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【二百年前の強き日本で候】本日２月18日「異国船打払令」発令日（文政八年　1825年）／What Guts! “The Edict to Repel Foreign Ships”（1825)

　ちょうど二百年前の今日、1825年の２月18日、 文政の「異国船打払令」、いわゆる「無二念打払令」が発令された。 その強きな姿勢に、初めて正式文書を読んだ私はいささか驚いたと同時に、逞しさを覚えた。 現代日本と「何たる違いだ！」と。 　尤も、この後から情勢は急変、開国へと向かうわけだが、「いうべきことは言う」といった当時の幕府のポリシーと心意気が頼もしくうかがえる。まさに、武士道である。 　ああ、しかし、今やそれも遠い過去となってしまったのか。。。 　一縷の希望？を託したシャッフル・ビート（朗読）をお楽しみください。 Exactly two hundred years ago today, on February 18, 1825, the Edict to Repel Foreign Ships, also known as the No-Second-Thoughts Repel Order, was issued during the Bunsei era. When I read the official document for the first time, I was both surprised by its resolute stance and impressed by its boldness. I couldn’t help but think, "How different this is from Japan today!" Of course, the situation changed rapidly after this, eventually leading to the opening of the country. However, the shogunate’s policy and spirit at that time — one of “saying what must be said” — left me feeling reassured and inspired. This was truly the essence of Bushido. And yet... has all of that become nothing more than a distant memory? Please...
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【誤字熟語/Typo Tropes~Definition of word】レプ離婚(れぷりこん）“Repli-Gone” JP & EN Version

【誤字熟語/Typo Tropes~Definition of word】レプ離婚(れぷりこん）“Repli-Gone” JP & EN Version

 日本語の慣用句を言葉遊びのように言い換えて、俳句（川柳）で世相を描こうとする詩的試みです。英訳とともにお楽しみください。


This is a poetic attempt to depict the state of the world with its haiku (senryu), by paraphrasing Japanese idioms like wordplay. Please enjoy it together with the English translation.


【レプ離婚】

　「rep（レプ）」、つまり、「複製」「複写」「繰り返し」をする・させる・させられることに対して三行半を突きつけるだけでなく、「離婚」などというネガティブなレッテルに尻込みするでなく、堂々と「ボッチ」を誇り、とかく同調圧力－－その多くが事の真偽・正邪より、体面・利害に重きを置く危険で稚拙な精神性－－に蝕まれがちなテレビ大好きっ子たち－－その多くが、戦後の高度経済成長を支えてきた従順・勤勉なクレージー・キャッツ世代－－の、哀れなほど「長い物には巻かれろ」魂の蒙を啓く、実に救世主的なソーシャルかつパーソナルな距離感との契り。


添いトゲの

床にお別れ

レプ離婚


“Repli-Gone” 

　　We not only serve a final notice of divorce to “Rep”—referring to “replication,” “duplication,” and “repetition,” whether doing, having someone do, or being made to do—but also embrace the label of “divorce” without fear, proudly upholding solitude as something to be celebrated, standing against the kind of social pressure that, more often than not, is driven by a dangerous and immature mindset that prioritizes appearances and self-interest over truth or morality, the same pressure that tends to affect TV-loving individuals, particularly those from the Crazy Cats generation, who obediently and diligently supported Japan’s postwar economic growth but now tragically embody a pitiful mentality of “follow the leader, no matter what,” and what we seek is to awaken them by choosing to make a truly messianic sense of social and personal distance our companion. 


Farewell to the bed 

Of spikes we once shared in pain. 

Repli-Gone, vax free.


【Note】

The term "Repli-Gone," used in the essay and haiku, is a play on words, combining "Rep"—short for replication, duplication, or repetition—with the concept of "divorce" (離婚, りこん in Japanese). This expresses a symbolic break from cycles of repetition, both in personal and social contexts. The haiku's closing line, "Repli-gone, vax free," further emphasizes this separation in a satirical way.






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