They must know that it was they themselves who brought about today’s extremely unstable world.
2016-01-14
The following is from pages 75 to 78 of Masayuki Takayama’s Henken Jizai, “Putin, Learn Evil from America,” published by Shinchosha, 1,400 yen.
In every one of his books, and in every chapter, there overflows the kind of brilliance, the kind of authenticity, and the kind of intellect shown below.
If the Japanese people think that the superficial moralism of such people as Kenzaburo Oe and Haruki Murakami is genuine, then not only will there be no future for you or for Japan, but you must also know that you yourselves, as those who blaspheme against the providence of God known as “The Turntable of Civilization,” that is to say, as criminals, are the ones who brought about today’s extremely unstable world.
Kenzaburo Oe and Haruki Murakami are the very height of pseudo-moralists raised on the Asahi Shimbun.
One, to put it extremely, is merely a man infatuated with the West.
The other is a man not even worth commentary, about whom I was the first in the world to point out what no one had ever mentioned before.
Their historical awareness is below that of kindergarten children.
At the same time, having learned the facts taught in the magnificent book by Nobuhiko Sakai, former professor at the University of Tokyo, which I will introduce, perhaps as early as today, I now say this about something I have recently been feeling: Tatsuya Uchida.
When I was reading AERA, he claimed to be a disciple of Tadao Umesao, and so I thought he might be a decent person.
But I say to him that he should never again utter the name of Tadao Umesao.
For a person with your mind to speak of Tadao Umesao is the greatest possible insult to Tadao Umesao.
I will introduce the eye-opening essay mentioned at the beginning in the next chapter.