「宗廣佳子作品展 ～力三、陽介の軌跡と共に～」
参加作家紹介１：宗廣力三
この写真の裏側には『買ってもらった帽子をかぶって』と母のメモ書き。
祖父力三の膝から滑り落ちそうになっている私のなんとも言えない表情。
私を抱える祖父の手つきは、どこかきこちなくも見えます。
祖父が逝去したのは私が小学生のころ。
朧げな記憶に、家族やかつての研修生やご近所さんから伺うお話が重なって、
私の中の力三像は今も鮮やかになっています。
どのお話も笑い話から始まることが多い、という共通点も。
『くしゃみ三回ルル三錠』というテレビCMを真に受けて、くしゃみの回数で風邪薬の数を決めようとしたとか。
たくさんの苦労話も極上の笑い話にした、とは大岡信さんの記。
技術も心も磨く。むしろ、片方だけは磨けない、という考えだったと思います。
「宗廣佳子の仕事展」中は、足柄山に移動してからの様子も、
郡上八幡の方にご覧いただけたらと思います。
宗廣力三の記事はこちら
Aspiration as high as Mt Fuji.
Pure as river water
To my beloved three princesses
(Adressed to his three granddaughters.
At the back, it says “Be a good person like your mother and father. Your grandfather is keeping healthy, too,” written by a pencil.)
There I am, slipping off my grandfather Rikizo’s knee, with an expression that’s hard to describe.
His hands holding me appear… almost awkward. My mother scribbled a note on the back: “Wearing the hat grandpa just bought.”
My grandfather passed away when I was in elementary school.
Faint childhood memories have since been layered with stories shared by family, former apprentices, and neighbours. Over time, my image of Rikizo has become, and is becoming, more vivid than ever.
There’s one thing all these stories seem to share: they often begin with laughter.
Like the time he took a cold medicine commercial literally. “Three sneezes? Three pills of Lulu,” it said, so he determined the dose by how many times someone sneezed.
Poet Makoto Ohka once wrote that even his tales of hardship were transformed into stories of exquisite humour.
Rikizo believed in cultivating both skill and spirit. In fact, I think he believed one could not be refined without the other.
During this exhibition, I hope to share his philosophy through his works, calligraphy, and stories I collected.
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