Ki (Wood) (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] To love trees nourishes the soul and is the best asset of all. From the thoughts of his father, Rohan, the author grew up to be an adult who feels trees. The author's penetrating eyes, which ponder the future of the trees, see beyond their existence to the abyss of human karma and life and death. The renewal of a fallen Ezo pine tree that has implanted itself in a fallen tree and sprouted, a potted wisteria plant that he did not buy for his daughter, the stature of a Jomon cedar that has changed its appearance.... From Hokkaido in the north to Yakushima in the south, this is a masterful essay that captures the touch of life.

樹木を愛でるは心の養い、何よりの財産。父露伴のそんな思いから著者は樹木を感じる大人へと成長した。その木の来し方、行く末に思いを馳せる著者の透徹した眼は、木々の存在の向こうに、人間の業や生死の淵源まで見通す。倒木に着床発芽するえぞ松の倒木更新、娘に買ってやらなかった鉢植えの藤、様相を一変させる縄文杉の風格...。北は北海道、南は屋久島まで、生命の手触りを写す名随筆。