threatening people by bombing like in Ukraine.”

I am fortunate to live in a peaceful country, Japan.

Blue Impulse Air Show

自転車に携帯電話 A Smartphone on a Bicycle Handle

 自転車に携帯電話

 先日、道路を歩いていて交差点の前で、信号が青に切り替わるのを待っていた。隣を見ると、自転車に乗った若者がいた。彼は自転車のハンドルに取り付けられたスマホを見ていた。スマホを見ながらの歩行が危ないというのに、スマホを見ながらの自転車運転だ。ネットを調べたら、スマホを自転車のハンドルに取り付ける装置が販売されている。買う方も買う方だが、売るほうも売るほうだ。世の中がますます危険になっていく。嘆かわしい。　

A Smartphone on a Bicycle Handle

A few days ago, I was waiting for a traffic light to change from red to green at a crossing road. I happened to see a young man on a bicycle next to me. He was looking at a smartphone attached on the middle of the bicycle handle. Walking along a road watching a cell-phone is dangerous. Naturally, riding a bicycle watching a cell-phone is more dangerous. Everyone can understand that.

 I googled a device that would attach a cell-phone on a bicycle handle. I learned that such devices are sold. How irresponsible to sell such things! And how foolish to buy one! The world we live in is getting more and more dangerous. What a pity!

An 83-year-old Junior Highschool Student ８３歳の中学生

８３歳の中学生

先日テレビの「心に沁みる夜汽車」を見た。いい番組であった。

大坂に住む８３歳の老人が電車に乗って夜間中学に通う話である。彼は戦争のため中学に進学できなかった。子供に学歴をつけさつせようと思い、運転手として懸命に働き、子供三人を高校や大学を卒業させた。

ところが、阪神淡路大震災の時に、妻と子供三人を亡くした。その後、彼はヴォランティア活動に専念するが、途中で止め、酒、煙草に浸る生活に落ち込んだ。

８２歳で脳梗塞になり、どうしようもなくなった時、亡くした家族の声が聞こえた。「お父さん、しっかり生きて」

彼は、夜間中学に行くことを決心した。夜間中学は無償で小学校しか卒業していない人達のための学校である。生徒は彼と同じぐらいの老人が数名である。

彼は、今、毎日生き生きと楽しく学校に通っている。

 An 83-year-old Junior Highschool Student    

The other day, I watched a TV program, “Kokoroni Shimiru Yogisha”(a moving incident in a night train). It was a very good program.

It depicted an 83-year-old man living in Osaka, who commutes to night junior high school. When he was a boy , he was unable to go to junior high school because of WWII. 

He worked hard as a truck driver so that his three children would get academic background. As a result, they graduated from senior high school or university.

Unfortunately, however, he lost his wife and all his three children in the Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake. He devoted himself in volunteer activities for some time, but he quit them and began to indulge himself in drinking and smoking. At the age of 82, he suffered cerebral infarction.

When he became helpless, his lost family members’ voice encouraged him,  “You’ve got to be strong.”

He decided to go to night junior high school, which is free and open to those who failed to study in junior high school. He had about 10 classmates, who were about as old as he.

Now, he commutes to night school every day. He says he is enjoying his life. 

薬屋、おまえもか Et tu、Chemist

 薬屋、おまえもか　

先日、ある病院で診察してもらい、処方箋を持って薬局に行った。薬を待っていると、テレビからサプリメントの宣伝ビデオが流れていた。うるさい。薬局に客が数人いたが、皆、喧しいのを我慢しているようだった。

何という無神経な薬屋だ。ここにいるのは病人で、誰もが薬を服用して早く治らないかと思っている人たちである。患者の思いはお構いなしに、一方的にサプリメントのコマーシャルをガンガン流している。途切れる時がない。

番号が呼ばれて、薬を渡してもらう時に、店員に「薬のコマーシャルがうるさい。患者の心が分かっているのか」と注意した。店員は「すみません、会社に言っておきます」という。「ボリュームを絞ればいいじゃないですか」と言ったが、絞らなかった。

薬屋も、金が儲かればいいのだ。情けない世の中よ。

Et tu、Chemist

　The other day, I went to a pharmacy to get the medicine prescribed by my doctor. While I was waiting, advertisement videos were being shown on the TV screen in the pharmacy. They were noisy and irritating. There were six people waiting for their medicine, apparently enduring the noise.

