また会う日まで Until the Day We Meet Again

Writer Natsuki Ikezawa (77) has published his third historical novel, Until the Day We Meet Again (Asahi Shimbun Publishing). The main character is Toshio Akiyoshi, the older brother (great uncle) of his paternal grandmother. The history of Japan during and after the war is depicted through the life of Akiyoshi, who lived from the Meiji period to the postwar period.

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Until the day we meet again Natsuki Ikezawa

Natsuki Ikezawa's historical novel "Until the day we meet again" is published.

You are going against "Thou shalt not kill". You must have been very worried. How did you come to terms with the three personalities?

I guess

It is said that the figure of Akiyoshi who asks himself from time to time is real, but there is no diary in the remaining materials. It contains the speeches read out by the valedictorian of the junior high school, the postcards sent from the training ship port, and the memoirs of the expedition members when they led the observation of the total solar eclipse on Lawsop Island under Japanese rule. He was quoted many times and was certainly alive. and make you feel warm. The scene that left an especially strong impression on me was the death of his ex-wife, Chiyo. The text, which seems to have been addressed to relatives and church officials, is as indifferent as a written report. However, Akiyoshi's deep sorrow gradually seeps out. Mr. Ikezawa said of Akiyoshi's personality, ``He can write sentences that are full of emotion while trying to convey things calmly.

I think it was.” Akiyoshi's younger sister and Ikezawa's grandmother.

Even if I go there or stay in the back, I'm not inside the house. Rather, Akiyoshi's statement that it should be called outside the house makes me smile. “I wanted to write a story in which women are lively,” says Ms. Ikezawa. It is said that there are also women who have "(I'm going to take revenge on them.

Akiyoshi, who was involved in the creation of an in-depth calendar for the Imperial Palace in which warships and planes could ascertain their positions, walked through a murky war. “It takes time to see an accurate picture of history. Now, I want to write an image of the war that we all share.” Here, Mr. Ikezawa, as a narrator, created Akiyoshi's naval academy classmate "M". The military hides inconvenient facts, the media stirs up the public, and the people go wild.

It happened about 80 years ago, but it's scary how it overlaps with the present. “The government lies, burns documents, and the media stirs things up. The public changes their opinions. Even if you look at it, the restlessness is increasing.