紙にインク, 210mm × 297mm, 2002年 ／ Ink on Paper, 210mm × 297mm, 2002.

遠山景政氏に話をきく

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スワはひとつの高天原と考へてもよいのです。タケミナカタ氏は諸産業の振興者→農・林・水産etc.　出雲を追われて、様々の地をうつりゆき、諏訪に定住。―すごくよいところ。＜天竜川＞は＜天流川＞でアリマシタ。食物は生きてるのをとらなきゃなりません。―玄米。ワタシんとこは、一汁一菜だったのヨ。毎晩12時に水かぶってます。＜塩＞の浄化作用――あらゆるものは海に流れてゆけば浄められる。その海の精華が浪の花、スナハチ塩である。カンヌシの日課はまず清掃です。カンヌシになるには、国学院を出ると、出身や成績etcによって、テキトーなところをスイセンしてくれるが空席がなきゃダメです。惟神の道とは、なんもとくべつな事ではなく、自然とともに生活してゆくことですetcetc　全体魚ヲクヒナサレヨ。

Thus spoke Mr. Kagemasa Tooyama.

Mr. Kagemasa Tooyama is a shinto chief priest of small Shrine at Hiraoka of Tenryu village, Nagano prefecture. We could hear his talk in the way back from Shimoguri. The following, his talk.

Suwa district may be one of Takamagahara (Japanese Olympus). And The family of Takeminakata (God in Suwa district) is a people who promote agriculture, industry, forestry, fisheries etc. Takeminakata and his family were chased from Izumo, and passed through various districts and settled down in Suwa. Suwa district is a very good place to live. "Tenryu River (main river at Suwa)" is "celestial floating river ". We must eat living foods. Unpolished rice. At my family which I was brought up into, there were only a bowl of soup and one dish, in every meal. I cleanse myself with water every night at 12:00. A function of purification of "salt". Everything is cleansed in the sea water. And the essence of the sea is the flower of the wave, is "salt". Most important daily work of the Shinto priest is "cleaning". If anyone want to be a Shinto priest, he must graduate at Kokugakuin University at first. Then, by his blood relationship and results, the fit workplace is given. Of course it is necessary that there is a vacant seat. It's not anything special to live according with God, it means that living according with nature. etc.etc. You should eat the whole of the fish.