“ユネスコ記憶遺産に登録申請した
「通州事件」から“
その１、「戦禍の北支を行く」（吉屋信子）
（『主婦の友』昭和１２年９月号）
小説家として有名な吉屋信子は昭和３年、満州、ソ連経由でヨーロッパに渡り、１年近くパリに滞在した後、アメリカを経由して帰国するなど行動的な女性でしたが、昭和１２年８月には、主婦の友皇軍慰問特派員として北京に到着しました。直ちにその一ヶ月前に起こった通州の悲劇の跡を取材すべく通州に入りました。その手記が『主婦の友』誌９月号に掲載されました。
小説家の手による優れた観察記を英訳して「通州事件」記憶遺産の記録として、ユネスコに登録申請しました。登録申請者、通州アーカイブズ設立基金のご承諾を得て皆様に、また世界の人々にご紹介する次第です。
＊吉屋信子（１８９６～１９７３）
１９１６年『花物語』で人気作家になる。１９１９年『屋根裏の二処女』
で同性愛を描いて話題になり、また１９３７年発表の『良人の貞操』は男性
の貞操をめぐって議論を起こした。１９５２年には『安宅家の人々』『鬼火』
で、第４回女流文学者賞を受賞した。晩年は『徳川家の夫人たち』『女人平
家』など女性史を題材とした長編小説を執筆した。
英訳文：URL http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/761/
PDF http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Yoshiya-Senka-no-Hokushi.pdf
海外には、下記の通り英文で発信しました。
平成２８年７月２５日「史実を世界に発信する会」会長代行 茂木弘道拝
http://hassin.org
“Tongzhou Massacre” Series No.1
“Bearing Witness to the Ravages of War in North China”
by Yoshiya Nobuko
This is the first of a series of articles pertaining to the Tongzhou Massacre submitted for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register; it originally appeared in the September 1937 issue of Shufu no Tomo.
Yoshiya Nobuko was an immensely popular, award-winning novelist. She was also an adventurous woman who, in 1928, traveled to Europe by way of Manchuria and Russia. She spent a year in Paris, and then returned to Japan via the United States.
In August 1937 Yoshiya arrived in Beijing. She then headed for Tongzhou, where Shufu no Tomo, a monthly magazine, had sent her to cover the aftermath of the Tongzhou Massacre, which had occurred during the previous month. Her account of the horrific sights she saw in Tongzhou appeared in the September issue of that publication.
We have submitted an English translation of this gifted writer’s observations for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. We have obtained approval from the applicant, the Fund for Archives of the Tongzhou Massacre, and are sending a copy to each of you; we will also disseminate the article overseas.
Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973)
It was her novel Hana monogatari (Flower Tales), published in 1916, that brought Yoshiya Nobuko into the limelight. Her fame only increased with the publication of Yaneura no ni shojo (Two Virgins in the Attic), which describes a lesbian relationship. Otto no teiso (A Husband’s Virtue), issued in 1937, drew a great deal of attention and inspired debates about male fidelity. Ataka ke no hitobito (The Ataka Family) and Onibi (Demon Fire), both published in 1952, earned Yoshiya the Joryu bungakusha sho (Women’s Literary Prize). Toward the end of her literary career, she focused on novels about women’s history, among them Tokugawa no fujintachi (Tokugawa women) and Nyonin Heike (Women of the Heike).
English translation: URL http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/761/
Questions are welcome.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact