Namie Ken Yaeko Ofuku Shokan

[Machine Translation] During the wartime period of World War II, Namie Ken opened a private "Minami Tama Rural Library" in order to "provide libraries in rural areas. However, less than a year after opening the library, he was arrested under the Public Security Law. Nearly 200 letters were exchanged between the husband and wife, who were both working hard to achieve their goals despite having their hard-earned policies for establishing rural villages shattered, and the wife, who cheerfully supported her husband in prison and kept his house while he was away.

第二次世界大戦の戦時下に、「農村に図書館を」と、浪江虔は私設の「南多摩農村図書館」を開設。しかし開館後一年もたたずに、治安維持法により検挙された。苦労して積み上げてきた農村定着の方針を打ち砕かれながらもさらなる目標に向かう夫と、獄中の夫を励まし支えて留守宅を守りつつ健気に生きた妻との間に交わされた二百通近くもの手紙。