Person of Interest File #1933/01 - SCP Foundation

Person of Interest File #1933/01
Name: Miyazawa Kenji (宮沢 賢治)

PoI Number: PoI-1933
Gender: M 　Died at: the age of 37

Threat Level: ORANGE

Photograph of PoI-1933, taken in 1924.

Status: As PoI-1933 is already expired, so there is no need to surveil him. However, the stories left by PoI-1933 are world-famous and have such a high reputation, thus it is considered virtually impossible to contain or conceal them. Therefore, there is always a risk the containment breach of anomalies related to his works would occur. It should also be considered that there may be multiple other undiscovered anomalies related to him.

Related GoIs: According to the Foundation's investigation so far, no GoI that PoI-1933 had been affiliated clearly identified. However, anomalies suspected of being related to the works written by PoI-1933 are found to be connected to multiple groups of interest. In addition, there was some exchange between him and the dwellers of ‘Samuto Locality’ located within present-day Tohno Youkai Sanctuary, according to intelligence. Foundation research team is conducting the verification of this information.

Grounds to Surveil: Despite being the deceased, PoI-1933 was designated as PoI because it is pointed out that most of the works written by PoI-1933 are related to the anomalies existing in reality. Even though there are other cases in which anomalies related to the works of prominent authors or artists, the frequency of relation of PoI-1933's works to anomalies is very high compared to other authors, so it is deemed to be sufficient as a basis for the Foundation to designate him as PoI.

PoI-1933 is presumed to have had some kind of paranormal ability during his lifetime, and the Foundation considers this to be a factor of a high incidence of anomalies related to PoI-1933. From the data collected so far by the Shūshū-In and Foundation, it has been suggested that PoI-1933 has contacted or encountered multiple anomalies and paranormal phenomena. Accordingly, the Foundation's research team analyzes that PoI-1933 was likely to have had the paranormal ability to perceive commonly unrecognizable sights and sounds with his five senses. It should be noted that most of the works written by PoI-1933 might had been reflection of his experience of this ability.

At this point, the Foundation's concerns about PoI-1933 consist of:

A containment breach due to a contact with the anomalies related to his works, by any civilians who love his works. In particular, there is concern about this situation caused by tourists and enthusiasts.

The impossibility of complete understanding of any paranormal ability PoI-1933 had. This is because PoI-1933 is already deceased, so there are limitations in the Foundation research. In case of the emergence of another person with paranormal ability same as PoI-1933, we can be never be sure whether the containment attempt will be successful or not.

Recent discoveries of urban legends referencing PoI-1933. These lead to a risk that civilians realize that PoI-1933 had paranormal ability. With the development of the Internet and SNS, it is emerging as a pressing concern in the future.

Mode of Behavior: As mentioned above, at the time the Foundation designated PoI-1933 as PoI, he already had a worldwide reputation as a prominent children's story writer. Thus it was deemed that virtually impossible to retrieve and conceal his works. Therefore, the main countermeasure for PoI-1933 is implemented with the following three focuses.

Surveillance of anomalies related to the written works. Information on related anomalies is to be frequently shared with PoI-1933 research team. Accurate information about PoI-1933 should be propagated to each person in charge of those anomalies.

Manipulation of information on PoI-1933's works. It is mainly to be carried out in various media and educational institutions. For example, the manipulation of impressions on the works by PoI-1933, and the surveillance of propagation of information on PoI-1933. For anybody who propagates accurate information of PoI-1933, their reputation must be ruined via Foundation cover story type "demagoguery". Depending on the situation, detention and amnestics treatment are also to be considered.

Concealment of historical materials on PoI-1933. PoI-1933 is widely known to have had a vast amount of of unpublished drafts, and there is a possibility that new materials will be discovered in the future.1 In such cases, amnestics treatment to people related and retrieval of the draft should be carried out as soon as possible.

Background Information: PoI-1933 was born in 1896 in the present Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. Nothing is particularly noticeable in the career, behavior, and words and actions of PoI-1933 investigated by the Foundation so far, compared to the information widely known to the mundane world.

