作家山田風太郎私人信件曝光

Recently the Asahi News reported the following:
忍法帖（にんぽうちょう）シリーズなどで知られる作家山田風太郎（１９２２～２００１、本名山田誠也）が旧制中学時代の友人に書いた直筆の手紙やはがきが見つかり、出身地の兵庫県養父市関宮の山田風太郎記念館に届いた。戦中から、有名作家になった１９７０年代までの計５８通で、気が置けない友人に「忍術だからデタラメでも結構」などと冗談めかして記していた。
　見つかったのは、兵庫県豊岡市の旧制豊岡中学時代の同級生で、青山学院大教授だった故・吉田靖彦さんあてに書いた手紙２１通とはがき３７通。２年前に吉田さんが亡くなり、家族が記念館に送った。記念館によると、山田と吉田さんは互いに読書家で、卒業後も交流を続けていたという。
　「甲賀忍法帖」を発表した１９５８年には、滋賀県彦根市にいた吉田さんに７月、「甲賀、伊賀に旅行する」とはがきを送った。しかし、１０月の手紙では夏の暑さや新連載の忙しさなどを理由に、「どうせ忍術なんだからデタラメでも結構だろうと横着をかまえることにした」と書いている.
(試譯文)
Letters and postcards, with the autograph of writer Fuutarou Yamada (1922-2001 and the real name is Seiya Yamada) who was known for his Ninpouchou series etc., that were addressed to his friend in the old system junior high school era were found, and they had reached the Fuutarou Yamada Memorial in Hyogo Prefecture Yabushi Sekinomiya. From during the War to becoming a reputed writer in the 1970s, in total 58 pieces of writing were sent to an intimate friend, joking manner writings such as "Because it was ninjutsu, it was fine even to be detarame" were being recorded.
What were found were 21 letters and 37 postcards written to the late Mr. Yasuhiko Yoshida, the classmate in the old system Toyooka junior high school period in Hyogo Prefecture Toyooka City, who later become the professor of Aoyman Gakuin. Mr Yoshida died two years ago, and his family sent them to the Memorial. According to the Memorial, it was said that Yamada and Yoshida, as avid readers, kept writing to each other after graduation.
　In 1958 when "Koka ninpojou" was published, a postcard was sent to Mr.Yoshida in Shiga Prefecture Hikone City in July, saying that "Traveled to Koka and Iga". However, in a letter in October, for reasons of the summer heat and being working busily for the new series, it was written that "neglecting formality because after all it is just ninjutsu, so it is perfect to be detarame".
It is good news for fans of Yamada. These items should be useful for those who want to study this famous story writer.