Chapter 16 Chronicle of Matsumoto Seicho

(Translated from the fifty-sixth volume of "The Complete Works of Matsumoto Seicho" published in January 1984) Born on December 21, 1909 in Shinozaki, Kokura City, Fukuoka Prefecture (now Kitakyushu City, Kokura Kita-ku).His father, Minetaro, was the eldest son of the Tanaka family in Yado Village (now Yado, Nichinan Town) in Hino County, Tottori Prefecture. When he was young, he was adopted as an adopted son by Matsumoto Yoneyoshi in Yonago Town (now Yonago City), Saihaku County, in the same prefecture.He ran away from home when he was 17 or 18 years old and worked in Hiroshima, where he met and married Okadaya, a female textile worker from a farm in Beppu (now Higashihiroshima City), Kamo County, Hiroshima Prefecture.Soon, the two moved to Kitakyushu.

In 1910 (one year old), the family moved to Jiutanzhipu, Shimonoseki City to join their grandparents.My father used to be in the rice business.Grandparents sell rice cakes.Grandfather Meggie died in 1911. In 1913 (at the age of four), when a tram track was built in Shimonoseki City, explosives were used to collapse the mountain to cause a landslide, and the house was crushed, so the family moved to Tanaka Town. In 1916 (at the age of seven), he entered the Shimonoseki Municipal Jing'e Common Primary School. In 1917 (8 years old) the family moved to Kokura City, where he took refuge with his mother's friends.So I transferred to Kokura City Tenjinjima Ordinary Elementary School.

In 1922 (at the age of thirteen), he entered the Higher Section of Bancai Ordinary Primary School in Kokura City. In 1923 (at the age of fourteen), his father raised funds to open a small restaurant in Konya-cho 1-chome in the city. In 1924 (15 years old), graduated from higher education, was recommended by the employment agency, and was hired as a handyman by the Kokura Office of Kawakita Electric Company (headquartered in Osaka) with a monthly salary of 11 yen.Start reading literary books. In 1926 (17 years old), the small restaurant run by my father made the family situation better.Due to overcrowded housing, I rented a room on the second floor of a nearby grocery store and lived there with my grandmother for about a year.

In 1927 (18 years old), the Kawahoku Electric Company closed down due to the recession, and Matsumoto lost his job.Bread and rice cakes are sold next to the barracks in Kokura City.The customers were family members who came to meet the soldiers.During this period, I interacted with the literature-loving employees of the Yawata Iron Works and Toyo Ceramics, and showed them short essays written under the influence of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. In 1928 (19 years old), he followed his mother's advice to "have a craft", and finally became an apprentice lithographer at the Takasaki Printing Office in Kokura City, with a monthly salary of about 10 yen.At that time, he worked as an apprentice in another small lithograph printing house.The small restaurant run by my father could not survive in Konya-cho, so he moved to Nakajima Street for business.

In March of 1929 (at the age of 20), these literary lovers were arrested by the Xiaocang Police Station for "searching for red elements" because they purchased and read the proletarian literary magazines "Literary Front" and "Battle Flag". Detained for ten days.Frightened, his father burned all Qingzhang's books and forbade him to read.This year, he accepted the physical examination for conscription and was listed as the second type of supplementary soldiers. In 1931 (at the age of 22), the Lithograph Printing Office closed down, and he returned to Takasaki Printing Office to work.On February 8, my grandmother passed away at the age of eighty-three.

In 1933 (at the age of 24), in order to improve the skills of master plate workers, he went to Shimai Offset Printing Office in Fukuoka City as a trainee. In 1934 (25 years old) I returned to the Takasaki Printing Office in Kokura. In 1936 (at the age of 27), the monthly salary was raised to 40 to 50 yen, which was more or less like the salary of a craftsman.On November 18, married the fifth daughter of Kenjiro Uchida, a native of Saga Prefecture.At the end of the year, the boss of the Takasaki Printing Office passed away, and he felt uneasy about the future. In February 1937 (28 years old), he resigned from the printing office.As a result of writing a letter to Toichiro Harada, the Kyushu branch director of Asahi Shimbun, which he had never met before, he began to draw a plate-making draft for the agency in autumn.

On January 18, 1938 (29 years old), the eldest daughter Shuzi was born. In 1939 (30 years old), he served as a non-staff member of the Advertising Department of the Kyushu Branch of the Asahi Shimbun. In 1940 (31 years old), the Kyushu branch was upgraded to the Asahi Shimbun Western Headquarters, and Matsumoto served as an employee of the advertising department.The eldest son Yangyi was born. In 1942 (at the age of 33), he became an official member of Asahi Shimbun. On June 15, his second son, Akira, was born. In October 1943 (age 34), he was conscripted into the army and served in the 48th Company in Kurume for three months.

