Memory of Musashino
The memory of musashino of aobut 100 years ago, you can see in the famous
article "Musashino" written by Kunikida Doppo. He was probablly the first
Japanese person who discovered modern scenery by the eye of independent
individual.
He said that he had been strongly influenced by the Russian Natural Literature.
However such an eye toward scenary or landscape by independent individuals
was lost in social totalizm which drove the people towards the war.
After the second world war, the world was divided into west and east sectors
with an accompanying threat by nuclear weapons which could kill the human beeing
several times all over the world together with its habitat seneries on the
earth. Everything was thought of to be so weak and unreliable before such
weapons and people worked hard only to forget such a threat during they
worked. One day they found themselves to have attained miracle economic growth
but lost their beautiful habitat around them. But everyone pretended the
lost nature and its landscapes of Musashino was little worth their whiles
to protect or to consider its protection compared with the comfort able to
forget habiting fears in their mind. But almost at the same time that the
iron curtain was removed, several movement to recover the nature of Musashino
began to start like as resumption of waterway of Tamagawa Canal and
Nobidome Canal with consequent recovery of its green wood vegetations.
The last decade of 20 Century of Japan is so-called "lost decade" in
economic performance, however we can point out that basis of recovery
of Japanese nature was prepared in that decade especially in their
mentality. Of course so much of Musashino was lost in past, but we believe
the memory of it we can still find out in its field.
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