改訂版「写真で見る芸文協のあゆみ」ご挨拶
一般社団法人富山県芸術文化協会

会長

加藤淳

President of Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural Association

Kiyoshi KATO

富山県芸術文化協会は 1972 年 10 月に設立され 47

そして演劇祭最終日、フェアウェルパーティ会場の年の歴史を刻みました。芸文協設立以前の富山は“文隅に私がへたり込んだ時、漢陽工業高校の校長先生がやゆ化不毛の地”と揶 揄 されていました。現在のように本日本語で私に話しかけて下さったのです。

県の芸術文化の輪が大きく広がったのは、行政・マス「加藤先生ありがとう。査証のことでは随分先生にコミ・民間の三位一体となった取り組みが功を奏し、大変厄介な思いをさせました。私たちが日本に来られこれを力強く推進された歴代会長をはじめ、役員各位、るよう、先生が根気よく書類を幾度も書いて下さった芸術文化諸団体の並々ならぬ努力の賜物と思います。

お蔭で、韓国の高校生が富山の演劇祭に参加し、日本

中国の歴史書「十八史略」では、第一に「創業」の困難人の前で韓国語で演劇「すっぽんの侍者役伝」を上演が述べられ、それを引き継ぐ難しさが「守成」として記し、日本人も、世界の人たちも皆拍手してくれました。

されています。まさに守成期にある当協会の運営に、私は韓国人として誇らしく、こんなに嬉しいことはな

日々気が引き締まる昨今です。

い……。」何と校長先生は感激し、涙を流していたのです。

ここで、私が芸文協に入った当初の印象的なエピ

私の期間中の辛い思いが一瞬で吹っ飛び、感動に変ソードを紹介させて頂きたく存じます。1985 年、富山わりました。

高校で国語の教鞭を執っていた私は、事務局主任として芸文協に赴任することになりました。当時、小泉博

時は移り、あの頃から 35 年近く過ぎ、国際交流も円事務局長（現名誉会長）と舟本幸人書記（現専務理事）熟の時を迎えています。今年はハンガリーの劇団プレ他 2 名で、私が加わり五人体制でした。

イヤーズ・スタジオ・デブレツェンが富山で子どもたトロンボーン奏者として、また吹奏楽部顧問として、ちに「みにくいあひる」を演じましたが、これはハンガ

斯界では多少納得の行くことをやって来たつもりのリー人が“日本語で”上演した演劇の何と 5 作品目で私でしたが、初日から「井の中の蛙」を自覚させられます。富山弁を交えた軽妙なやりとりに客席は大いに沸した。

き、国際交流のレベルも新しい段階に到達したことを実感いたしました。

この年の夏、1983 年に開催されたアジア初の「富山国際アマチュア演劇祭」に続き、世界初の「富山国際高このように世界でも珍しい地域間国際芸術文化交校演劇祭」が開催されるところで、私が入った時は準流を含め、多種多様に花開く芸文協の諸事業を「守成」備の真最中でした。

し、次世代へ「つなぎ・わたす」決意を新たにしております。富山県民の皆様、また行政・報道など関係の皆様

韓国・漢陽工業高校の身元引受人として韓国領事館
こずとの交渉に手古摺ったこと（最初のメンバーの家族にには、今後とも当協会に温かなご理解とご支援を賜り兵役拒否歴がありとか……）など、国際交流事業の難ますよう衷心よりお願い申し上げ、第 11 版発行の挨しさを端から味わい、右往左往しました。

拶とさせて頂きます。
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Greetings to the revised edition of“Toyama Prefectural Artistic andCultural Association seen by photos”
President of Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural Association

Kiyoshi KATO

The Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural
Association was established in October 1972 and has

were having much trouble discussing with the Korean
Consulate as the guarantor of Hanyang Technical Highengraved itself into the history during the 47 yearsof its existence. Prior to the establishment of ourAssociation, people called Toyama a“cultural desert”.

School in Korea (the original member’s family had ahistory of refusing military service …). And on the last
day of the Festival, when I got tired and was sitting

The current artistic and cultural circles of Toyama
Prefecture expanded greatly as a result of the efforts
made by the trinity of local government, mass media

in the corner at the Farewell Party, the Principal of
the Hanyang Technical High School spoke to me inJapanese.“Mr. Kato, thank you very much. We haveand private sector. I think that it was a gift of efforts
to strongly promote them, made by the past presidents,
board members, as well as artistic and culturalorganizations.
In the book“Eighteen Stories Brief”about
history of China, the first of the difficulties mentioned
is“establishing a business”and the second one is“taking over and maintaining”. Nowadays, I mustbrace up my mind every day in the management of thisAssociation which is exactly in the period of“takingover and maintaining”.
Here, I wou ld like t o int ro duce t he f ir st
impressive episode to you from the early days I entered
our Association’s office. In 1985, when I was teaching
Japanese language at Toyama High School, I was sent
to the Association’s office to work as a chief clerk.

troubled you a lot with visa documents. Because you
patiently negotiated with the Consulate by writing a lotof documents, we were able to come to Japan. KoreanHigh School students were able to participate in theTheatre Festival and perform in front of Japanesepeople the play“Legend of the Turtle Servant”which
was received with applause from both Japanese andforeign people from all over the world. As Korean,
I am very proud, and I couldn’t be happier…”ThePrincipal was very much touched and shed tears. All of
my painful feelings from that difficult experience were
blown away instantly and changed into excitement.
The time has changed, nearly 35 years havepassed since then and the international exchange hasmatured. This year, the Hungarian group“Players
Studio Debrecen”has performed“The Ugly Duckling”
for local children which was the fifth production staged“in Japanese language”by Hungarian actors. The
audience was greatly excited by the witty conversations

At that time, the office was managed by five persons,who were Secretary General Mr. Hiroshi KOIZUMI(current Honorary President), Clerk Mr. Yukihito
FUNAMOTO (current Executive Director), two othermembers and me.
As a trombone player and an advisor of a school

which were mixed with Toyama dialect, and I actually
felt that the level of international exchange reached anew step.
Thus, I am renewing my determination to“takeover and maintain”our Association in Toyama, whichis blooming flowers in various fields such as holding

brass club, I was more or less self-confident to beprepared for this field, but soon I realized I was likea“frog in a well”, which doesn’t know the vast world
outside.
During the summer of that year, I joined theAssociation in the middle of the preparation for theinternational and inter-regional artistic and cultural
exchanges so unique in the world, and to pass it onto
the next generation.

world’s first“Toyama International High School
Drama Festival”, which was a continuation of the“Toyama International Amateur Theatre Festival

To all Toyama Prefecture citizens and to all
those concerned with government and media, in this
11th edition, from now on, I would like to sincerely(TIATF)”held in Asia for the first time in 1983.
I could taste the difficulty of international
exchanges from the very bottom. For example, when weask you for your warm understanding and continuous
support for our Toyama Prefectural Artistic andCultural Association.
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