写真エッセイ─あおもり心象百景 その８ 写真・文 山内 正行（編集者／青森市在住） 合浦公園（がっぽこうえん）─�U 啄木（たくぼく）文学碑

　歌人・石川啄木（いしかわたくぼく）の青森県内にある文学碑を訪ね歩いたことがある。きっかけは、大間町在住の御仁から依頼された、啄木に関する本づくりだった。



　啄木の文学碑は、県内に５基存在する。野辺地町、十和田市、八戸市、大間町、そして青森市の合浦公園である。

　同公園のは、海辺の砂浜に建ち、松の木陰に趣深く佇む。

　船に醉ひて

　やさしくなれるいもうとの

　眼見ゆ津軽の海を思へば



　この歌は、啄木が明治40（１９０７）年５月４日、妹の光子とともに青森港から船で北海道に渡った際に、詠まれたものである。

　啄木は明治19年、岩手県に生まれ、同45年に東京で没した。わずか26年間の人生ではあったが、一家離散、借金、恋愛、漂白など、逸話には事欠かない人物である。

　啄木は青森県との縁もそこそこあって、特に野辺地町とはゆかりが深く、３度訪れている。僧侶の伯父・葛原対月（かつらはらたいげつ）が町内の常光寺（じょうこうじ）の住職であったからである。啄木の父・一貞（いってい）も一時、この寺に身を寄せたことがある。文学碑は町内の愛宕山（あたごやま）公園に建ち、

　潮かをる

　北の浜辺のかの浜薔薇よ

　今年も咲けるや

　と、刻まれている。



　十和田市の文学碑は、十和田湖休屋のホテル十和田荘に、八戸市のはJR八戸駅近くにある。

　残りの大間町の文学碑については、本づくりの話もあるので、稿を改めて紹介したい。

　ちなみに、啄木の墓は、函館市の立待岬近くの高台にあって、筆者も訪ねたことがある。そこは岬へと続く道路沿いなのだが、前を歩く観光客は誰も墓で足を止めようとしない。かつてあれだけ函館観光の方便に用いられた啄木も、今は昔なのだと感じないわけにはいかなかった。






写真説明（上から順に）

�@ 青森市・合浦公園にある石川啄木の文学碑

�A 合浦公園の文学碑の碑文

�B 野辺地町・愛宕公園にある文啄木学碑

�C 函館市にある「石川啄木一族の墓」




Photo Essay: 100 Images of Aomori, Part 8

(Photo and text by Masayuki Yamauchi, editor, based in Aomori City)



Gapo Park - II: Takuboku's Literary Monument



　I once visited the monument of Takuboku Ishikawa in Aomori Prefecture. The reason for this was to write a book about Takuboku, which was requested by a person living in Oma Town.

　There are five literary monuments to Takuboku in Aomori Prefecture. There are five literary monuments to Takuboku in Aomori Prefecture: Noheji Town, Towada City, Hachinohe City, Oma Town, and Gapo Park in Aomori City.

　The monument in Gapo Park stands on the sandy beach by the sea, in the shade of pine trees.

　Drinking in a Boat

　The eyes of a woman who can be kind to others

　When I think of the sea of Tsugaru

　This poem was written by Takuboku on May 4, 1907, when he and his sister Mitsuko went to Hokkaido by ship from Aomori Port. The poem was written on May 4, 1907 when Takuboku and his sister Mitsuko left Aomori Port for Hokkaido by ship.

　Takuboku was born in Iwate Prefecture in 1881 and died in Tokyo in 1923. Although he lived for only 26 years, there is no shortage of anecdotes about his life, such as his family separation, debt, love life, and drifting away.

　Takuboku had some connection with Aomori Prefecture, especially with the town ofNoheji, which he visited three times. He visited the town three times because his uncle, Taigetsu Katurahara, who was a Buddhist priest, was the head priest of Jokoji Temple in the town. Takuboku's father, Ittei, also lived at this temple for a while. The monument is located in Atago-yama Park in the town.

　The tide is breaking

　A rose on the northern shore of the beach

　Will it bloom again this year?

　is inscribed on it.

　Towada City's monument is located at the Hotel Towadaso in Lake Towada's Yasumiya district, and Hachinohe City's is near JR Hachinohe Station.
　The rest of the monuments in Oma Town will be introduced in another article as there is a story about the making of the book.

　Incidentally, Takuboku's grave is located on a hill near Tachimachi Misaki in Hakodate City, which I have visited. It is located along the road leading to the cape, but none of the tourists walking in front of me stopped at the grave. I couldn't help but feel that Takuboku, who was once used as a tourist attraction in Hakodate, is now a thing of the past.



