新しく引っ越した先は、前の家から徒歩8分位。
このエリアも神楽坂のように坂やお寺・神社が多い。
この街で生まれたことで有名なのが明治の文豪 夏目漱石で
すぐ近くの夏目坂は、漱石の父が命名したそう。
町名も、夏目家の家紋が由来だとのことだから、かなりの名家だった模様。
折しも産業革命の恩恵を受けた黄金期のロンドンへの留学後、
西洋文明化悲観論を述べた夏目漱石を卒論のテーマで選んだこともあり、
なんだか、不思議な縁を感じる。
すぐ近くの漱石公園にも今度足を踏み入れてみようっと。
My new place is just away from the old place about 8 minutes on foot,
surrounded by several temples, shrines and many slopes like Kagurazaka.
I found one of the most popular masterful novelists in Japan “Soseki Natsume”
was born in this town and you can see “Natsume” slope named by his father in the maps.
The name of this town comes from his family emblem,
must be big famous family in Meiji period.
I feel somehow curious coincidence cause I wrote about him for my graduation thesis
– After he had studied in London at the time of golden age with the industrial revolution,
he expressed pessimism about progress toward Western civilization.
I must step into a nearby his memorial park soon!
