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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Rediscovering workers’ culture of the 1950s ? Activities of Shimo-Maruko Culture Group
Ota Ward in Tokyo is famous for many small factories. However, it is little known that there used to be many cultural activities in the area. It is said that, during the 1950s, youths working at small factories wrote poems, sang songs and voluntarily created picture-story shows in the southern district of Tokyo (Ota, Shinagawa and Minato Wards). Many songs, such as “No A Bomb”, were created in over 200 groups there. An event “Younger Days in Southern Tokyo ? Reviving Cultural Activities of the 1950s” was held on November 23, 2009 in Ota Ward to commemorate a reprint of a magazine of the Shimo-Maruko Culture Group”. (Anzai Tetsuo)
1950年代の労働者文化を再発見する~下丸子文化集団のサークル運動
東京の大田区は都内のなかでも町工場が多いところとして有名だ。だが、そこでサークル運動が盛んだった、ということはあまり知られていない。1950年代の東京南部(大田・品川・港区)では文化サークル運動が盛んで、町工場ではたらく若者たちが詩を書き、皆とうたをうたい、芝居を自主制作していた、という。当時、南部には200を超えるサークルがあったというが、そこから「原爆を許すまじ」などのうたが生まれていった。11月23日、大田区を中心に活動した「下丸子文化集団」のサークル誌が不二出版から復刻出版されたことを記念して、地元・大田区で「東京南部の青春―いま甦る1950年代サークル運動の世界」という催しがあった。(安齋徹雄)
Ota Ward in Tokyo is famous for many small factories. However, it is little known that there used to be many cultural activities in the area.
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