4月20日(水曜日)2022
大雪や長年の放置でひどく傷んだ裏の小屋の修理のために大工さんに入ってもらうことになりました。イベント用に使うものや、昔から母屋に残っていたものなど何でもかんでも放り込む場所として使っていた物置小屋の中はぐちゃぐちゃで、急に人が入ることになって大慌てで整理を始めました。その中にケースに入った昔ながらの日本人形があり、今更飾ることもないとゴミに出すつもりで、先ずはケースのガラスを細かく砕いて袋に入れ、人形本体は燃えるゴミとして出すつもりで手にしたのですが、あまりに姿形が綺麗なので、処分の前にもう一度飾っておこうと床の間におきました。落ち着いた色合いの着物、髪も綺麗に結ってあり何の汚れも傷もありません。
捨ててしまおうと思ったことをお人形にひたすら謝りました。
Because of the last heavy snow and leaving it unattended for several decades, the backyard house had a damaged roof and floor, I asked the building contractor to repair it. I am using this house for keeping things for the events such as folding chairs, vinyl floor, black curtains, etc and I also put an old piano, old kimonos from grandmother or great grandmother, books, and other things which I usually don't use. Therefore the inside of the house is a mess. I started to clean it up roughly anyhow. There was an old Japanese doll inside a glass case and I decided to throw it away, so I removed the glass, crushed them into small pieces, and put them in a cloth bag because we needed to throw them away in this way. Then I took the doll and saw it. It was still very nice, so I put it on the alcove in the guest room before throwing it away. The design and color of the kimono is nice, and her hair is beautifully tied. There is no damage or stains at all.
I deeply apologized to the doll for my previous feeling to throw her away.