PoI-1933 rarely showed suspicious words and actions related to the paranormal ability considered he had. It is still unknown when PoI-1933 gained this ability. However, since "Yamanashi", which is thought to be related to SCP-████-JP, was published in 1923, thus we can consider that PoI-1933's paranormal ability was present at this point at the latest. In addition, even though he seems to have encountered many paranormal phenomena that are presumed to be dangerous, there is no trace of him being exposed to anomalies. This is also considered to be noted when we deal with PoI-1933's paranormal ability.

There is some evidences suggesting that Shūshū-In had monitored or investigated PoI-1933 during his lifetime. PoI-1933 is known to be interrogated by the police in 1927, because his agricultural extension activity with local peasants was suspected to be “socialistic”. This is presumed to be when the existence of PoI-1933 attracted attention of Shūshū-In, and they initiated their investigation. It was also confirmed that Shūshū-In had set several reports after the death of PoI-1933, and their interest in PoI-1933 seemed to continue to exist to some extent.

When PoI-1933 died in September 1933, there was a series of movements by his relatives to publish PoI-1933's unpublished drafts. However, there were no signs that Shūshū-In interfered with the publication. It is presumed that the priority of PoI-1933 related issues for Shūshū-In was low, because PoI-1933 had already died and his recognition was very low at this point. As a result, the works by PoI-1933 became popular to the world from the mid-1930s to the wartime period.2

In the year of 1945, the Foundation absorbed the most of domestic paranormal organizations within Japan, including Shūshū-In, and established its status as the most powerful normalcy preservation organization in the country. However, Shūshū-In branch of Iwate Prefecture opposed to be absorbed by the Foundation, and a smooth handover was hindered until around 1950. It is presumed that multiple pieces of data dissipated in the midst of this disorder, and the search of such data is still ongoing by the Foundation's research team.

Since then, several proposals to designate PoI-1933 have been raised, but the designation of PoI has been delayed because there has been no consensus on whether the expired person should be designated as PoI. However, a number of anomalies related to the works by PoI-1933 have been discovered in recent years, and the existence of anomalies that are presumed to represent the contents of his works was also confirmed, thus he was officially designated as PoI in 19██. Currently, the Foundation has organized a dedicated team to research the anomalies related to the works by PoI-1933 and to conduct activities to fully identify the paranormal ability PoI-1933 had had.

Related Anomalies: The following is a list of anomalies that are presumed to be related to the works by PoI-1933. When the new anomallies suspected of being related to the works of PoI-1933 are confirmed, they should be added sequentially.

Item #
Works by PoI-1933
Anomalous Features

SCP-957-JP
Night on the Galactic Railroad
A gigantic column of light that exists in Nayoro City, Hokkaido Prefecture. The subject who visually recognizes this column of light become blind for 5-25 days. After exposure, it becomes possible to be recognized through all the shielding, and the exposed gradually strengthens their mental dependence and attempts to approach this column of light. A recent research revealed that organizations related to the Fifthism has recognized the existence of SCP-957-JP. The detailed research is ongoing.

SCP-1246-JP
Winter Sketch
A subway station in Minami-ashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, with “Department of Abnormalities” written at the entrance. There is an spacetime anomaly that expands at irregular intervals in the trackway. An unmanned freight train appears from the northwest once a month, but its destination is unknown. A poem presumed to be copycatted the Winter Sketch, a poetical work by PoI-1933, has been discovered.

SCP-1561-JP
Night on the Galactic Railroad
A ticket vending machine of 1.9-meter high. When a ticket is purchased and used, a mini steam train with a total length of 2,960 mm and a conductor in the form of a dog appear. If one tell the conductor where they want to go, their sight turns into the destination told. The conductor recently testified that PoI-1933 had ridden SCP-1561-JP, though it is difficult to verify its claim.

SCP-1886-JP
"Cat's Office"
An anomaly thought to occur in Foundation facilities that satisfy certain conditions. When this phenomenon is activated, a human-like being who self-proclaims the "Lion", the member of Board of Directors of the Japanese Foundation appears, and order the facility to be disbanded. The facilities and employees belong to them becomes vanished without exception, causing enormous damage to the Foundation. Therefore, when SCP-1886-JP emerges, it is mandatory to exterminate this entity by all means. It is pointed out that this "Lion" may be the "Lion" featured in PoI-1933's work "Cat's Office".

