トランスフェリック・ミュージック ～じいやの横笛

以前ホスピスでのボランティアコンサートを続けている狩野嘉宏さんのことを書きましたが、今日別件で打ち合わせに稽古場へおじゃましたところ、狩野さん所有のギター　マーチンＤ２８で私の伴奏で音合わせをしました。

狩野さんが笛とギターのための曲集の楽譜をもっておられて、思いがけず楽しいことになりました。

人とあわせるのは難しいことですが、あったときの気持ちよさはこたえられません。

音楽は解釈が人によって違うのでこころを合せて音の世界を作るという素晴らしいことだと思いました。狩野さんの指導のもとデュオをやってみようと思います。

実は１０年位前に私が作った「じいやの横笛」というオリジナル曲があるんですが、狩野さんとの出会いを予知しているような曲で何気なく弾いた曲に狩野さんのオブリガードがのっていい曲になりました。

じいやの横笛　作詞：しののめ太郎　作曲：鈴次郎

祭ばやしだ　ぴーひゃらら　テレツクテンテン　ぴーひゃらら～

じいやの笛は黒塗りの　ピカピカ光った横笛さ

村の鎮守のお祭にぴーひゃらあ　得意に吹いたっけ

じいやが笛を吹くときにゃ　ゴホン！とひとつ咳ばらい

首を振り振り吹いたっけ　テレツクテンテン　ぴいひゃらら～

山が色づく秋里に　ひょっとこ　おかめも　笑ってる

じいやが死んでもう五年　こっそり笛を取り出して

おっかなびっくり吹いてみた　遠くの空でこだました

祭ばやしが聞こえると　じいやの横笛思い出す

ぴいひゃらぴいひゃらぴいひゃらら　ぴいひゃら～　ぴひゃらぴいひゃら～

いつか披露できる日がくるといいと思います。

和楽器の持つ可能性と人と人との巡り合わせの不思議さを感じます。

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Transpheric Music and Shinobue

I introduced Mr Yoshihiro Karino to my readers before. He is a performer of Japanese transverse flute called shinobue and holds concerts in a hospice. I visited him today to practice music. While I played the guitar, Martin D28, which I had borrowed from Mr Karino, he played his shinobue. After tuning up, we began to play pieces of music together. It was great.

To perform with other players is often difficult because people interpret music differently. But when all players are in tune with each other, there is nothing more beautiful and pleasant than that. So, to create music by co-operating with other people is really wonderful as I have been doing with Mr Karino.

Ten years ago I created a song whose title is “Grandfather’s Yokobue”. (Yokobue is a general term for types of Japanese transverse flutes, including shinobue.) It may have predicted that Mr Karino and I were going to meet. When I was playing a bit of the song today, he listened to it and joined me with playing the obbligato.

Here is my piece:

Grandfather’s Yokobue (Lyrics written by Shinonome Taro; Music produced by Suzujiro)

A carnival is going on.
My grandfather had a black bright yokobue
And used to play it well in carnivals, I remember.
Taking a breath, he started his performance in front of crowds.
Even funny masks for men and women began to smile.

Five years passed since he died.
Now I got his flute, feeling formidable and excited.
When I blow it, a huge sound reached the autumn sky.

When there is a carnival, I remember my grandfather’s yokobue.


I am feeling a great possibility of Japanese musical instruments to connect people. I hope that we can perform the song in the near future. ■

ドリームカムトゥルー

３年前になりますが、ある日夢にあるお坊さんがでてきて自己紹介をなさいました。そんな方がいていつ頃の方なのかネットでしらべると栃木県岩舟町の小野寺というところにある大慈寺の３代目の住職だった広智さんという方でした。何かあるのかと思い自分の誕生日に、そのお寺を訪ねてみることにしました。

案内版にこの寺は行基さんという有名な方が平安時代に開山した寺で、栃木県では最古のお寺だということと行基さんはもちろんこの広智さんも菩薩とよばれている方だということがわかりました。

お参りして寺の方を探してみたのですが、見当たらず本堂の裏手に遊歩道と書いてあったので少しあるくとおじさんがベンチで昼寝していて優雅だなと思いながら進むといつしか道は修行の道という名前に変っていました。

途中で帰るのも気が引けてなんとか頂上まで昇ると住職がいらしゃり、今日来た経緯を話しました。

そんな人初めてだということになりお茶をごちそうになっていると檀家の方が最近発見されたとかいう広智さんの肖像画を持ってきました。

檀家の方が、「それあなたの前世じゃないのですか？」とびっくりするこというのでそんな立派な方とは・・・・と言っているときに一秒だけの地震がありしかもその部屋だけ「ドン」と。「ほらそうみたいですね」とみなさんが笑っていました。

それから一年たってまた寄ってみると不思議な方ばかりが集まっていて「いいときに来ますね」と住職がおっしゃってしばらくすると部屋の中で光るものが見えたのでその場にいた小学生の女子と「今見たよね」と見合わせてしまいました。その女の子は霊感みたいのがあるようです。

そんなこんなで行くたびに何かあるので先日また寄ってみました。当然留守だったので、何も起きないこともあるよなと思って帰る途中セルフのガソリンスタンドに寄ったろころお寺の奥様が私の裏側でガソリンを入れておられ

「よくここで入れるんですか？」とお聞きすると初めてだとことでよくよく縁があるのだなと思いました。

この広智さんはあの自覚大師円仁を育てたり、最澄さんの弟子でしたが同時代の空海さんとも親しく当時の仏教会の高僧をたくさん育てコーディネーターとかコーチのような方だったようです。

これがきっかけで「如来の使として」という本が出版されることになりました。

こういうのを一種のドリームカムトゥルーというのでしょうか。

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A Dream Come True

Three years ago I had a dream of a Buddhist monk. He introduced himself to me. It was so interesting that I researched about him soon. I discovered that he was Kochi (広智), who was the third leader of Daijiji at Iwafune-machi in Tochigi prefecture and one of the most important Buddhist priests in the Heian period, running from 794 to 1185. What does the dream mean? To find out about it, I decided to visit the temple on my birthday.

