For the first time, 28 diaries of poet Mokichi Saito's daily life and feelings have been released at the memorial hall in Kaminoyama City, Yamagata Prefecture, where he was born.
At the special exhibition held at the Saito Mokichi Memorial Hall in Kaminoyama City, 28 diaries written by Mokichi from the age of 42 to just before his death are exhibited for the first time.
The diary was kept at the home of Morio Kita, the second son of Shigekichi, and was donated to the memorial hall last November.
In the diary, daily life and feelings such as pulling out teeth and losing an acquaintance are described, and the appearance of seeing Ryunosuke Akutagawa as a psychiatrist is also recorded, and you can touch Shigekichi's true face. I can.
A person who visited the venue said, "It was interesting to see Shigekichi's original feelings. I had the image of being a strict person, but I also learned that there is a messy side to it."
Yoshitaka Igarashi, curator of the Saito Mokichi Memorial Hall, said, "The highlight is that episodes with novelists and poets with whom we interacted are also written, and it is also written with a different mindset from tanka, such as scribbles outside the frame. I can feel it. "