“ユネスコ記憶遺産に登録申請した「通州事件」から“
その８、「通州事件」遭難生存者（４人）の証言
４）佐々木テンの証言
佐々木さんは攻撃を受けた受難者ではありません。たまたまある事情で、事件時に支那人の群衆に紛れて「支那人として」蛮行の一部始終を目撃することになった、貴重な証言者です。
大分の田舎で生まれた佐々木さんは大阪で働いているときに中国人の沈さんという人と知り合い結婚し、昭和３年に中国にわたり、昭和９年に通州に移住しました。昭和１１年ころになると町の空気が不穏になってきて、夫の沈さんから中国人を装うように言われ、そうして暮らしていました。
そして昭和１２年７月２９日に朝、夫の沈さんと殺害現場に出くわしたわけです。「支那人として」目撃していたためにとがめられることなく一部始終を見るとになったのでした。
浄土真宗本願寺派因通寺１６世住職であった調（しらべ）寛雅氏が西本願寺別府別院で講話をしたときに熱心に通ってこられた佐々木さんからこの証言を直接聞いて、『天皇様が泣いてござった』（教育者）という本に載せています。
佐々木さんの証言の部分を藤岡信勝教授が、解説を加えて『通州事件 目撃者の証言』（自由社）という本にまとめております。その証言部分です。
日本語原文：http://hassin.org/01/wp-content/uploads/sasaki.pdf
英訳文：URL: http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/854/
PDF: http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Testimony-of-Ms.-Sasaki-Ten.pdf
海外には、下記の通り英文で発信しました。
平成２８年11月２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 8
Testimonial record of survivors (4)
4) The Testimony of Ms. SASAKI Ten
This is the eighth of a series of articles pertaining to the Tongzhou Massacre, which has been submitted for inclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
Ms. SASAKI Ten, from Ooita Prefecture, married a Chinese named Chen (沈) and moved to China. She lived in Tongzhou at the time of the Incident. On the morning of July 29, being drawn by murmuring (“Something odd is going on in Japanese residential district”), hiding behind the shadow of her husband, she witnessed the crime. Returning to Japan after a divorce, she was fearful of mentioning the Incident to anyone or that she had even lived in Tongzhou
After speaking with a senior monk, Shirabe Kanga, at a Buddhist Temple, she was able to open up and speak about her experience. A chronicle of her statements was published and authored by Shirabe, “The Emperor is Crying” (l997, published by Kyoiku-sha), with nearly 50 pages of commentary.
Compared to other testimonies, Ms. Sasaki’s testimony is that of a witness, watching the atrocities as they occurred, and so, by its nature, very precious source material.
From Ms. Sasaki’s statement:
“From the house a young [Japanese] woman was dragged out. She looked like someone’s young daughter and appeared to be about 15 or 16 with fair skin. It was a [Chinese] student who dragged her out. And he stated found her hiding and dragged her out. The face of the young lady was hard with fear. Her body was violently shaking. The student who dragged her out had a smile on his face, as if he had just pulled out a kitten out from hiding… [annotated 8 lines] The student suddenly threw the girl down to the pavement, then ripped off her undergarments. The young lady screamed ‘Please help me!’ It was at that moment, one Japanese man jumped out. And as if to cover her body he threw himself onto her. He was probably her father. Then a [Chinese] militia man struck the head of this man with the butt of a rifle. A crushing sound was heard. The man’s head split open…”
Gruesome atrocities committed during the Tongzhou Massacre appear to be endless in Ms. Sasaki’s testimony. While horrifying, Ms. Sasaki’s testimony vividly conveys heinous acts of Chinese barbarism.
English translation: URL: http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/854/
PDF：http://www.sdh-fact.com/CL/Testimony-of-Ms.-Sasaki-Ten.pdf
Questions are welcome.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, Acting Chairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact