The following is from the weekly Asahi February 13 issue from p48 to p51.
Sen Genshitu
Coming from Kyoto Prefecture in 1923,The departure of students for the front of Doshisha University's being a student, In 49, it attains entering priesthood about Daitoku-ji Head priest Goto Zen teacher. In 64, it becomes the Ura-Senke 15 generations Iemoto, and it succeeds to the head family as the Konnichi-an owner of a hermitage. In 2002, it transfers Iemoto of the family to the first son and it becomes a Hansō Sōshitsu. It is making efforts toward the tea ceremony popularization to the foreign countries in addition to Japan, too. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Oraganization goodwill ambassador
1946, when the first post-war May Day has been made, I had errands, and I had visited the Ministry of Education.
If standing exactly in front of the Ministry of Education, the file of May Day comes.
That there is a group of actors to circumstances, and I watched while I think " hmm, it is", it is possible to hear the voice which is called " Sen! " from the inside of the file. When seeing well, it is Kou Nishimura ( the deceased ) together in the Kamikaze attack unit in Tokushima. And running up to each other "Hey, Sen yo ~!" "Oh, Nishimura, was alive!". All of the actor who was in the neighborhood claps with ooh.
While shedding tears, I am with Nishimura, it walked for the first time in May Day's march. To Shimbashi...
It is in the Tsuchiura flying corps in1944, that Hanso Soshitsu met the late Kou Nishimura of the actor who played the role in Mito Komon later with TV. Sen was Doshisha University and Nishimura was Nippon University specialty part, they were student mobilization from the University. Sen of the tall figure and small Nishimura, becomes the close friend of incongruous couple, after transfer in the Tokushima flying corps, too, It spent a painful date together, it says whether or not " suicide instruction " is given.
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