Gin No Saji (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The protagonist recalls his childhood days surrounded by his aunt's affection with a clear and innocent gaze, as he finds a small silver spoon in the drawer of an old tea chest. The first part of this autobiographical work was written in 1910, and was serialized in the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun newspaper from 1913, with Natsume Soseki's high praise and endorsement. Takeshi Hashimoto, who spent three years reading this work at Nada Junior High School after the war and led the school to become one of the most prestigious schools in Japan, reproduced the lessons of that time in this "Commentary. This is the birth of the Heisei version of "The Silver Spoon," which is studded with intellectual hints in the Hashimoto style that deepen understanding and sidetrack it.

古い茶箪笥の抽匣から小さな銀の匙を見つけたことから、幼年期の叔母の愛情に包まれた日々を、透き通る無垢な視線で回想してく主人公。明治43年に前篇が執筆され、夏目漱石の絶賛、推挙により、大正2年から東京朝日新聞で連載された中勘助の自伝的作品。戦後の灘中学でこの作品1冊を3年間かけて読みこむ授業を実践、同校を名門校へ導いた、中本人とも深く交流した橋本武による当時の授業を再現する「解説」を全編に併載。理解を深め、横道にそれる橋本流知的ヒントをちりばめた平成版『銀の匙』誕生。