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猛犬、忠犬、ただの犬

久しぶりに本ネタです。
タイトルに惹かれて衝動買いしちゃいました。006.gif

戸川幸夫さんは動物文学を確立された人らしく、著書も多数あるそうです。
本の内容は、著者が幼いころから高校を卒業する頃までを共に過ごした、さまざまな気性の
犬達のこと。
大正から昭和初期が時代背景ということもあって、放し飼いは当たり前、来るもの拒まず、
去るもの追わず、そんな犬達との暮らしが淡々と(ドライすぎる感もあります)書かれています。046.gif

それぞれの犬との別れが悲しく、切なく、途中、読みすすめるのが辛かったのですが、
なんと、最終章に、渋谷のハチ公が出てきたではありませんか!!
知る人ぞ知る、ハチが有名になったいきさつや、ハチを取り巻く人々の姿が書かれています。

そして、その後、著者自身も秋田犬と暮らします。
この太刀という秋田犬は著者ですら手を焼く猛犬とされています。
そんな太刀と我が家のゴン太の気質が似ているところもあり、人犬とは思えなくて・・・026.gif

本の中に出てきた秋田犬愛好家の方の言葉の中に
「秋田犬を飼うと、他の犬は飼う気がしないのだ」と。053.gif
たまたま目にしたタイトルに導かれるようにして出会った秋田犬の話
不思議な縁を感じさせてくれた本でした。

ただ、ドライすぎる点で、内容的には賛否が分かれそうです。
猛犬、忠犬、ただの犬_a0187087_14562766.jpg

星★★★つ

I would like to talk about a book after a long time.
It's called "Moken Chuken Tdanoinu".
I bought this book on impulse because I was attracted by the title.

I hear that the auther of the book is a person who Yukio Togawa is established literature of animals
and he has written a many books on the subject.
In "Moken Chuken Tadanoinu" he wrote about dogs.

Each of them has a different personality.
He spent his time with them from childhood until he graduated from high-schhl.

The historical back ground is from the Taisho-period to the early Showa period.
so that it was usual for people to leave their dogs loose
and dogs are free to come to house and go.

He wrote about such dog life simply.
Sometimes he is detached.
I felt sad about painful separations he had with the dogs.
so it was hard for me to continue reading the book.

But to my surprise, at the last chapter Hachi in Shibuya appeared.
He wrote about details of how Hachi became famous and people surrounding Hachi,
which was not known so much.

After that , he also lived with an Akita-dog.
The dog's name is Tachi.
He is said that Tachi is a fierce dog making a lot of trouble even to the owner.

It looks like Tachi and Gonta have similer personalities,
and I can't think of Tachi being another owner's dog.

People who love Akita dogs say in the book that "if you live with an Akita dog,
you will not be able to live with other dog."

Akita's story I happen to meet in the book made me feel a curious fate.

On the other hand, Yukio Togawa is too detached
so there might be pros and cons.

Gonta says
If you live with me, you will not be able to escape from the world of Akita dogs.
Don't forget that.

by w-akita | 2013-06-15 14:38 | 映画 ・本・テレビ  

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