Barbie fairytopia magic of the rainbow part 1

Barbie fairytopia magic of the rainbow part 1

In the case of assuming our time is a troublous time, do you see any commonality with it and the Heian era? Miyazaki Goro: For normal people, it isnt easy to recognize what is happening all over the world. Although we live in an information society, we can only know what we see just in front of us; we cant see or understand what moves the society. In the troublous time, the people at the bottom of the social pyramid are involved in the social change without understanding what is happening. Such big power involves people always exists in all-time. I often feel it when I read Hotta. Question: Hotta had never been involved in such a big wave, right? Miyazaki Goro: It was possible only for real intelligentsia like Hotta. At the end stage of WWII, he went to Shanghai despite of knowing Japan was losing the war and its danger. At the age of 60, he immigrated to Spain. It wasnt easy for a normal person. He did that because he wanted to see by his own eyes, I guess. Question: Do you think it is hard to keep the mind like Hotta? Miyazaki Goro: We should know history in order to do that. The thing that has continued from the Heian era has formed us. If there is something we have accomplishment of that, is that we can avoid losing our mind. Question: The climate during the Heian era was warmer and more humid like the one South East Asia currently has. That was something I found out from your exhibition. I was surprised to see the old Kyoto covered with dense woods. Miyazaki Goro: Half of it is my imagination laughing. There was a climate change from the end of the Heian to the beginning of the Kamakura era. It caused disasters and famine. During the Heian era, it was much warmer than it is now and people wore less clothing. As it had passed more than 300 years after Kyoto was built, there must have been many large old trees everywhere in Kyoto. And basically Kyoto was built in the wetland, it was a malarial area. Question: Hotta was not only a really great intelligentsia, but also had a human mind. For example, he romanced passionately. Miyazaki Goro: Indeed. He had much energy and was really passionate. Furthermore, he had both objectivity and subjectivity. Basically, the highbrows from his age are in another league to today. In terms of literature, music, there is a world of difference between them and us. Especially Hotta, who was born in a rich ship owner family, grew up surrounded by high-quality goods and very much had a sense of beauty. Question: Is it possible for us to have another Hotta in the 21st century? Miyazaki Goro: I dont think that ll be easy. That kind of intelligence was built on some sort of high-quality education and not at school. I can only say we should read classics. Question: We are looking forward to see Teika to Chomei to be filmed. Thank you very much.