In front of the entrance gate, I found a guide board. It says that the temple, which is the oldest of all the temples in Tochigi, was build by Gyoki (行基 Gyoki was a famous Japanese Buddhist priest, 668-749) in the Heian period. I also learnt that Gyoki and Kochi were called Bosatsu (菩薩), the second highest rank after Buddha given to excellent Buddhist priests.

Looking for the temple, I was walking on a footpath behind a main hall. I saw a man sleeping on a bench, whom I envied. After a while I realised that the footpath I had been walking became a ‘training’ road continuing to the top of a mountain. I was a little confused but did not stop. When I reached the end, I met a Buddhist monk and told him what brought me here.

He was obviously surprised at my story and wanted to know more about it. Giving me a cup of green tea, he said that I was the first man to have such a dream and visit the temple. While we were talking, a man living in the temple brought me a portrait of Kochi which had been recently discovered.

The man who brought us the picture said, ‘Can’t it be that Kochi is your ancestor?’ I was surprised at his remark and did not know what to say. When I tried to say something, the mountain shook for just one second. And we heard a sudden noise as if something hit only our room. ‘You see. He must be’, said everyone else with a smile.

One year later, I revisited the temple. There were already some other people. ‘You came here at a good time’, said a Buddhist monk. When I was in a room with everyone else, I saw something brightening flashed in front of me. There was a girl standing next to me and our eyes met. ‘You saw that, didn’t you?’ She nodded. She later told me that she has a psychic ability.

The other day I went to the temple without telling people there beforehand. I was expecting something to happen again like before. But there was no one when I arrived there. I thought that nothing would happen sometimes. I got back to my car and drove to a petrol station. This is, however, not the end of my story. There, I met a wife of a Buddhist monk of the temple. I asked her whether she often comes here to fill up with petrol. Surprisingly, she said that it was the first time for her to come here. I was sure that I have been connected with the temple.

Kochi educated Jikaku Daishi or Ennin (自覚大師/ 円仁he was a distinguished Buddhist priest, 794-864). While he was an apprentice of Saicho (最澄 he was one of the most important Buddhist priests in Japan, 767-822), he had a close friendship with Kukai (空海 he is also one of the most prominent Buddhist monks in Japan, 774-835). Kochi was said to be like a coach, producing many high Buddhist priests. To tell his educational aspect, a historical book Nyoraino-tsukaitoshite (meaning ‘as a messenger of Buddha’) was published last December.

I wonder if my experience is a dream come true.■

報徳経営の同志たち

前回の法政大学の坂本先生の講義や「日本でいちばん大切にしたい会社」でも取り上げられている伊那食品工業さんは、二宮金次郎の教えを取り入れて成功している企業です。

金次郎さんの経営哲学や経営仕法を取り入れているという点では私もその端くれだと自負しています。

内村鑑三が「代表的な日本人」の中で取り上げているひとりとして文字通り日本を代表する精神の持ち主だったのが金次郎でした。この本はドイツ語や英語に翻訳され世界中の指導者が参考にしたと言われています。

報徳を社員や地域の徳（ポテンシャル）に報いる活動と私は考えています。

正にＥＳ、ＣＳといった今のトレンドが江戸末期の一つのスタンダードになっていたわけです。

足もとから幸福を創造するということが経営の最大の目的だと坂本先生も言われましたが、そのほうが増収増益になるということをこれからも研究し、広げていきたいと思います。

Ｊ．Ｆ．ケネディ、マーガレット・サッチャー、松下幸之助、府内泰生（シンニッタン社長）、豊田佐吉（トヨタ創業者）塚越寛（伊那食品工業社長）河相全次郎（八重洲ブックセンター元社長）ピータードラッカー

僭越ですが、みなさん同志です。

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Kinjiro and his friends

In my last post I wrote about The Most Important Companies in Japan. Mr Koji Sakamoto, the author of the book, refers to Ina Food industry, a successful Japanese producer of agar and thickening agents. The success of the firm is largely because it introduced Ninomiya Sontoku’s philosophy called ‘houtoku-shisou’ (see post on his idea).

I consider myself as one of those who take Ninomiya’s approach to corporate management.

Kinjiro is a very important person to understand broad aspects of Japan. Kanzo Uchimura (内村鑑三, Uchimura was a prominent Japanese author and Christian evangelist, 1861-1930) said in his book Representative Men of Japan (代表的な日本人) that Ninomiya had a great spirit. His book was translated into foreign languages like English and German, which world leaders are said to have read.

I consider hotoku-shishou as an activity for managers to repay their employees or local communities for their service and potentials. His idea is exactly what Employee Satisfaction and Consumer Satisfaction are aiming at today. What was a standard in the late Edo era is now a trend.

As Mr Sakamoto says, to create and grow staff’s happiness is the main goal of management. I am studying how this idea will produce more profits for companies than other methods do. And I am not alone to spread it. J.F Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, Peter Drucker, Konosuke Matsushita, Yasuo Funai, the chairman of Shinnittan, Sakichi Toyota, the founder of Toyota, Hiroshi Tsukaetsu, the president of Ina Food Industry, Zenjiro Kawai, the former president of Yaesu Book Centre, are all my companions.■