「地震後派」知識人の震災論

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  • Discussion on the Earthquake Presented by a “Post-earthquake　School” Intellectual
  • 「 ジシン ゴハ 」 チシキジン ノ シンサイロン

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<p>This study aims to clarify the transition of collective memory and recognition</p><p>about the Great Kanto Earthquake through the exploration of the narratives</p><p>of an academic figure. In a time when the collective memory of this past disaster</p><p>has been fading, this report made it clear how the opinion of the intellectual has</p><p>changed and why. The intellectual in question is Ikutaro Shimizu, who experienced</p><p>the Great Kanto Earthquake. Known as a prominent writer, he continued</p><p>to express his opinion on the Great Kanto Earthquake. He described himself an</p><p>“après un tremblement de terre”（ post-earthquake） writer, playing on words of</p><p>the après guerre（ post-war） generation. After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake</p><p>and its aftermath, Shimizu’s opinion on the disaster has drawn public</p><p>attention again. The aim of this report is to trace the manner in which Shimizu</p><p>talked about the disaster and how it changed.</p><p>　　Before the end of the Second World War, Shimizu rarely discussed the</p><p>Great Kanto Earthquake. In the days after the Second World War, he began to</p><p>write essays on the huge earthquake. In other words, he developed his own</p><p>interpretation of the earthquake in contrast with his war experience. As he recognized</p><p>that the Great Kanto Earthquake had been downplayed by society at</p><p>that time, he wrote about the Earthquake over and over as one of his important</p><p>personal experiences. Although he attempted to evoke collective remembrance</p><p>of the Earthquake in 1960, he quit writing about the Earthquake after all.</p><p>　　It is in and after 1970 that his narrative seemed to change. He came to deal</p><p>with the Great Kanto Earthquake as a matter of society or the nation, not as an</p><p>unforgettable personal event. He modified his opinion on the Earthquake in line</p><p>with the collective memory shared with people of the same period. This report</p><p>examines Shimizu’s argument on the Earthquake and its changes, and points</p><p>out the connection between personal memories and collective memory.</p>

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