９月２５日（木曜日）２０２５
ロネとジージのコメディライブ「On the Ship 〜大西洋ぶたりぼっち〜」多賀公演　東京での新作ライブを多賀仕様にしての公演です。

芸達者なクラウン・ロネとジージ。新作公演を楽しみにしている方も多いでしょう。ストーリーが新しいだけじゃないんです。今まで二人のステージを観てきた人も、初めて観る人も、へぇ〜？すっご〜い！とその多才ぶりに圧倒されるはずです。子供から大人まであっという間に笑いのツボに入り、二人のスキルの多さに舌を巻くはず。

ロネのクラウン講座もお勧めです。旧ソ連で修行し、アメリカでの経験も長く、今年プロとして３５年目のロネとジージ。
クラウンが何かよく分からない人も、笑いの奥にある人間として大事なものが、素顔のロネの話から見えてくるというお得感いっぱいの時間です。

お申し込みは、多賀あさひや（0749-48-0186）まで。

We are pleased to present to you Clown RONE & Gigi's music comedy live "On the Ship〜only tow in the Pacific Ocean" in Taga.
It was newly performed at Aoyama in Tokyo and modified the direction for Taga performance.

Many of you are looking forward to watching RONE & Gigi 's new performance. Both people who have already seen their stage and who will see their stage for the first time, will be overwhelmed by their variety of skills. Everybody, from kids to adults, would be laughing due to their talented clowning.

We would like to strongly recommend RONE's Talk. RONE & Gigi are in their 35th year this year as a professional clown duo. They trained in the Soviet Union, and experienced the US for 13 years. You will know what are the important things to experience as a human being through Rone's talk. It will bring you laughter, and you will be fulfilled with it.

９月１７日（水曜日）２０２５
　１０月２６日（日曜日）に「石と石垣の魅力」の講座を開催します。
講演者は西澤伊織さん。西澤さんは安土在住の石垣作家で、自然石を加工せずに積み上げる「野面積み」の設計と施工をしています。野面積みは日本の伝統的な工法で戦国時代の城郭などによく見られますが、西澤さんは伝統的な工法を踏まえながら独自のセンスと技術で芸術表現ともいえる美しい石垣を仕上げ、海外からも注目されています。

　今回の講演では、西澤さんがどのような過程や思いで石垣を完成させるのか、石垣の歴史や作り手の感性なども分かるように多くの写真を紹介しながら、石と石垣の魅力について話していただきます。また、海外の石積みとの比較についても興味深いところです。石や石垣の見方、見どころなどについてもアドバイスしていただけるでしょう。

　お申し込みは、多賀あさひや（0749-48-0186）まで。


We will have the second lecture titled "Interesting and attractive stone & stone walls." by Mr. Iori Nishizawa on Sunday Oct. 26. Mr. Nishizawa is a stonemason resident in Azuchi. He is doing design and construction work of Nozura-zumi, which is a way of working to pile up nature stones without cutting. Nozura-zumi is a Japanese traditional method of construction of stone walls which appeared in castles in the Warring States period. He is gathering attention from other countries because he creates his work beautifully with his artistic sense and technique based on Japanese traditional methods.

He will talk about how he completed his work and what he is thinking about showing many pictures of his work. He will also talk about the difference in stone walls between Japan and other countries. We will get some advice when we see the stone wall, what are the points to appreciate and the highlights of them.

横田順（すなお）墨画展（10/1~15）を多賀あさひやで開催します。
以下は「美術屋・百兵衛」2013 Spring No.25 に掲載された文章の引用です。（一部省略）

自らが向かい合った心を映し出す。横田順

　自己を凝視し、現在の己の気持ちや感情を墨で表現するアーティスト。２０代の頃に油彩を始めたが、自分が表現したい方法はこれではないと感じていた。そんな折り、書を通じて墨と出会う。書塾では古典や詩、小説の一部などの言葉を借り、自らの気持ちを表現した。しかし書では言葉の存在による自身と作品との間の埋められない距離、また表現の限界を感じるようになり、遂に９年間通った書塾を辞め、墨による自己表現の旅に出た。
　自身が生きるこの世界に起こる数々の出来事を、深く、広く考え続ける。今感じていることを、どのような色、形、構図で表現すべきなのか試行錯誤しながら描く。その中で絵から力が感じられ、納得できるものだけが横田の作品となる。

I am pleased to announce Boku-ga (Sumi ink paintings) exhibition by Sunao Yokota in October 1st to 15th at Taga Asahiya.

