ふるいはし Old Bridge in Nagasaki

11/14〜11/19　「絵描きたちの平和原画展」　日本福音ルーテル教会堂（長崎市）

お迎えに行って、ナノカに、聞いてみた。

「ナノカが言ってた、
戦争が終わるように、人の心を動かす、絵。
あれ、描いてみない？」

すると、
「ナノカは、アイデアを出すのはいいけど、描くのは、ママがして」
と言ってきた。
プロデューサー業ですか、、、

「ママ、この間、ナノカが、絵で
戦争を終わらせたい、て言ったので、考えちゃってね。
それで、今日、絵を描いたんだよ。
昔の気持ちを、思い出させてくれて、ありがとうね。」
とお礼を言っておきました。

調べて、知りました。
この中島川、アメリカ軍の当初の作戦では、
原爆投下の目的地だったんですね。
街の中心部に位置して、より多くの、被害を起こす予定だったのです。

戦争の中では、「正義」だと信じて、実行してしまう
人間の、数々の、非人道的な、行い。

恨みを募らせるためではなく、
人間の愚かな１面を知るために、
ここが、そういう場であったことを、知って欲しいと思いました。

I got motivation by the words of my daughter.
She said, "I want to be the artist (in the future)
who change people mind to stop the war."

I, as one of the artist, was moved by her words.
Am I doing something for that now?

I got the chance to be a part of Peace Exhibition in Nagasaki.
Then I thought about what I should draw for that.
10 years ago, I published book named "Haruni Umareru Kodomo"
I got motivated to make this book after 9.11. and middle of Iraque War.
It collects all the peaceful moments from all over the world,
in the past, presence, and future to believe that
every different people would live in peace.

Now, I decided to keep adding the pages for the book
wishing that people would believe in hope
that the Peace in the world can be possible.
This time, I drew "I play with big brother near old bridge."

I looked in some documents and found the fact that US army first
planned to throw atomic bomb onto this river
that was the center of the Nagasaki city.
It would have caused huge number of citizen killed.
That was just mistake to throw the bomb another side of mountain in the city.

In the past,
the US Army tried to throw an atomic bomb
onto this beautiful river and people's daily lives.
I do say this not for fanning hatred but for realizing how inhumanely
people could be once the war started.

To keep Peace, we need enormous efforts every day.
People might be tired and gave up
and believe that easy words or what they want to believe.
But if you realize the fact that efforts were keeping this peaceful moments
from inhumanely tragedies, we again stand and kept walking.