Occupation of a snow deep gorge: the farmer falco
Breaking of the shark: intimidation and love　
Hawk hunting of orphan high 1
Hawk hunting of orphan high 2　
Although it was born the heir　
Falconer culture that faded away
It is Senndou Hiyama on Akita Pref. Ogachi-gun Ugo-machi where it was enclosed in Dewa Mountains.
Here many falconers are born and grew up. It is 45 people the number. While running the agriculture of self-sufficiency the last falconer who continued to defend the hawk hunting of the tradition is  Ms. Takaitirou Takeda (in 1992 death, 77 years old). There is something that the life of the falconer that has lived in the hinterland, the severe nature of snow deep Akita moves the heart of the human being.

The falconer after the wing has come to be known in the whole country with the movie and novel.
It is the appearance "Takatsuki no." of  Ms. Takaitirou, to the scene that the hero takes away the rabbit that got, in "Hiyamasekkou" (the in 58 Cannes Film Festival grand prix winning a prize) of Imamura.Ms. Shohei. There is "the beautiful hunter of the shark blue sky" (the in Showa 56 separate volume art and literature spring and autumn) that the animal writer Ms. Sinnji Fujihara finished  Ms. Takaitirou to the model in the novel.

The falconer who hands down rabbit hunting by using the bear hawk was drunk to the wave of modernization and had disappeared after the war instantly. Such a condition that conveys in posterity in the case of the falconer, among traditional hunting was extremely bad. In comparison with the gun of the Matagi, the bear hawk is the creature which always must support it. The game is because decrease and stopped becoming an article for sale to spite that is demanded special skill.

　

The falconerMr. Takaitirou Takeda. In Taisho 4 it is born in the Akita Pref. Ugo-machi Senndou village.It grows up to it into 13 family including the grandparents 5 people, the younger sisters of 3 people, the younger brother.Father Ms. Matunosuke began to manipulate the hawk from when be accompanied by to the falconer, father who were to be the expert also in the village at one time and be 16 year-old. It is the rapacious bird of strongest which belongs to the bear hawk..eagle family and line up with the dog eagle domestically. The hawk hunting that is carried out as an old warrior and leisure takes the birds by using Hayabusa and Ootaka. The falconer of Senndou who has made the game the provisions of life is the tradition hunting law that accustoms a considerably more large bear hawk than it and have done the hunting of the beasts such as the field rabbit and marten, raccoon dogs.
The meeting" that brings up "the falconer was organized to defend the hawk hunting of the tradition that there is only 1 person in the whole country in February, in Showa 52. It is Takamatsu no. with Ms. Takeda who attended the opening ceremony that was carried out with the public hall of the town. "I," want to bring up and capture the bear hawk, to leave the tradition customs of home country in the next generation the hackberry of the meeting desk work director that brings up Ms. Takaitirou Takeda, Tsuchida 1 3, in Showa 57 although I made a direct appeal the capture application of the hawk to the director to, {the distinguished service, it in the persons and the Environment Agency of the town.
In February, in Showa 51 the falconer colleague/soil Tariki 3 3 of Ms. Takaitirou accomplishes unexpected death . A falconer became with 1 person merely Ms. Takaitirou in the whole country. I hope the continuation of the falconer the meeting" that brings up "the falconer was organized. "If the capture of the bear hawk is not admitted it" have died out permission did not come out from the Environment Agency after all, although in Showa 57 an Ugo-machi falconer "and Ms. Takaitirou Takeda bring up the hunting customs of the tradition even that" the meeting sends "the capture permission petition" of bear hawk to the Environment Agency and was paid attention with tradition preservation or natural protection whether. In Showa 61 the falconer Ms. Takaitirou called the last falconer declares that gives up one's business. Now only "the shark literature tombstone" remains lonesomely only with became.
The following a farthing is written, to the tombstone.

Even grass even the tree even the bird even the fish/the person even even the beast/it observes/become base one even the worm and the child of the な earth

(Fujihara Sinnji)
　



A Nozawa Hiromi photograph collection "the falconer"

There is 1 photograph collection that expressed the life, culture, folkways of Yamamura of Akita richly reality here. It is 2,987 yen) (issuance: child cow company launching: the shadow bookstore the Nozawa Hiromi photograph collection "the falconer".
This work lives 1 farmer falconer, Ms. Takaitirou Takeda and bear hawk are been the work of Ms. Hiromi Nozawa that applies the years in 14 in Akita Pref. Ugo-machi merely and went after with.the camera.

That attended to" the meeting that brings up "the falconer who Akita Pref. Ogachi-gun Ugo-machi on in a Senndou lives who falconer Ms. Takeda knows with the sole falconer that exists and was open in Ugo-machi in February, in Showa 52 was the first encounter with Ms. Takeda. "The last falconer" is been written, to the newspaper in publication, that time in the following manner from the Akita bookstore in Showa 57.

"It takes the vacation in the hunting season in winter, although Ms. Nozawa was a prefecture Chichibu inhabitant of prefecture center service at that time, and change the train, bus throughout Mount Oou of 700 k of one way and have done the shooting line. The beginning is said to have realized that "Takamatsu no." is captivated by an earnest figure toward the game with Ms. Takeda and be a big theme, although it was the thought that says with, if the display made of a contest is produced.

