100-Year-Old Boy: The True Story of the Birth of the Shinkansen

100-Year-Old Boy: The True Story of the Birth of the Shinkansen

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Seller: toyspecialtystore
Model: 1
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「100 歳になったら本を出す」。
そう言っていた父は、2022 年の11 月、98 歳で他界しました。
父には本当に面白いエピソードがたくさんあって、いろいろな話を聞かせてくれました。
「何があるかわからないから、早く出版しよう」と父を説得し、何度かインタビューを受けたのですが、本の完成を待たずに逝ってしまいました。
本題である新幹線の話、若手の頃の東海道新幹線から、担当理事として指揮をとった上越新幹線、特に消雪装置の裏話や、駅を決めるにあたっての田中角栄さんとのやりとりなど、面白い話がたくさん聞けるはずだったのですが。
新幹線が誕生したのは東京オリンピックの開催にあわせて計画が進められた国家プロジェクトという認識がある方が多いと思いますが、事実は違うのです。
最初から関わっている父のような人たちはみんなお亡くなりになっているので、最初の事情を知る者は父ぐらいしかいなくなっていました。
この本の1 章には、父にインタビューした内容をまとめています。
2 章では、父が20 年以上前に執筆して掲載された記事を転載していて、新幹線のほんとうの歴史が語られています。
父は土木技術者には珍しく、たくさんの発明をしました。
20 台の前半の若い頃、鉄道橋をかけるための架設機を発明して、その機械が後々改良、発展して、昭和天皇から紫綬褒章いただきました。
父は本当に少年のような気持ちで技術の世界を冒険していたのだなと感じます。
(本書より)

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