JackAmanoさんの おぼえた日記 - 2023年12月16日(土)

Superfrog saves Tokyo

Katagiri found a giant frog waiting for him in his apartment.
It was powerfully built, standing over six feet tall on its hind legs.
A skinny little man no more than five-foot-three, Katagiri was
overwhelmed by the frog's imposing bulk.
"Call me 'Frog;" said the frog in a clear, strong voice. Katagiri
stood rooted in the doorway, unable to speak.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not here to hurt you. Just come in and
close the door. Please:'
Briefcase in his right hand, grocery bag with fresh vegetables
and tanned salmon cradled in his left arm, Katagiri didn't dare
move.
"Please, Mr. Katagiri, hurry and close the door, and take off
your shoes:'
The sound of his own name helped Katagiri snap out of it.
He closed the door as ordered, set the grocery bag on the
raised wooden floor, pinned the briefcase under one arm, and
unlaced his shoes. Frog gestured for him to take a seat at the
kitchen table, which he did.


辻井喬　終わりからの旅

従軍経験を持つ実業家の兄と、終戦の年に生まれた新聞記者の弟。
老境にさしかかった二人は各々の人生を振り返る。戦争という影、
絶ちがたい初恋や戦後日本への違和感など、対極なようでどこか
似通ったものを抱く異母兄弟の葛藤を軸に、戦後史を深く掘り下
げた畢生の大作。
家庭の来歴　茜　密林と幻覚　捕虜収容所　帰還　安曇野の秋　茜ノート
準備　訪れた出発　妻の自律　茜ノート2 夫婦の協定　出発

The Tensho Earthquake that occurred in 1585 can be said to be the
most striking example of how a natural disaster changed Japanese
history.
It was a huge earthquake that occurred in the Chubu region of Japan
on January 18, 1586.
The biggest victim was Hideyoshi, who was trying to unify the country.
Nagahama Castle on the shores of Lake Biwa, which had been the castle
for a long time, liquefied, and the then lord of the castle, Kazutoyo
Yamauchi lost his daughter who was one off the victims.
According to the records of the missionary Louis Frois, Hideyoshi, who was
staying in Otsu City at this time, was not present for the time being.
He canceled all plans for the disaster and evacuated immediately to Osaka
Castle, which was considered the safest place.
The Mino, Owari, and Ise regions where the Hashiba army was supposed to
deploy suffered severe damage, and their war preparations were shredded.
Ieyasu's Okazaki Castle was also damaged, but the tremor within the territory
was said to have been a magnitude 4 on the Japanese scale.


If this earthquake had not happened, Ieyasu would have been attacked by
Hideyoshi's large army two months later.
There was also the possibility that the Tokugawa family would fall.

天正地震は天正13年11月29日（1586年1月18日）に日本の中部地方で発生し
た巨大地震。
最大の被害者は天下統一に半分王手をかけていた秀吉だった。
長らく居城としてきた琵琶湖畔の長浜城が液状化し、当時の城主・山内一豊の
娘が犠牲となった。
宣教師ルイス・フロイスの記録ではこのとき大津市に滞在していた秀吉は当面
の計画を全て中止し、最も安全とみられた大阪城へ一目散に避難したという。
この地震がなければ家康が2カ月後に秀吉の大軍から総攻撃を受けるはずで、
徳川家が滅亡する可能性もあった。
ところが震災で前線基地の大垣城が全壊焼失、同盟者織田信雄の長島城も倒壊
したという。
羽柴勢を展開させるはずの美濃・尾張・伊勢地方の被害が大きく、戦争準備
どころではなくなっていた。
家康側も岡崎城が被災していたが、領国内は震度4以下だったという。



Homare Sawa (澤 穂希, Sawa Homare, born 6 September 1978) is
a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward
or a midfielder.
Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all
time and the greatest Asian female footballer of all time, Sawa had
a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon
TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa.
She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably
captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an
Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.