Not to mention all the details of the hawk hunting of Ms. Takeda, hunting season outside continues to follow Ms. Takeda who lives with agriculture and 3 times Akita to for the year. Only an extent was possible stay for 5 days from 3rd throughout Mount Oou because of the top, official business of the long-distance.

However, it is sticking coverage the stickiness strength of a Chichibu person to Ms. Takeda who even the usefulness walks the in mountains of even 10 k of snow in quest of the game what, on 1st display. Thirty-five mm of black-and-white negatives that I shot in these 6 years reached 18,000 frames. " (I attach it on April 28, in Showa 57 a Tokyo newspaper Saitama version)

"The valiant figure of the old age falconer that installs "Takatsuki no." of the Japan biggest rapacious bird/bear hawk of the eagle hawk family to the left arm and do Iriyama. Takatsuki no. that was put in fasting condition peels the sharp eye to raise struggle instinct and be instantaneous start out. It observes it each other Mutsu with the hawk in the home.. Chat of the nature between the hawk is the such photograph collection that will be heard with the person who interwove the life of Ms. Takeda centering around the hunting such as the field job scenery in summer" attach on April 30, in Showa 57 (the Sannkei newspaper Saitama version)

Also, the animal writerMs. Sinnij Fujihara is writing a wonderful preface to the photograph collection "the last falconer".
"When, this orphan high rapacious bird which made the blue sky the subjective world is it is caught to the champion of the ground and even what was not conquered the way where lives with the person to the person, although I got it. Hawks admitted the intimidation, with the love and the wisdom of a person.
, In other words, the intimidation, is the condition of a falconer with this love and the wisdom and this is the delicate path of the interchange between a hawk with a person. As long as the falconers are nonexistent I love a hawk and work the wisdom and make the world with the hawk by, intimidation and be dissolving in the reason of an up, Mother Nature.
The I etc. are keeping intimidation with love and the wisdom, to call Ms. Takaitirou Takeda, the last falconer, although they are nonexistent without there is the person who has the hawk and come out to live with the hawk and be because they cut it and be because they are the person who Ms. Takaitirou can hear the voice of Mother Nature ability .
Ms. Nozawa was impressed with a certain day, hawk and Ms. Takaitirou and applied the several years and continued to take these photographs. Ms. Nozawa takes the figure, that Mother Nature should be with the person and continued.
The limitless deep relations between the hawk are not about to be shot with the such precious falconer who is surprised at, this 1 photograph collection and the voice of Mother Nature is being shot.
Let's listen, the voice voice of Mother Nature that closes the eye! a friend and overflow from this photograph collection. " (Nozawa Hiromi photograph collection "the last falconer" preface, more)

The photograph collection that Ms. Nozawa continued to shoot as lifework the lamp of the falconer culture faded away it is also the sole heritage that I should pass down to the next generation as the proof of the Yamamura culture that is and become great the precious folkways record that I can not record 1 person who today. I want to introduce the life and culture of orphan high that lived with nature centering around the photograph collection of Ms. Nozawa.
Profile outline of career of Ms. Hiromi Nozawa that cooperated

It is born in Saitama Pref. Chichibu-gun everyone field Misawa (in Showa 18) 1943.
It becomes a Saitama Pref. staff (in Showa 37) 1962. A photograph activity start.
I am the Saitama national polity photo section personnel (in Showa 42) 1967.
It is the Saitama Pref. news culture department service (in Showa 43) 1968.
1975 (in Showa 50) Saitama Pref. Chichibu district inhabitant of prefecture center publicity charge
1977 (in Showa 52) a Saitama Pref. art exhibition with "a falconer" a special prize
It is the 1st prize whole country place for the photograph contest news copy real department year of the Japanese agriculture journalist (in Showa 54) 1979.
It is "the falconer" the photograph exhibition in the Kumagaya-shi Yagi bridge department store (in Showa 56) "the record of the village" "the Rusonn farmer" blue sky photograph exhibition 1981 in the exercise park of Misawa (in Showa 54) 1979.
1982 (in Showa 57) the Akita Pref. Ugo-machi public hall with "the falconer" the photograph exhibition
There be a Saitama Pref. Minano-machi worker (in Showa 62) 1987 and the photograph activity is developed centering around the shooting from the air by "the last falconer" the photograph exhibition present radio control helicopter in the mountain of village beauty, to come.

Book
1982 (in Showa 57) "the photograph collection/last falconer" Akita bookstore issuance
1984 (in Showa 59) "the photograph collection/Misawa/person with the climate" present creation company issuance
1990 (in 1990) "the photograph collection/falconer" child cow company issuance 1992 (in 1991) "the photograph, essay collections/we be the Takara Island company issuance that does not sell" the village

"It is because have handed down and have preserve the hawk hunting of a tradition until today and be impressed with this wonderful technology and achievement, while running the agriculture of self-sufficiency, even to claim to be Ms. Takeda the call with the falconer.
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