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A CERTAIN LIFE

JIBUN NAGAI

東京へ戻った彼は暫しの休息を楽しんでいる様に見えた

毎日のようにサウナへ行き

自身の原点でもある大衆安酒場へ通い

時にはコンサートにも招待をされ赴く

少しは脚光を浴びる生活にも見える

しかしそれでも彼は相変わらずの鯨飲馬食

食べる物にも困窮していた私からしたら

それは悔しくも羨ましく

私はいつもその光景をただ上から眺めている

飲食についてはもしかしたら

私の分をも敵討ちとして食してくれているのかもしれない

そんな日々の中彼は朧げながらも

次なる創作への意欲が湧いてきているようだった

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    KEIEISOUCHOU

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    empty room

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    JIMBOCHO

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    RAKUJITSUDO ANTIQUE BOOKSTORE

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    OUTBOUND NANAO LINE

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    NANAO STATION

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    SAIKOJI TEMPLE

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    IN FRONT OF THE GRAVE

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    ON THE WAY HOME IPPONSUGI STREET

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    RETURN JOURNEY NANAO LINE

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    A CERTAIN LIFE

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    NEW SOWING

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    AKABANE STATION

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    TWO PERSONAL NOVELISTS

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    KAIMAMISOKI

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Kenta Nishimura (1967-2022)
Seizo Fujisawa (1889-1932)

Kenta Nishimura, recipient of Japan's prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, revered the Taishō-era writer Seizo Fujisawa-who endured a life of hardship-as his master. Calling himself a posthumous disciple, Nishimura likewise lived out a life that would prove to be brief.

Master and disciple who never once met face to face. Today, their graves stand side by side in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. From the heavens (or perhaps from beneath the earth), Fujisawa watched over the course of Nishimura's life.

This recording is a creative work: the landscape of Kenta Nishimura as seen through the eyes of Seizo Fujisawa.

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