In June 1944 (35 years old), he was conscripted into the army again and belonged to the 24th Company in Fukuoka. He served as a medical soldier for a year until he was defeated in the war.Immediately after enlisting in the army, he was sent to North Korea and stationed in Yongsan on the outskirts of the capital (Seoul).Promoted from Second Class to First Class.The family members were evacuated to his wife's family home in Kanzaki Town, Saga Prefecture. In 1945 (36 years old), he established a recruit regiment, became a member of the military medical department of the division, and moved to Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do.Promoted to first class.We are defeated in Jingeup.At the end of October, he was repatriated to the mainland and resumed his post at Asahi Shimbun.

On July 20, 1946 (37 years old), the third son Longqing was born.Until the spring of 1948, amateurs acted as broom brokers to make ends meet. In 1948 (39 years old), he worked in the pattern group of the advertising department of the Asahi Shimbun Western Headquarters. In 1950 (age 41), "Asahi Weekly" held a solicitation for "Millions of People's Fiction".In February, Matsumoto's work "Xixiang Banknote" was selected as the third prize, with a prize of 100,000 yen. 1951 (forty-two years old) "Saigo Banknotes" was listed as a candidate for the 26th Naoki Prize in the first half of this year.Get acquainted with Shunsaku Iwashita and Weiping Hino.Encouraged by Daibutsu Jiro, Hasegawa Nobu, Muki Takataro and others, he visited Tokyo for the first time.Served as the director of the pattern group of the advertising department.Matsumoto's work "To Amakusa" won the Selection Award (second only to the Special Selection Award) in the national tourism poster recruitment event co-sponsored by the National Railway Company, Japan Communications Corporation, and the All Japan Tourism Federation.The works published this year include: "Xixiang Banknotes" and "Sleeping in the Car".

In 1952 (at the age of 43), at the suggestion of the editor of "Santa Literature" Kotaro Mugi, he published "The Biography of a certain "Xiao Cang Diary"" in the magazine.In terms of commercial graphic design, he became a member of the Kyushu region of the Japan Publicity Art Association established in 1950, and established the association's Ogura office in his own residence. On January 22, 1953 (forty-four years old), Matsumoto's "The Biography of a Certain Ogura Diary" was listed as a candidate for the Naoki Prize.After evaluation by the Akutagawa Prize Selection Committee, this work was awarded the 28th Akutagawa Prize in the second half of 1952.The prize is a clock and a sub-prize of 50,000 yen.In the same year, "Jiujiuyin" submitted to "Popular Reading" won the first place in the first public newcomer cup.On November 1st, he was transferred to the Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters to work alone.Works published this year include: "Xiao Shi Chao", "Jiu Jiu Yin", "Warring States Tactics", "The Boundary of Xingyun", "Heroes and Foolishness", "Chrysanthemum Pillow", "Memorandum of "Jingyun Pavilion" ", "Quan Wife", "Memories of Fire", "Counterfeit Makers".

