I am not sure why but somehow my late mother loved the Halloween celebration. And I have been grateful to my paperer for making this pretty playful piece of mine displayable.
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どういうものか、母はハロウィンという行事が大好きでした。それで、この遊び半分の作品もちゃんと飾れるようにしてくださった表具屋さんに感謝しています。
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My late mother always asked me what kind of rice balls I would like for the lunch box on special days such as a school excursion day. And every time I answered, “I would like fig-shaped rice balls!”. Then she would answer, “I won’t make those because it is troublesome”. And then, every time, I said to myself, “She shouldn’t have asked me that question at all because she must certainly know that I would surely answer I would like figgy rice balls”.
And on the next morning, she never failed to cook my favorite rice balls.
I would like to add here for her due credit that her rice balls looked much nicer and tastier. I just have no idea how she used to cook them.
The ocean in my mother’s palm; a rice ball/
O Mother’s Day/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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遠足など特別の日のお弁当のおにぎりには何がいい？ と亡母は必ず聞いてくれました。そして私は必ず「無花果のおにぎりがいい」と答え、その度に母は「あれは面倒やからアカン」と言い、私は「だったら聞かなければいいのに。私が絶対に無花果のおにぎりがいいと言うことは分かっているくせに」と思ったものでした。
それで、結局、明くる朝には母は必ず無花果のおにぎりを作ってくれていました。
母の名誉のために書きますが、もっとずっと形が良くて美味しそうなおにぎりを作ってくれましたが、どうやって作っていたのかまるで分からないのです。
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My late mother’s name has a letter 絹 or silk. This character always gives me warm feelings as it brings happy memories back.
Nebulous moon on a spring night/
Thinking of a bolt of scarlet silk/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio.
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亡母の名前は絹江でしたので、絹の字を見るといつも母の思い出が甦り、暖かな気分になります。
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Young friends who are old acquaintances of mine invited me to take a walk along the Kamo River. Having conversation with young people is such a fun.
Carrying one flower petal/
As a souvenir/
Little outing/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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若いけれども、もう旧い友人たちが鴨川沿いの散歩に誘ってくれました。若い人たちとお話をするのはとても楽しいものです。
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I wrote “Sequel to my dream starts here, now” on a cloth towel of high quality that one of the visitors at the Mother-daughter exhibition presented me. However, maybe this method of using isn’t proper, I wonder.
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先日の母娘展へのご来場者のお一人から頂戴した上等なお布巾に書きました。でも、やはり使用方法、間違えてます？
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The number of visitors at the Mother-daughter exhibition held some time ago exceeded my expectation, which gave me deep delight. However, it took me so long to write about seventy thank-you notes. This year has been one of the most important ones for my life.
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先日の母娘展には、私の予想を超える来場者がおいでくださって心から嬉しく思いました。けれども、その後の礼状書きがなかなか進まず、ようやく70枚ほどを書き終えました。今年は特別の年となりました。
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One of the visitors at the Mother-daughter exhibition at the end of last week brought flowers for my late mother. My mother passed away in February.
Living for today/
Looking at white flowers/
O the month of February/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio
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先週末の母娘展に亡母のためにお供え花をお持ちくださった方がいました。母は2月に亡くなりました。
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I can’t tell differences of pine tree varieties. However, my late mother used to be pleased with red pine trees in the nearby Tadasu-no-mori, when we went through the woods.
Red pine trees bark/
Peels away/
Middle of fall/
Calligraphy and translation by Chio.
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私は松の種類などは分かりませんが、亡母は家の近くの糺の森を通るときによく赤松が綺麗と言っていました。
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I now remember, yet again, at one of my exhibitions around a decade ago, someone said to me “Now I see calligraphy forms a really important part in your life.”
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10年近く前の何度目かの個展に際してある知り合いが「書が貴女の人生の核ね」と言ってくださったことを今更ながら思い出すのです。
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The exhibition closed successfully yesterday. I was so happy to welcome more visitors than I had expected. I am now wondering if my mother was this popular among people around her. I am thankful to enjoy so much well-wishing for my late mother and myself in various kinds. Also, I am grateful to those who couldn’t make it because of variety of reasons and said something like “I really wish I could go but…”.
I have spent my days mainly looking after my parents for several years. However, I am now determined to make strenuous efforts to be an excellent calligrapher, with encouragements from many people in mind.
Last but not least, I offer my maximum thanks to the owners of the gallery and the people working in the paperer.
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昨日までの母娘展には予想を越える多くの人々においでいただきありがたく思います。母はこんなに人気があったかしらと思うぐらいでした。また、さまざまの形の応援をいただき心からありがたく感謝申し上げます。
ご都合やご体調のために「行きたかったんだけど・・・」という連絡をくださった方々にも同様の感謝を捧げます。しばらくは親の世話を中心にした日々でしたが、この度皆さまから頂戴した励ましを胸に書家としてますます精進して参ります。
最後になりますが、画廊さんや表具屋さんにも心からの感謝を捧げます。
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