写真は広島空港にほど近い先祖伝承の土地「入野」を探訪したときの様子。
北海道人というのは本州の「出身地域」に対して「出自」という意識は当然ながら強く持っているだろうと思っていますが、まぁ、必ずしも一般的にはそうでもない傾向がありますね。
きっと歴史とか文系の興味の強いタイプの人間には大きな興味分野で、そうでもないタイプの人は非常に「現実」的で、過去にそう大きな興味を持たないのでしょうね。わたしの場合、兄弟の中でも次兄が強く興味を持ってくれて、さまざまな情報を掘り起こしてくれています。その導きに沿って、わたしなりに探訪の旅を重ねてきています。
この土地には現在では親戚と確定できる方はいません。ただ、わが家に伝わっている記録では間違いなくこの地に「慶長年中」に移住してきたとされている次第。〜戦国末期、慶長年中〜この地に根付いたと記されている。ふつうこういった場合、寺院などにそういった消息、手掛かりがあり得るのですが、まだそういうことには着手しておりません。
とりあえずは、その経緯についての想像力を高めるために実地検分して土地勘とかを起動させたいと願っているという段階。ただ、確実なご先祖さまも当時暮らしていた広島県福山市今津から、この広島県東広島市河内町入野を探索して、先祖の墓に参ったりした記録文を遺してくれている。このご先祖様も、ある程度仕事人生に区切りがついて、先人の痕跡を鎮魂する意味で出掛けたのだろうと思っています。
わたし自身もそういった区切りを超えつつあるので、これからはもっと意識的にルーツ探しをしたいと考えているところなのです。いま、北海道の住宅施策会議に参加させていただいていますが、住宅の性能向上型リフォームの「動機」について考えてきていて、いまどきの高年齢層は、どういうモチベーションを持てるかという論点になっている。
そう考えてみると、たぶん自分自身ではなく、これから先の子孫のために、というのが普遍的なのではと思います。
ご先祖様に「生かされてきた」人間として、子孫のために尽くす需要というのが自然なのではないか。
わたし自身はどうもそういう意見に傾きつつあります。たぶん「少子化時代」における住宅需要というのは、こういった多世代型需要というものが大きな位置を占めてくるのではないか。わたしたち年代は必死に「自分自身」個人主義に基づいてマイホームの実現を目指したけれど。次の世代はやはり少し違うだろうし、また高齢化時代を迎えて、こういう「多世代」が関与する住宅需要というのを掘り起こす必要性も高いのだと思えるのですね。
English version⬇
From individualism-centered market to multi-generational housing demand
It is essential to shift the focus from the housing needs to realize a home of one's own through individualism to a more multigenerational housing demand. The market is now shifting from an individualistic market to a multigenerational housing market.
The photo shows a visit to Irino, a place of ancestral lore near Hiroshima Airport.
I would think that Hokkaido people would naturally have a strong sense of "origin" with respect to their "birthplace" in Honshu, but, well, that tends not to be necessarily the case in general.
I am sure it is a big area of interest for the type of people who have a strong interest in history and the humanities, and the type of people who don't are very "practical" and don't have such a big interest in the past. In my case, among my siblings, my second brother has taken a strong interest and has dug up a lot of information for me. Following his lead, I have been on a series of exploratory trips in my own way.
There are no confirmed relatives in this area today. However, according to the records that have been handed down in my family, there is no doubt that they moved to this area in the "Keicho era". 〜It is written that the temple took root in this area in the Keicho era (the middle of the Warring States period). Normally, in such a case, there would be a clue to such a record in a temple, etc., but we have not yet started on such a matter.
For now, we are still in the process of inspecting the site to enhance our imagination about the circumstances and hope to start up our land knowledge. However, a definite ancestor also left us a written record of his exploration of Irino, Kawachi-cho, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, from Imazu, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, where he lived at that time, and visited his ancestor's grave. I believe that these ancestors must have reached a certain point in their working lives and went out to repose in the traces of their predecessors.
Now that I myself have passed such a break, I would like to search for my roots more consciously from now on. I am currently participating in the Hokkaido Housing Policy Conference, where we are discussing the "motivation" for performance-enhancing home renovations, and the issue is what kind of motivation older people have nowadays.
When I think about it, I think it is probably universal, not for myself, but for my descendants in the future.
As human beings who have been "kept alive" by our ancestors, it is natural for us to serve the needs of our descendants.
I myself am leaning toward such an opinion. Perhaps this kind of multi-generational demand will play a major role in housing demand in the "era of declining birthrates. Although our generation desperately tried to realize our own home based on "self" individualism, the next generation will be a little different. The next generation will be a little different, and with the aging of the population, I think there is a strong need to uncover this kind of "multi-generational" demand for housing.
