Amami Oshima―Enjoying Serendipity， Pilgrimage and Requiem［English

著者名：Marcion’s Box【著】/Renolds Matsuda【訳】

知玄舎（2023/10発売）

• ISBN：9784910056609

内容説明

This is a record of the group [Marcions Box], which travels to shrines and temples all over Japan, exploring the unknown culture and unexplored region of Amami Oshima, a subtropical island in Japan that has just arrived in early summer. Encounter with the strong people who live on the island, which lives on the history and cultural customs of the island, which experienced the rule of the Satsuma domain in the Edo period and the American military after the war. The tradition of singing and the life of gay bar moms. This is a pilgrimage that you cannot experience on a regular trip, such as the ecology of habu as a famous guardian deity of Amami Oshima, a national sanatorium that tells the negative history of people suffering from leprosy, and the feelings of Kazumura Tanaka, who is known as Japans Gauguin who loved Amami. An English version (with Persian translation) of a travelogue full of color photos that conveys the culture and unexplored region of Amami Oshima through requiems. This bilingual translated book was created by the translator (Reinoldx Matsuda) to help people from the Christian world (English) and the Muslim world (Persian) learn about the nature and culture of Japan, Amami Oshima, through the same book. Something I hope you can share. This is an attempt to realize world peace.
日本各地の神社仏閣を巡る旅をしているグループ［Marcionの匣］が、初夏の訪れまもない日本のなかの亜熱帯、奄美大島の知られざる文化と秘境を探訪した記録。江戸時代の薩摩藩の支配、戦後のアメリカ軍の支配を経験した島の歴史と文化風習に息づく、島に生きるたくましい人々との出会い――教会での洗礼やノロ神様とユタ神様の存在、シマ唄の伝統とゲイバーママの生きざま。奄美大島で有名な守り神としてのハブの生態、ハンセン病者の負の歴史を伝える国立療養所、奄美を愛した日本のゴーギャンとして知られる田中一村への想いなど、通常の旅では体験できない巡礼と鎮魂によって奄美大島の文化と秘境を伝えるカラー写真満載の旅行記の英語版（ペルシャ語対訳付き）。この二か国語併記の翻訳本は、翻訳版企画者（Reinoldx Matsuda) が、英語のキリスト教圏とペルシャ語のイスラム教圏の人々が、同一の書籍を通じて共に奄美大島という日本の自然と文化を共有できることを願ってのもの。世界平和実現の一つの試みである。

目次

PROLOGUE A subtropical zone in Japan―Amami Oshima
◎―A warm and humid group of islands in the path of the Kuroshio Current
◎―To get to Amami Oshima Island, you can fly or take a ferry.
Chapter 1: Amami Oshima　an island twice colonized
◎―Our travel themes are “Enjoying Serendipity” and “Pilgrimage and Requiem”
◎―Edo period: Ruled by the Satsuma clan and subjected to slave labor
◎―Showa period: Occupied and ruled by the U.S. after World War II
Chapter 2: A prayer for safe travel at Haneda Aviation Shrine
◎―The trip begins with a visit to Haneda Aviation Shrine.
◎―The rainy season had begun, but it was sunny in Amami!
◎―No trains in Amami
◎―“Sightseeing taxis” come highly recommended
◎―Rentomg three American cars
Chapter 3: Amami’s nature―Tebiro Beach is a surfers heaven
◎―A dramatic coast where rivers appear at low tide
◎― “Heart Rock is submerged!”
Chapter 4: The Amami church is friendly
◎―Amami is a spiritual island
◎―Experiencing “vicarious baptism” at the church
◎―Religious experiences cannot be explained with words
◎―The Noro and Yuta shamans
◎―Close your eyes tightly and you will see the answer
◎―What to bring as a gift to a Yuta: salt and alcohol
Chapter 5: Enjoying a live performance of shima-uta songs at an izakaya
◎―Naorai is a shima-uta (island song) izakaya
◎―The drumming and dancing begin, with everyone inside participating
Chapter 6: Offering requiem prayers at a national sanatorium
◎―A visit to National Sanatorium Amami Wakoen
◎―The reality is completely different―depending on the park, of course
Chapter 7: Canoeing in Subtropical Mangroves
◎―Mangroves are a group of plants forming a forest that grow in areas where seawater and freshwater meet…
◎―Struggling in a one-person canoe
Chapter 8: Habu is the guardian god of Amami
◎―Viewing habu snakes at Amami Kanko Habu Center
◎―Habu-hunting and habu atari strengthen the unity of the community
◎―Watching the epic battle between a habu snake and a mongoose (on DVD)
◎―We tasted Habu Ramen
◎―“OH! Kama BAR” is a gay bar where patrons chat with K-mama
◎ -- A story about three soldiers who needed help
Chapter 9: Back to Heart Rock
◎―Through a tunnel of tropical plants where we might find habu snakes, and straight to the sea
◎--There it is, Heart Rock!
Chapter 10: Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum of Art
◎―Exhibition of Tanaka Issons paintings from the times he lived in Tokyo, Chiba, and Amami
◎―Isson came to Amami looking for a new direction
◎―Ending the trip by taking a commemorative photo in a sugarcane field
EPILOGUE: Toward a New Tomorrow
◎―A return visit to Haneda Aviation Shrine to give thanks for the trip