SCP-2836-JP
"Obbel and the Elephant"
An account named ‘Fundraising Association to Subsidize the Workplace Reform’ that appears on multiple SNSs. This account posts the personal information of certain people. When anybody who meets certain conditions read the post about certain person (target), an "Avenge Event" occur and the target perishes by a mob lynch. The account holder calls themselves “ally of the persecuted workers”. It turns out that they is aware of the existence of the Foundation, so strict vigilance is required.

SCP-2901-JP
"Matasaburō of the Wind"
A levitating non-entity that appears in the Pacific Northeastern Japan. It appears every June to August and is accompanied by anomalously frosty air, causing a strong adverse effect on growth of plant, especially crops, in the surrounding environment. In 1993, SCP-2901-JP had emerged with a humanoid entity designated as SCP-2901-JP-1, and MTF を-85 "Teru-teru-bōzu" was completely destroyed. This event made them designated as Keter.

SCP-2943-JP
"Yamanashi"
Unidentified entities called ‘Clammbon’. Although detailed information is unknown becaues of antimemetic nature, fragmentary information can be obtained through freshwater crabs (Geothelphusa dehaani) that have contacted SCP-2943-JP's information. However, there has been a lethal memetic contamination agent leading to acute intelligence breakdown in the information of SCP-2943-JP, and all experiments on SCP-2943-JP are currently prohibited after an accident in which a large number of personnels are exposed to memetic hazard.

Related Materials: The following document was originated from the Shūshū-In. The Foundation succeeded in retrieving this document in 1949. Note that the retrieved document is not complete and only a part of the original.

Kenji MiyazawaCollected Item Memorandum Catalog #1933

Detected in March 1927. Mr. Kenji Miyazawa was born in 1896. The information from his childhood to youth was limited and there was nothing noteworthy. After being granted an associate degree in agronomy at Morioka Agriculture and Forestry High School,3 he worked as a teacher at Iwate Prefectural Hanamaki Agricultural School, and then began tilling a local croft. In addition, he has been recently engaged in creative activities such as writing literary fictons at the same time as he toils away, but has not received much attention until now.

The authorities suspected that the activities of the ‘Rasu Peasant Association (羅須地人協会)’, a private school presided over by Mr. Miyazawa, were “socialistic”, and Mr. Miyazawa was interrogated by the police. We, Shūshū-In became aware of him as the local police requested us to investigate whether there were any paranormal elements in the activities of ‘Rasu Peasant Association’.

As a result of our investigation into Mr. Miyazawa, nothing paranormal was found in the activities of ‘Rasu Peasant Association’ itself. Among relatives and friends of Mr. Miyazawa, no one belonging to the paranormal communities was identified. Thus, once we considered to stop the pointless investigation. But the possibility was pointed out that Mr. Miyazawa was aware of the existence of anomalies in the paranormal communities. The main points that were considered to be noted in Mr. Miyazawa's behaviors are as follows.

He intentionally uses words that are thought to be coined by him on a daily basis. It is possible that there is some abnormality.

Sometimes Mr. Miyazawa seems to be talking to someone by himself. We failed to get into detail.

The works written by Mr. Miyazawa suggest the entities that seem to be identified as the paranormal anomalies in reality.

Due to the above points, our doubts about Mr. Miyazawa have been reinforced. We determined that it was necessary to contact Mr. Miyazawa to determine how to deal with him. Ms. Isanagi, disguised as a police associate, interviewed Mr. Miyazawa.

The following is an excerpt of the interview log.

Interviewee: Mr. Kenji Miyazawa

Interviewer: Studier "Yabu Isanagi"

Note: The interview was conducted by Ms. Ishanagi disguised herself as a police associate.

Ms. Isanagi: Then, let's start our interview. Actually, we were curious about something after the last investigation. I'd like to hear about it.

Mr. Miyazawa: …What do you mean.

