Papa Wonderful 03 Daphne 03 Daphne Spring comes with Daphne flowers. In the still cold days of early February, Daphne flowers inflate a solid bud that can withstand the wind, and eventually the white flowers that herald spring first bloom all at once. In a quiet afternoon, when you open the glass door from the living room and try to get out, you will fill the entire room with a fragrant scent, without any flinch in the strong north wind. There is no flower that encourages people so much. Over the winter always forces all creatures to make tough choices. Are you still trying to live? Do you still have the power to overcome this cold? Then all living things, including humans, will flinch for a moment and realize that their energy is about to run out. At that time, I am relieved to find the flowers of Daphne flowers that bloom white in the cold wind outside the window. It's okay, because spring is here. The strong winds and the strong cold will soon disappear. Only there is shining like Ichijo's hope in a light and dull afternoon. The Far West poet once sang that hope always shines like a straw streak in a shackle. You who are so weak are already okay. If wrapped in a flower scent. Tomorrow, I'm sure a faint soft knee will come to the window for a moment. The white flowers of Daphne flowers are still being conveyed today. Papa Wonderful 02 Spring rain 02 Spring rain Is there anything as gentle as spring rain? Over the cold and harsh winters, over the dry and windy February, the spring rains come with the soft breeze of March. In February, the wind blows every day, the windowpanes become slightly cloudy, the bottom of the sky is always dyed in dust, and the trees that have not yet sprouted are forever standing in the wind. My throat and nose are dry, irritated, sneezing and always feeling unwell. Not only people but also plants are waiting for it to rain as soon as possible. Only violets manage to survive the winter even if the earth is dry, but even so, the ability to grow the leaves vigorously is not yet exerted as expected in February when the water is not enough. .. Under such circumstances, Daphne flowers and rhododendrons are the first to steadily prepare for spring. Rhododendron takes a really long time from the time of bud to flowering, but Daphne flowers move from bud to flower in a blink of an eye. Soon, Daphne flowers will bloom in a very short time. Then it's spring. Mr. Tadokoro does not think it is an exaggeration to say that he managed to survive the winter this year as well. It must be very difficult for living things, including humans, to go through the winter. That's why everyone is waiting for the spring rain to wet the earth. And one day, the spring rain comes suddenly. Like Junzaburo Nishiwaki's poem, gently wet everything. Spring rain is so gentle and quiet that it moisturizes trees and the earth. Tadokoro's favorite, still cold mountain lodge stove and hard wooden chair windows, this rain will surely deliver a bright, clean and tranquility. Papa Wonderful 01 Beginning 01 Beginning "Nice father" Kohei Tadokoro is not a real person. But the closest model is the author himself. I really wanted to draw as a fictitious person, but the author didn't have the power to draw as such a person, so I modeled on the author who is closest to me. The author was born and raised in the western suburbs of Tokyo in 1947. So what is written here may be the truth that the author saw in that era in his lifetime. What is written here, including loneliness and fictitious things, is something that the author wanted to be like this somewhere in his heart. When I was little, the author read the manga "Little Women" in the appendix of the girl magazine that my sister was reading. The feeling after reading was really warm. After all, even now, almost half a century later, I can clearly remember some of those scenes. If you are a father or mother who has a child, please do not deny the work by saying that it is a manga. It's all about expression and sensibility, not what it does. Therefore, you can think of this story as a compliment to the manga "Little Women" that I read as a boy, written half a century apart. I have seen the novelist Akatsuki Kambayashi once look back on his literary career and say that he really loved "Uncle Asinaga". For this person, this word made me feel a little smile. It's hard to compare to Mr. Uebayashi, who is a literary expert, but the author of this book must look back on himself to the extent that "Little Women" seems to have been the starting point for his modest literary activities. May have reached a certain age. |
Sekinan Table
Sunday 25 October 2020
Papa Wonderful 01 Beginning, 02 Spring rain, 03 Daphne. Translated by Google
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