Ms. Yokota is a painter who lives in Hikone. There is an article about her which was in the art magazine "Hyakubei" in 2013 with her several works. "I encountered Japanese calligraphy when I was in my early thirties and it influenced me more than I expected. At the calligraphy school, I expressed myself by borrowing words from classics, poems and parts of novels. However the more time passed, the more distance I felt between the words and myself which I couldn't resolve and I felt a limitation in my expression because the existence of the words didn't free me. I wanted to express my thoughts and feelings as I live in the real world. Therefore, I decided to leave calligraphy school where I was for nine years and departed for the Sumi-ink world to express myself. I wanted to keep thinking deeply and widely about various events which occurred in the world. Thinking of the color, shape and structure, I draw my painting repeatedly through trial and error and in this process, I feel a sense of power and only the one which I am satisfied with what remains of Yokota's work. ---(omitted below) ----".

９月１５日（月曜日）２０２５
　終活講座が終了しました。
三重県四日市市、医療法人朋有会・伊藤クリニック院長、伊藤毅先生によるお話は、丁寧で分かりやすくお集まりくださった皆様に多くのヒントをいただけるものでした。かつていくつもの老人ホームを経営され、今はそうした老人ホームのかかりつけ医としても多くの方の見取りをしてこられた先生は、ご自分の医師としての経験はもとより、これまで接したご家族を含む様々な方、書物、見てきた光景から得た個人としての考えを率直に出しながらお話くださいました。こうした先生のお人柄が、いささか重みのある今回のテーマの内容を皆の心に共鳴できるように届けたのだと思います。

　終末期を在宅で迎えるか、老人ホームなどの施設で迎えるかについても色々な事例をあげてアドバイスをくださいました。
老人ホームは一人でなく複数で見に行くことが先生のお勧めです。

　すべての人が平等に迎える終末期。誰もが穏やかに心残りなく迎えたいものです。そのためには、自分の意思をあらかじめ決めておくこと、そしてそれを書面に表しておくことが大事だそうです。私自身、解決しておかなければならない問題が山のようにあり、人間関係では心残りはまだまだあるし、事務処理に関しては面倒くさいなぁというのが本音で後回しになっています。

　過去に家族を亡くした方はもっと早く知っていればよかったとおっしゃり、今後認知症になるかもしれない不安を持つ人も病気の人もそうした家族がいる人も、一人一人受け止め方は違ったと思いますが、私どもでのこうした講座は今回が初めてでいつもとはまた違う充実感がありました。

A lecture about "how to spend days in the end-of-life" is now over. The lecturer was Dr. Takeshi Itoh who is the director of Itoh clinic in Yokkaichi, Mie prefecture. His talk was precise and easy to understand for the audience. Dr. Itoh used to run many senior homes, and now he visits senior homes and checks up on many seniors on their deathbeds as an examination doctor besides working at his clinic. He talked about his experiences from a doctor's point of view and he also talked from his personal view point through his family, his favorite books or the scenery which he was impressed with. That's why his words and advice resonated with the audience.

There are two ways to have the end-of-life, one is at one's own home and other one is at other facilities like senior homes. He said both have merit and demerit. He advised that if you search a senior home, you should go there to have a look with more than two people.

Everyone equally experiences end-of-life and we would like to have it calmly and with no regret. Dr. Itoh said it is important for you first to accept that you will end our lives finally and to express your own will (ex. if you are terminal cancer or senility and you do not want to be resuscitated, you express it in a document. ) I have many things to solve and fix relationships before my terminal day but most of them are still being put off now.

One of the participants who lost her family member a few years ago told me that she wanted to listen to Dr.'s advice. There are people who are worried about becoming demented in the near future, who are ill now or who have family members with that symptom. Each one received Dr.'s words in a different way. I held this kind of lecture at my place for the first time, and I thought it was a good opportunity and helpful for many people. 