Ms. Isanagi: You're using pretty weird words quotidianly. Such as, ‘Īhatōv’ or ‘Clammbon’. What are these names?

Mr. Miyazawa: Ah, it's kind of like, some of them are mere fantasy of mine, and the others are named after the image of what really exists, and so on. ‘Īhatōv’ is an imagery of my hometown, Iwate in my mind. And ‘Clammbon’ is a name for a creature really exists. Let me tell you about this ‘Īhatōv’ …….

[Mr. Miyazawa explains ‘Īhatōv’ enthusiastically for more than 20 minutes]

Ms. Isanagi: … I understand what ‘Īhatōv’ is all about. But you explained that ‘clammbons’ are real creatures, but I have totally no idea what kind of creatures they are. Can't you enlighten me in Japanese that is easy for me to understand?

Mr. Miyazawa: If you say so, I think you probably don't know about them. Even I just know that somehow they ‘exist’. They are pretty cute, though…. Yes! I've written a story titled "Yamanashi" before, and I've written about ‘clammbon’ in that story. So if you don't mind, please read it. Come to think of it, can I tell you one thing?

Ms. Isanagi: What?

Mr. Miyazawa: A ‘clammbon’ was in the hallway on the way here.

Immediately after the above interview, a creature called a ‘clammbon’ was searched, but could not be found. It was speculated that Mr. Miyazawa has a paranormal ability to perceive the existence of anomalies that cannot be normally observed. After that, we discussed the treatment of Mr. Miyazawa. After conducting further investigations and interviews to Mr. Miyazawa's relatives, we concluded that Mr. Miyazawa does not have hostility towards the Japanese government or paranormal communities, thus regular monitoring would be sufficient policy. Studier "Yabu Isanagi" was placed in in charge of monitoring him.

Addition on September 1933. On September 21, Mr. Miyazawa's death was reported by a local informant. A local investigation concluded that the cause of his death was acute pneumonia. He had been suffered chronic pneumonia, and the acute exacerbation killed him. As the monitoring target has dead, the lifting or drastic reduction of the monitoring will be considered.

Addition on October 1933. Ms. Isanagi reported that Mr. Miyazawa's relatives are planning to publish Mr. Miyazawa's drafts posthumously. We discussed whether to interfere with their publication, but our need to interfere with their actions is low, as Mr. Miyazawa is a dead man already. Rather, the opinion that rivalry with IJAMEA, which is rapidly spreading their influence in recent years, should be prioritized prevailed. Thus, we decided not to sabotage the postmortem publication of Mr. Miyazawa.

Addition on December 1933. Studiers who were participated in monitoring the late Mr. Miyazawa discussed about future course of action several times, but could not reach a conclusion. Upper Echelon decided to officially disband the monitoring group.

Addition on ██████████ 19██. Concerning the increase in the number of reports of weird phenomena occurring in the Northeastern Japan, the possibility of a causal relationship with the late Mr. Miyazawa has been pointed out, and a re-investigation of his works and behavior has been initiated. However, the re-investigation is found in difficulty, as some of documents are revealed to be smuggled out, and we lost contact with some members of the former monitoring group, including Ms. Isanagi.

Footnotes

1. Recently, a manuscript considered to be a unknown unpublished draft by PoI-1933 was discovered in 2009.

2. In particular, PoI-1933's poem "Unbeaten by the Rain" was widely exploited during the wartime, interpreting the poem as a justification of utilitarian self-sacrifice.

3. Transl.Note: ‘Specialized High Schools (専門学校, senmon-gakkō)’ were not ‘high schools’ you might know. They had been higher education institutions for vocational education, roughly comparable to community colleges in America, thus their graduates were eligible for a degree. They coexisted with ‘Higher Schools (高等学校, kōtō-gakkō)’, another higher education institutions, which were essentially preparatory liberal arts faculties of universities for academic education. Imperial Japan's education system was established in the German style, and senmon-gakkōs corresponded to German Fachhochschule. After 1945, the system was reformed into the American style, and senmon-gakkōs were merged into the universities. Morioka Agriforest High, Kenji Miyazawa's alma mater, is now the Faculty of Agriculture at National Iwate University.