Vol.21
Forest of Thought
Toju Nakae in Iyo-Ozu｜The Virtue of the Sage of Omi, Who Taught for the Sake of a Single Person
Toju Nakae taught by doing everything for the sake of a single person. For that one person he wrote books, wrote commentaries, and freely provided the soil in which learning would continue even after he left. In Ozu, a quiet basin in Iyo, the virtue of Toju still supports the land's depths.
Kunitsukami Project
The Ancient Stratum of "Tojin" Revealed by the Tojin-ishi Megaliths of the Ashizuri Peninsula｜The Kuroshio and Sarutahiko
On the summit of the Ashizuri Peninsula lie the Tojin-ishi Megaliths, countless huge iwakura. On the Ashizuri Peninsula it is said that the sound "tojin" meant a shining place, a place where gods sit. The origin of Sarutahiko, the guiding god, may unexpectedly have been the "tide," the Kuroshio.
KINEMA 2400
Kazuo Miyagawa's "Bleach Bypass" Was Born in Kon Ichikawa's Her Brother (1960)
In 1960, the year color television broadcasts began, Kon Ichikawa gave Kazuo Miyagawa a single request: turn the air of the Taisho era into color. Miyagawa deliberately skipped the process of removing silver and so created what became known as the "bleach bypass." What Her Brother chose was a Taisho without color.