【美しさにご用心】朗誦詩『ゆきをんな』“Beware of Beautiful Things” — poem Yuki-onna（The Beautiful Woman)

 　NHKの朝ドラに興味はないが、小泉八雲には興味があって、『怪談』収録の「雪女」をなんとか詩にしたいと考えていたところ、ふと思いついた。八雲のそれとは異なるが、「誘惑に負ける」という趣旨は共通点あり、と思われ、朗読・動画を作った。

　人間の情報収集の大半が視覚かららしい。ということは、騙されるのも「眼」から、「見かけ」から。そんなことを詠んだ。折りしも、本日は衆院選公示日。短期決戦の様相だが、「見かけ」はもちろん、「口」にも騙されないようにしたい。

　　I’m not interested in NHK’s morning drama series, but I am interested in Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo). I’d been wanting to turn “Yuki-onna,” included in his Kwaidan, into a poem somehow, when an idea suddenly came to me. It isn’t the same as Hearn’s version, but I think they share a common theme: giving in to temptation. So I made a narrated piece and a video.

　　They say most of the information humans take in comes through vision. Which means that the way we’re deceived also starts with the eyes—with appearances. That’s what I tried to capture here. Coincidentally, today is the day the House of Representatives election was officially announced. It’s shaping up to be a short, intense campaign, but I want to make sure I’m not fooled—not only by appearances, but by words as well.