In July 1954 (age 45), I brought my family members to Tokyo from Ogura.Works published this year include "The Man by the Lake", "The Female Prisoner", "The Two of Ou", "The Minister's Love", "Takeda Shingen", "Transformation", "Dangerous Advertisement", "Traveling alone" , "The Intimidator", "Sakai's Blade Injury", "On the Sidelines of Love", "Two Roads", and "The Wind and Cloud Break the Monument". 1955 (forty-six years old) The works published in this year include: "Lonely Love", "The Fallen Samurai", "The Second Generation Sacrifice", "The Will", "Stunts", "Red Sign", "Ieyasu and the Mountain Master", "Flute Pot", "White Plum Fragrance", "The Enemy in the Belly", "Father's Finger", "The Story of a Boudoir", "The Story of Three Rivers", "The Liusheng Clan", "Stone Bone", "Green Fault", "Employees", "Task", . On May 31, 1956 (age 47), he resigned from the Asahi Shimbun.On September 18, he became a member of the Japan Artists Association.Works published in this year include: "Show Lai Walks", "Meiji Loyal Official Cang Tan", "Po Tan Variation", "Weakness", "Loss", "Random Flags", "Prosperity and Failure", "Strategy of the Warring States Period" ", "Kuroda Rushui", "Death in Hakone", "Legend of the Wild Robber", "A General", "Doubt", "Zojoji Blade Wound", "The Dead Man in a Suit", "Fifty-Four Wan Shi's Lie", "Why the "Star Map" Opened", "Ninety-nine Libin", "Reflection", "On the Way", "Snoring", "Death of the Mayor", "Sound", "Accomplices", " "Flow Road", "Seat", "Escape", "Conspiracy General", "General Who Doesn't Keep His Promise", "Interpreter" and so on. In 1957 (age 48), he won the Seventh Japanese Detective Writers Club Award for this novel.On December 19, my mother passed away at the age of seventy-eight.In the same year, he moved to a new house built in Kamishakujii, Nerima Ward.Works published this year include: "Sado Ryu Pedestrians", "Prize", "Novel Japanese Story" (including "Furuta Oribe", "Zeami", "Sen Rikyu", "Yunqing", "Toba Monsei", "Kobori Enshu", "Sura", "Honami Koetsu", "Katsushika Hokusai", "Iwasa Matabei", "Sesshu", "Shiributsushi"), "Dot and Line" , "Amulet in the Hole", "Long", "Waiting for a Year and a Half", "The Woman Who Buys a Local Newspaper", "Eighty Suicide Notes", "Dependence of Hate", "Ghost Animals", "Eye Wall", "Kofu Zaiban", "Voices From Afar", "Unlucky Missteps", "Projection", "Conditions Outside the Search Circle", "Kamegoro's Criminal Records", "White Darkness", "Carneadis "The Boat Board", "Original Notes", "Attack", "The Wanderer's Camp", (including "Back to Machijima", "My Wish", "Escape", "I Don't Know", "The Night's Night" Footsteps", "A Disturbance", "The Red Cat", "The Secret Ship", "The Left Arm", "The Companion", "The Sound of the Rain and the River"), "Suspiciousness", "Snoring Hell", "Inner Fear" The Coffin of the Killer", "A Costly Marriage", "Madness". In 1958 (forty-nine years old), "Points and Lines" and "Eye Wall" were published in separate volumes and became bestsellers, forming the impetus for the so-called "socialist mystery novels". Works published this year include: "Point", "Dotted Line", "Spring Blood", "A Sparrow", "Second Floor", "Failure", "The Eradication of a Small Bureaucrat", "Abduction", " Black Earth Painting", "Ice Rain", "Sunshine Palace Incident", "Gossamer Painting", "Forehead and Teeth", "Decoration Commentary", "Pilgrims of Xilian Temple", "The Forest of Nothingness" , "Green Depiction Point", "Woman with Epilogue", "On the Journey", "Black Sea of ​​Trees", "Black Paintings" (including "Crisis", "Testimony", "House on the Ramp", , "The Bond", "Cold Current", "The Murder Weapon", "Dim Light", "Grass"), "Paper Teeth", "Ge", "The Collusion of Love and Blankness", "Hosokawa Yusai". In 1959 (50 years old), I wanted to test the limit of writing with a pen and actively wrote.Due to excessive writing, I suffered from neuralgia in the second half of the year.Therefore, from then on, the original manuscript was dictated, and after being recorded by the speed reporter Takashi Fukuoka, Matsumoto processed and polished the transcribed manuscript. This method was implemented for about nine years.On July 22, "The Novel Imperial Bank Incident" won the first half of the Wenyi Chunqiu Reader's Award, with a bonus of 100,000 yen.On November 28th and 9th, the Love Readers Conference hosted by Bungeishunjusha was held in Takarazuka Theater in Tokyo. For the first time, he participated in the performance of the literati drama "Mountain of the Wild God", playing the role of Kiyogoro Saigu. Works published in this year include: "The Girl on the Postcard", "Felling", "Appeal", "Dangerous Slope", "Blank Pattern", "Date of Birth", "The Novel Emperor Yin Incident" ", "Eve Before the Fire", "The Field of Shadows", "Huoyun", "Black Terroir", "The Tower of the Waves", "Skewed Copy", "Fog Flag", "Murder of the Stewardess" On", "Black Blood Woman", "Crossing the Heavenly City", "Who Does Literature Serve?" "(Discussion with Arima Laiyi and Shibata Renzaburo), "The Shell of Creatures". It was written in 1960 (51 years old), and since then it has officially entered the field of realistic novels that