History of the magazine "Plateau"You can see the record of the day on YouTube.

Lecturer Naoyasu Hoshikawa (Naoyasu Hoshikawa Kuriu-Rakusenen Memorial museum curator)

Kuriu-Rakusenen Resident Association, which was first published in 1946, ended in December 2020 with the 821th issue. This magazine has posted the texts of the residents of the Inside the sanatorium and has disseminated the trends in the park, so it has become a medium that leads to enlightenment about Hansen's Disease Naoyasu Hoshikawa who has experience in editing, talks about the history and charm of "Plateau" and behind the scenes of editing. (Interviewer, Tetsuya Kimura)

Outline of the event

Zoom broadcast from 14:00 to 15:30 on Saturday, June 19, 2021

Advance application required / Capacity 100 people (first come, first served)

Registration begins on the day of the event at 1:45 p.m.

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Report on the history of the magazine "Kogen"

Lecturer Naoyasu Hoshikawa (Naoyasu Hoshikawa Kuriu-Rakusenen Memorial museum curator)

Kuriu-Rakusenen Resident Association, which was first published in 1946, ended in December 2020 with the 821th issue. We interviewed Curator Hoshikawa Kuriu-Rakusenen Memorial museum, who has experience as an editor. On the day of the event, an episode unique to a lecturer who knows himself directly as an editor was introduced about the works and personality of Kaseki Murakoshi, Kaseki Kinka, Yuji Kodama, and Sanshiro Fujita. In addition, through the visitor's report published in "Plateau", we also considered the awareness that was born from the interaction between young people and visitors in the field. We received many questions and impressions from the participants. You can watch the archived video from The National Hansen's Disease Museum YouTube channel later on, with various ingenuity such as adopting a dialogue format and introducing topics and work texts in the chat column. We will continue to provide talks on the Issues related to leprosy from various perspectives, making use of the opinions received in the questionnaire.

From the questionnaire

• Hansen's Disease Museum as an out-of-school training, but it didn't come true due to Corona. I participated for the first time this time and was surprised that many books were published by people with Hansen's Disease In addition, the personality and life background of the person who wrote it was directly conveyed. "Karimago" is the first word I hear. I would like to introduce it in the announcement on campus. Thank you very much.
• I wanted to read the work, probably because Mr. Hoshikawa himself knew it directly and spoke frankly. For the first time, I learned that the author name, work name, etc. are written on the chat screen. I always listen while taking notes, but I was in trouble because I didn't understand the kanji, so this function was very helpful. It was easier to understand than the usual museum talk, probably because of the warm talk that Mr. Hoshikawa's personality came out and the interaction with Mr. Kimura who also talked warmly. Above all, I felt warm here as well.
• Taking advantage of the goodness of online, there was a talk from the editing room of "Plateau", and I was able to feel more deeply. The charm of the 74-year-old magazine was limited to those who had an exchange with Mr. Hoshikawa, but I think that was good. Since I'm from art school, Mr. Koibuchi's story was very emotional.
• It was very interesting to hear the frank impressions unique to Mr. Hoshikawa, who was involved in the editing as well as reading "Plateau". I felt that it was important to convey not only the work but also the personality of the author behind it.
• There was a chat commentary and it was easy to understand. I was able to understand the significance of literary activities for recuperators.
• Through Mr. Hoshikawa's words, I was given the opportunity to imagine becoming a resident who was introduced. In addition, Mr. Hoshikawa's warm personality was conveyed, and I felt a good relationship of trust with the residents. It was very easy to hear because the story was created by Mr. Kimura's hands.
• It was a fun story about the versatile activities of the residents, the enthusiasm and hardships for publishing the magazine.
• The polite explanation gave me a good understanding of the significance and background of "plateau". I deepened my understanding once again that it was a valuable magazine that connects nursing homes, society, and generations.

… We have received many other answers. Thank you very much.

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