９月８日（月曜日）２０２５（長文です）

　4公演の予約がほぼ１ヶ月前に満席になり追加公演が決まるほど、ロネとジージの新作ライブ「On the Ship」は順調な風を受けて東京青山を出航しました。田舎でイベントを企画し集客に苦戦する私には羨ましい限り。
　しかし、新作というのは新たにストーリーを考え、綿密に台本を書き、具体的表現に至る演出へと進むのですが、これをジージが一人で手掛けるのですから凄いです。滑稽でいい加減な太っちょクラウン・ジージのイメージとは真逆で、舞台を知り尽くし、クラウンを知り尽くし、ロネとジージそれぞれの個性と才能を知り尽くした上で、その発想豊かな頭を使いながら孤独で厳しい作家としてのキャリアを持つジージだからこそ成せる技なのです。
　さて、ロネとジージのステージは今まで何度も観てきたのですが、今回は初めて観る技が何と多かったことでしょう。私の目は舞台に釘付けで写真を撮るのも忘れてしまっていました。いつもながらジージの一瞬で観客を巻き込む話術と巧みなパントマイムと定評の歌は流石です。続くロネのマリオネット（操り人形）の見事な動きと、うっとりするような美しいボールさばきはまさに圧巻。二人のクラウンの持ち味と才能を十分発揮していた今回のステージであったと思います。楽しいジャグリングも贅沢なぐらい堪能できました。背景に流れる曲も中で歌われる曲も良いものを選んでいるなと感心しつつも、ステージにピアノがなかったので今回もなしでいくのかと思っていたら、後半にジージの歌の伴奏をロネがピアノで静かに弾く姿にびっくり！一体、どれほど技の引き出しと才能を持つロネとジージでしょう！そして、クラウンとは何と幅広く奥深いものなのでしょう！観客に感動と驚きと何より最高の笑いを届けてくれたロネとジージには驚嘆するしかありません。
　今年、プロとして３５年目のクラウン・ロネとジージ。しかしどんなに大ベテランでもこうした圧巻のステージを創るには稽古の積み重ねしかないことは容易に想像できます。３年前にインドで大怪我をしたロネ、続いてジージまでもが右足の骨折。「骨折コンビ」などと笑いながらも状況は深刻でした。その二人が、これほどまでに見事に復活したのですから、ロネとジージには心からの敬意と賞賛の拍手を送りたいと思います。観終わって時間も経過しましたが、今も胸に込み上げるものがあり今回のステージが私にとっても充実した時間であったことを幸福に思っています。


New stage performance of Clown Music Live by RONE & Gigi " On the Ship" was last weekend. The tickets had been all sold out one month before the performance days. I am envious about it because I am always struggling to sell tickets of the events which I planned.

Gigi is the person who creates the story, writes the script and does the stage direction. All their stage performances were done by only Gigi which is amazing. The character of clown Gigi is fat, sloppy and funny but the truth is completely opposite. Gigi knows what a stage performance is, what a clown is and what the individual characters of Rone and Gigi are. She directs clown's stages using her flexible imagination but it must be lonely work.

Well, this time I was especially amazed by Rone's performances of marionettes and beautiful ball handling. I also enjoyed the new juggling by two clowns. I was impressed by the music which was used in stage transitions as well as the music they sang. When I first saw the stage, I didn't see a piano which they often use, so I thought that they don't use piano on this stage, but toward the end of the second half, Rone sat behind the electric piano which was covered at the side with a black cloth and played it along with Gigi's singing. I was surprised because I had never seen Rone play piano. How many skills and talents do they have? They surprised us, moved us and made us laugh. I really admired them.

Rone & Gigi have their 35th anniversary this year as a professional clown group. Even though both are very experienced clowns, they need to keep practicing daily in order to make the perfect stage. Three years ago, Rone had a severe injury in India, and after that Gigi also had broken her right leg. They laughed, calling themselves "Double Injured clowns", but the situation was very serious. They have recovered splendidly and gave a wonderful performance which moved me this time. I would like to send applause to them with admiration and praise. They are true entertainers. I really like them.

９月１１日（木曜日）２０２５
　医師の伊藤毅先生による講座「人生終末期の過ごし方」は日曜日（9/14）１３時からです。

＊取り敢えず今は元気なので、もっと切羽詰まった状況になれば真剣に考えよう。
＊先のことなど考えてもどうなるものでもない、なるようになるさ。
＊終末期のことなど縁起でもない、考えたくない。
とこんな風に考えている方も多いのではないでしょうか。

健康状態は年齢と比例するものではありません。元気はつらつとした高齢の方もいらっしゃれば病弱な青年もいます。
持病のある人、危険と背中合わせの仕事をしている人、またそういう家族と一緒に暮らしている人、様々です。
私自身、お陰様で取り敢えずは日々元気に暮らしておりますが、いつまでこの状態が続くのか、病気でなくても
ふと事故や災難に遭遇するかもしれないという不安があります。そうなった時、何をどうしておくことが大切なのか、
なるべく人に迷惑をかけないようにするにはどうすればいいか、を知りたいと思っています。

伊藤先生の講座が役立つことを願っています。


On Sep. 14 at 13:00, we will have a lecture titled "The way of how to spend days in the end-of- life" by Dr. Itoh.

There must be many people thinking about this in the following ways:
1) I will think about it later when I get ill because I am in good health now.
2) We can't predict our future and are not able to control it ourselves, it will be as it is.
3) I don't want to think about my end-of-life, as if is bad luck.

Our health condition is not proportional to our age. Some people are very healthy and active even when they become very old, but some are not, even if they are still young. There are people who have chronic illness, and there are people who are forced to live alongside life-threatening danger, and family members of those people. Thus people's lives vary. I am fortunately living in good health now, but I don't know how long it will last and I am worried about it. Even if I am healthy, I might have a sudden accident or suffer a catastrophe. I would like to know what are the best things to prepare for that and not bother other people in that situation beforehand.

I hope the coming lecture by Dr. Itoh will be helpful for you.