31 century museum in kanazawa

Shinji Kurosaki
黒崎 信司

There is a photograph that I was embraced by mother when I was a wheedling child . After the war, our family was poor. This photograph was taken with the cousin and the elder sister putting on the knit sweater then. I don’t remember where it took a place, but the people on the photo are no doubt my mother and I. My parents who tried the best to raise me though we were poor. I can still recall the taste of sukiyaki we ate together. I can’t go back to that time any more. I want to say again, “Thank you, mother, father!”

写真

甘えん坊だった頃の自分が母にだかれた写真がある。戦後まもなく、家は貧しく、編んでもらったセーターを着て、いとこと姉と一緒にとった写真だ。僕にはそれがどこなのかも分からないが、写っているのはまさしく母と自分だ。貧しいながらも必死で育ててくれた母と父。ちゃぶ台を囲んでみんなで食べたスキヤキの味が今も蘇ってくる。あの頃にはもう戻れない今、もう一度言おう。お父さんお母さん、ありがとう！