A special exhibition that honors the life of Jakucho Setouchi, who died last year, has begun in Tokushima City.
At the Tokushima Prefectural Literature and Calligraphy Museum, a special exhibition of Jakucho Setouchi from Tokushima City, which began on the 9th, will showcase his favorite fountain pen and the hair he had when he left home. You can look back on your life.
Of these, the handwritten manuscript of the novel "Beauty is in a turbulent state" depicting Noe Ito, who worked on the Women's Liberation Movement in the Taisho era, has been revised by hand in several places, showing the state at the time of writing. increase.
In addition to her writer, her photographs show that she was active in a wide range of activities, such as visiting the disaster areas of Tohoku due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and crossing the sea to visit Iraq during the Gulf War.
A person in his 50s from Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, said, "I didn't know much about Jakucho's life, but when I learned that I had been struggling since I was young, my view of the novel changed." I was talking.
Noriko Takeuchi, curator of the Tokushima Prefectural Literature and Calligraphy Museum, who had been close to Jakucho for nearly 40 years, said, "I have been active in a wide range of peace movements, not only in literature but also in my own war experience. I want you to know the life of Jakucho-san. "
The special exhibition will be open until the 22nd of next month.