智恵子は東京に空がないと言ふ、
ほんとの空が見たいと言ふ。
…
(高村光太郎詩集『智恵子抄』より)
詩人 高村光太郎の妻だった智恵子は
福島県の二本松市(現在)に生まれ育った
東京にいても
いつも故郷の空を想っていたという
彼女は
青空だけではなく このような星空も
たくさん見つめて育ったのでは なかろうか …
(福島県鮫川村)
Chieko says there is no sky in Tokyo,
She says she wants to see the real sky.
…
(From ‘The Chieko Poems’ , a collection of poems by Kotaro Takamura)
Chieko, the wife of the poet Kotaro Takamura,
was born and raised in Nihonmatsu City in Fukushima Prefecture
even though she was in Tokyo, she always
thought of the sky of her hometown.
She must have grown up gazing at not only the blue sky
but also many starry skies like this one …
(Samegawa Village, Fukushima Prefecture)