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The music used for the slides was
Sergey Yenanov
When Dream Comes - Melodrama | Sentimental Piano Music (Free Download)
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I went to this exhibition near the end of its run.
After lunch at home, I wondered whether I should go or not. I left home thinking I would go for a walk to the old settlement on Kaigan Dori before dusk .......
Even though it was a weekday, there were still a lot of people there. Since the exhibition is an introduction to all the periods of the painter's life, from his early years to his later years, there are very few things I really want to see. Even so, the way he reconstructed the motifs of his youth in his later years reminded me of Ariake Kambara's revised works. The portrait photograph of the artist, who was known to have had a poisonous tongue, is full of confidence, which is quite different from Ariake's gaunt appearance.
There were several places where photography was allowed, and I took some of my favourites from behind people.
The Kobe City Museum is the former Kobe branch of the Bank of Tokyo. This is where I had cheques made out for overseas transfers to buy Arkham House editions of The Dunwich Horror and others. I was still in my teens. It was at the beginning of the transition to a floating exchange rate system after the Nixon Shock. After that, the fees of the Bank of Tokyo went up and I started to have them done at the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. Because of this trend, I chose Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank as the bank where I opened my first account after I started working.
I have only a few memories of Kaigan Dori. It was a place for the rich and out of touch. I felt uncomfortable there, but sometimes I felt nostalgic for its remote atmosphere.
I took a few photos while looking at the light from the shadows.
As a souvenir, I bought two glasses as a commemorative gift from the exhibition. Why two?
Whenever my wife bought new dishes, even after our daughter left home to live on her own, she always had three. My daughter eats at home only on a few occasions - Bon and New Year's and her birthday...
What was I thinking when I bought two glasses as an old person living alone? I don't know myself.
この展覧会も会期末近くになって出かけた。
家で昼食を食べた後、行くか行くまいか迷った末なのだが。海岸通の旧居留地を夕暮れ前の散歩がてら……と考えて家を出た。
平日ながら、やはり人は多い。画家の初期から晩年まで、全ての時期を紹介する形だから、本当に見たいものは、ごく僅か。それでも、若い頃のモチーフを晩年再構成する様子に、蒲原有明の改作を想起した。毒舌だったことが知られる画家の、その肖像写真は自信に満ち溢れ、有明の痩せ衰えた風貌とは全く異なるのだが。
写真撮影可の表示が何か所かあり、人の後ろから、お気に入りのものを写した。
神戸市立博物館は、嘗ての東京銀行神戸支店。ここで、Arkham House 版のThe Dunwich Horror and Others 等を購入するために海外送金用小切手を作ってもらった。それは未だ10代の頃。ニクソンショックを経て変動相場制へ移行した当初だった。その後は、東京銀行の手数料が上がり、第一勧業銀行で作ってもらうようになった。その流れから、就職後、初めて口座を設ける際にも第一勧銀を選んだ。
海岸通の記憶は僅か。金持ち相手の、縁遠い店ばかりだ。居心地の悪さを痛感するのだが、その余所余所しい雰囲気が却って懐かしいと思うときがある。
陰の部分から、光を眺めながら、数枚、写真を撮って帰った。
土産に展覧会記念グッズのグラスを二つ。何故二つなのか。
妻は、娘が家を出て一人で暮らすようになっても、新しく食器を購入するときは、必ず三つ揃えていた。娘が家で食事するのは盆と正月と誕生日…、僅かな機会でしかない。
独居老人となった私は何を想ってグラスを二つ購入したのか。自分でも分からない。