   What an insensitive drugstore it was! They were all patients, who wanted to cure their diseases as soon as possible by taking medicine. The chemists were insensitive about the patients’ distress.

   As my number was announced, I went to the counter to get the medicine, and said to the chemist:

 “The supplement commercials are too noisy. Do you understand the feelings of the patients?”

   “I am sorry. I will report your words to the president of the company,” she said.

   “All you have to do is to volume down, isn’t it?” I protested, but she didn’t do anything.

   Profits come first. Et tu、Chemist.

誕生日カード A Birthday Card

 誕生日カード

私の最年長の孫（１９歳）に送った誕生日カードです。

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday

                                            Dear　XXXX　

                                      Happy birthday to you　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　お誕生日おめでとう！　

                    若さは値千金です。無限の可能性を秘めています。

                  思わぬ才能が思わぬ時に開花します。

                  自らの可能性を自ら制限せず、

                  隠れた黄金の扉を自らの手で開けて下さい。

                  志を高く持ち、足元は一歩一歩踏み固めましょう。

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A Birthday Card

　　This is a birthday card that I sent to my oldest grandson. He has become 19 years old.

Youth is as worth as tons of gold. Hidden underneath it is your infinite possibility. An unexpected bud of your talent will bloom at an unexpected moment. Do not restrict your possibility, but open your golden door with your own hand. Always keep your aim high, and tread your way step by step

師匠の癌 My Teachers’ Cancers

 

 師匠の癌　

私の師匠が三人とも癌を患い、一人は亡くなり、二人は闘病中だ。

一人目は杖道の師匠で、６５歳のとき前立腺癌で亡くなられた。もっと杖道の技をしっかり覚えておけばよかったと思うが、後の祭りだ。

二人目は７５歳のW氏で、小説の通信添削講座の講師である。W氏も癌を患い、何時ま講座が続けられるかわからないそうだ。講座が中止になるまでに、小説の書き方をできるかぎり多く勉強したいと思う。

三人目は、カルチャーセンターの「平家物語を読む」の講師・N氏で、８４歳だ。胆管癌で手術され、胆管、脾臓、十二指腸、胃のそれぞれの一部を切除され、療養中である。講座は中止になるだろう。せっかく平家物語を勉強し始めたばかりなのに。

「明日ありと思う心の仇桜夜半に嵐の吹かぬものかは」（親鸞）

My Teachers’ Cancer

Three of my teachers suffered from cancer. One died, and the other two are struggling with the disease.

   The dead one is a Jydo master called Mr. I. Jyo is a wooden stick. Jyodo is a Japanese traditional martial art which uses a 120 centimeter-long stick as a weapon. He died at the age of 65 from prostate gland. I should have learned the jyodo techniques much more, but it is too late.

   　Another teacher is a 75 old Mr. W, who is an online instructor for a novel writing class. He says he doesn’t know how long he can continue the instruction. I want to learn how to write a novel as much as possible before it is too late.

   The third one is an instructor Mr. N, for a “Heike Monogatari” (The Story of the Heike) reading class. He suffered from biliary cancer and recently had surgery operation. Parts of his biliary, spleen, duodenum, and stomach have been cut off. He is now recuperating. I am afraid his class will probably be closed. I have just got interest in the story. I am sorry the it is to be closed.

   Don’t plan to go to see the beautiful cherry blossoms tomorrow. That is a bad plan because they might be blown off by the strong wind during the night.（Shinran, a Buddhist priest)