Photo Description (from top to bottom)

(1) Ishikawa Takuboku's monument in Goura Park, Aomori City

(2) Inscription on the monument in Gapo Park

(3) Monument to Takuboku in Atago Park, Noheji Town

(4) Tomb of the Ishikawa Takuboku Family in Hakodate

写真エッセイ─あおもり心象百景 その７ 写真・文 山内 正行（編集者／青森市在住） 合浦公園（がっぽこうえん）─�T 波乱の歴史

　合浦公園（がっぽこうえん）の歴史を遡ると、これがなかなか波乱に満ちている。そもそも、その誕生からして難産だった。

　公園の生みの親は水原衛作（みずはらえいさく）、柿崎巳十郎（かくざきみじゅうろう）兄弟（姓が異なるのは、兄の水原が造園の師匠水原清（みずはらきよし）の跡を継いで水原姓を名乗ったため）。水原によって合浦公園は明治13年（1860）に計画され、翌14年に着工された。

　しかし、水原は完成を見ないまま18年に亡くなったため、実弟の巳十郎が兄の意志を継ぐことに。この２人が手がけた造園工事は、私財を投じた筆舌に尽くしがたい苦難の連続であったという。




　それでも着工から13年後の明治27年に完成し、巳十郎は公園の一切を当時の青森町に寄贈した。巳十郎はその後、園丁としてかかわり、大正14年（1925）に亡くなるまでの約40年間、その職をまっとうした。

　敗戦後は、進駐軍によって接収され、公園内にはカマボコ兵舎や将校の住宅が建設された。昭和25年（1950）には競輪場と市営野球場が完成するものの、その時点でも公園総面積の３分の１はまだ接収されていて、29年12月になって完全に青森市側に返された。競輪場はその後、競輪を罪悪視する世論の高まりや周辺住民への騒音などの問題が生じて、58年に青森市新城平岡（しんじょうひらおか）へ移転となった。

　このあたりで波乱の歴史は、ようやく落ち着くのだが、一方で燦然と輝く歴史的快挙も忘れてはなるまい。

　それは合浦公園が、日本プロ野球史上初の完全試合達成の地であるということ。昭和25年６月28日、市営球場のこけら落としとして行われた巨人（きょじん）対西日本（にしにっぽん）戦で、巨人の藤本英雄（ふじもとひでお）投手が西日本を４─０で抑えてパーフェクトを達成。試合時間１時間19分、記録は内野フライ３、外野フライ６、内野ゴロ11、三振７だった。









写真説明（上から順に）

�@合浦公園の創設者である水原衛作（みずはらえいさく）、柿崎巳十郎（かきざきみじゅうろう）兄弟を顕彰する胸像

�A日本プロ野球史上初の完全試合達成を伝える記念碑桜の木も多く花見の名所でもある（４月中旬）

�B桜の木も多く花見の名所でもある（４月中旬）





Photo Essay: One Hundred Images of Aomori, Part 7

Photographs and text by Masayuki Yamauchi (editor, based in Aomori City)



Gapo Park: I. A Turbulent History



　If you look back at the history of Gapo Park, you will find that it is quite a turbulent place. To begin with, it was a difficult birth.

　The two brothers, Eisaku Mizuhara and Mijuro Kakizaki, were the founders of the park (the reason for the different surnames is that the elder Mizuhara took the surname Mizuhara after following in the footsteps of his landscaping master Kiyoshi Mizuhara). It was Mizuhara who planned Gapo Park in 1860, and construction began the following year.

　However, Mizuhara died in 1860 without completing the project, and his younger brother, Mijuro, took over his brother's will. It is said that the landscaping work undertaken by these two men was a series of hardships beyond description, involving the investment of their own private funds.

　Nevertheless, the work was completed in 1894, 13 years after the start of construction, and Mijuro donated the entire park to the town of Aomori. After that, he became involved in the park as a gardener and fulfilled his duties for about 40 years until his death in 1925.

　After Japan's defeat in World War II, the park was confiscated by the Occupation Forces, and kamaboko barracks and housing for officers were built in the park. In 1950, a bicycle race track and a municipal baseball field were completed, but even at that time, a third of the park's total area was still confiscated, and in December of 1954, the park was completely returned to Aomori City. The bicycle race track was later relocated to Shinjo-Hiraoka, Aomori City in 1958, due to the growing public opinion that considered bicycle racing to be a sin and noise problems for the surrounding residents.

　At this point, the tumultuous history of the park finally settled down, but at the same time, we should not forget the brilliant historical achievement.

　That is, Gapo Park was the site of the first perfect game in the history of Japanese professional baseball. On June 28, 1950, in a game between the Giants and West Japan held as the opening ceremony of the municipal baseball stadium, Hideo Fujimoto, pitcher of the Giants, achieved a perfect game by holding West Japan to a 4-0 record. The game lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes, and the record was 3 infield flies, 6 outfield flies, 11 infield groundouts, and 7 strikeouts.



Photo Description (from top to bottom)

(1) A bust commemorating the brothers Eisaku Mizuhara and Mijuro Kakizaki, the founders of Gapo Park.

(2) Monument to the first perfect game in the history of Japanese professional baseball.

(3) The park is also a famous cherry blossom viewing spot (mid-April).