河野博範先生年譜私案(10)English Version
1972From January 4 to 8 he went to Manganji with Mr.Ishii,professor of Kyusyu University.On Febrary 8 he gave a lecture at Shimonoseki-higashi Post office. The title was 'What is culture.'On February 18 he attended the Friday meeting of Asa church as the only participant and then an improvised poem fell from his lips.春 一番、風 吹きおこしてよあれまくる。いのちの いのちいのちするその風The first spring stormMake the wind blowThe storm rages.Life of lifeLivesThe wind On March 28 he gave a sermon at the graduation ceremony of Baiko Jyogakuin University. The title was 'Another graduation thesis'On April 2 an ordination of the Reverend Mr. Kato was held in Kagoshima.On April 13 he made a Haiku桑の芽の黄色をめでて春うららI enjoy the yellow bud of the mulberryIt's bright in springOn May 20 he made a Haikuアーメンアサどちのアサの便りに泣く日かなAmenThe letters fromFriends of Asa I read themAnd oh, I cried On June 20 Haikuアーメンいろいろと出来事なれど主はさきにAmenVarious thingshappenedBut our Lord goes on before usIn summder he stayed at Manganji for about a month and a half.On July 26 he gave an accademic presentation at Yokoden in Dazifu Tenmangu Shrine in the foruth assembly of West Japanese society of religious studies. The title was 'On the flesh of the New Testament.' He narrowed an arguement down to one point and argued about the point that the Bible described the core of the human being nature as flesh.From September 29 to October 10 he made a missionary trip with Mr. Ysusuke Ogawa to Keihannshin district, Shikoku Island and Fukuyama city.On October 12 he went to the recital of Artur Eizen, a Soviet Union bass singer in Fukuoka city civic hall.On October 17 he read the article in the newspaper that american Astronaut Colonel James Irwin, who got on Apollo 15 and stepped on the moon in the summmer 1971, would come to Seinan Gakuin University and Mr.Kawano went to Seinan Gakuin to meet him. Colonel James Irwin, who frequently spoke about how his experiences in space had made the presence of God even more real to him than before, probably came to Seinan Gakuin to talked about this. James Irwin On November 28 he appreciated the works of James Ensor, a Belgian painter who is famous for his subject of maskas at Saga Prefectual Museum.James Ensor's painting1973On January 27 the “Agreement on Ending War and Restoring Peace to Vietnam,” was signed in Paris. "Why must people murder each other? When the great original is out of order, the end becomes like this as time goes by." he stated in the organ of Asa church 20th issue.On February 18 he went up to Tokyo and observed Kakinokizaka Kindergarten. He had an impression that a curriculum of the day was performed rhythmically and all activities were in one harmony, the rhythm was created by the kindergarteners, but the leading teacher moved the curriculam and young teachers were in the shade, and the kindergarteners were not active.On March 15 he gave a sermon at the graduation ceremony of Kassui Jyogakuin Junior College in Nagasaki Prefecture. The title was 'Living water.'On May 15 he gave a lecture at an extension course of Baiko Jyogakuin University, the subject of which was 'Christianity and Literature.'in Kokurahigashi civic hall. The title of his lecture was 'The possibility of Cristian literature.' On 22 he also gave a lecture in the same course. This time the title was 'On Puritanism.'June 1 he made a missionary trip to Iki island with Mr. Hiroyuki Iki and Mrs. Iki.July 6 Haiku雲柱 一つつっ立ちにけり今日 はかもA pillar of cloudStood straightTodayOn July 15 he gave a sermon at the service in the camp of photography society of Baiko Jyogakuin University, which held in Myoseiji Temple in Kawatana, Yamaguchi Prefecture.In July he gave an accademic presentation at the assembly of West Japanese Society of religious studies. The title was 'The significance of Puritan at the present day.'On July 29 he went to Manganji. On 30 Professor Ishi and Mr.Hasebe, an informant, guided him to Usunegiri,the historic cite of Japanese Christian mass slaughter in 1853. From Aigust 6 to 9 he went to Fukumatsu Ryokan (Japanese inn) in Nobeoka in Miyazaki Prefecture to rest himself because his cirrhosis aggravated.On 9 he went to Miyazaki to attend the alumni reunion of the English department of Faculty of Education of Miyazaki University.