expose the root causes of modern Japan. Since then, "black mist" has become a buzzword. The works published in this year include: (Including "The President of the National Railway Down the Mountain Was Murdered", "The Disaster of the "Jupiter"", "The Tip of the Iceberg of Hell", "Doubts in the North - Shiratori Incident", " The Espionage Islands - The Mystery of the Exiled Soviets", "The Man Who Betrayed the Revolution - Ritsu Ito", "The Conqueror and the Diamond", "The Painter, Poison and Gunpowder", "The Secret of the White Mansion", "The Reasoning Matsukawa Incident" , "Black Exile and Branding", "The Far and Near Map of Strategy"), "Spherical Wilderness", "Bad Guys", "Thinking Leaves",,,, "Lights of Ice", "Burning Water", " Parts", "The Road to the Station", "Grass Flute", "Error", "Variation Street", "The Unrecorded First Climb", "Tsunkuni House". On May 1, 1961 (52 years old), the National Tax Agency announced the 60-year income amount (the amount subtracted from the income necessary expenses), and Matsumoto ranked first in the writer department, totaling 3,840 More than one hundred thousand yen.From it, 20 million yen in national tax and 5 million yen in local tax will be paid.After that, the amount of tax paid ranks first almost every year.Newly built a house in Kami-Takaido, Suginami Ward, and moved in in September.Since this year, he has served as a selection committee member for the Naoki Prize. Works published this year include: "Electric Pen", "Golden Ring Eclipse", "Face in the Water", "Car in the Shade of the Sun", (including "Confirmation", "Many Leaf Emerald", "Man with Light Makeup", "Hidden Scene", "Elegant Siblings", "Country Doctor", "Woman Who Buys Potted Plants", "The Storm", "Faded Dress", "The Sight of the Wind", "Even Numbers" ", "Uneasy Performance", "Dried Colors", "Floating Insects", "War Weariness", "Red Sketch", "The Moment of the Matsukawa Case Judgment", "Watching the Matsukawa Case Trial" (with Hirotsu Discussion with Hideji Hojo), "Small Inn", "Water Flow", "The Narrator", "Old Spring", "Gap", "The Woman Who Defeated her Duty". In January 1962 (53 years old), served as a consultant for the advertising agency Dentsu Corporation.On March 13, my father passed away at the age of eighty-nine.In April, he was elected as a director of the Japan Literary Artists Association (for a two-year term).On May 17, the eldest daughter Shuzi got married.In June, I was hospitalized at Sanno Hospital in Akasaka for a month due to an eye disease. The works published in this year include: "Locked", "Busy Scalpel", "Shui Yan", "Crow", "Beast Road", "Finger of the Earth", "Counter Curve", "Poet of the North", , "The Altered Book", "Glass City", "The Beautiful Struggle", "The Airflow of the Eyes", "The Design of Symbols", "Tianbao Illustrated", "Textbooks in the Fog", "Yellow Forest", "Polluted Rainbow", "Landscape in Pale Tone", "Sarakura Theory", "A Collection of Black Paintings" (including "Accident", "Hot Air", "The Female Prisoner Without Prison Clothes", "Image", "Land and Water", "Broken Line", "The Bedroom"). In 1963 (54 years old), Lin Fangxiong criticized Matsumoto's "Design of Symbols" in "Literary Review" as a work that distorts history.In June, Matsumoto rebutted in the Asahi Shimbun.Received the 5th Japan Journalists Conference Award for his writing, "Modern Bureaucracy" and other achievements.In the same month, he became the chairman of the Japan Reasoning Writers Association and served for four terms for eight years.On September 12, the Supreme Court ruled that all the defendants in the Songchuan incident were not guilty.This year, I wrote two scripts.In July, Koshiro Matsumoto (the eighth generation) and others staged "Ghost Sanxian" at the Yomiuri Auditorium, and in November, the Toho Troupe staged "Trap" at Meijiza. Works published this year include: "Nakatsu Village, Aiko-gun, Sagami Country", "Shadow", "Dark Thread", "Splendid Displacement" (including "Folk Toys", "Komachi Drum", "Chapter of Baekje", " Walking", "The Second Floor of the Rain", "City at Sunset", "Ticket", "Ghostwriting", "Umbrella", "Shadow", "Elimination"), "On Modern Bureaucracy" (including "Modern Bureaucracy") On", "On Bureaucracy of the Ministry of Culture", "On Agriculture and Forestry Bureau", "On Public Prosecution Bureau", "On Industrial Bureaucracy", "On Construction Bureaucracy", "On Police Bureaucracy", "On Cabinet Investigation Office", "On Defense Bureaucracy" On", "Transportation Bureaucracy", "Dazang Bureaucracy", "Foreign Affairs Bureaucracy"), "Stone Road", "Days of Gods and Beasts", "Inflection Line", "Ooka Political Talk", "Haruta Shi Lectures of "A Guilty Heart", "Dancing in the Shadows", "Amplitude", "An Autobiography of Memories", "Backbone", "Simple Human Kindness". On April 12, 1964 (55 years old), he traveled abroad for the first time. He visited Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Geneva, Rome, Cairo and Beirut, and returned to China on May 3.In November, American reasoning writer E. S. Gardner visited Japan and had talks with Matsumoto.The play "Hosokawa's Tea Bowl" written for Qianjinzao was staged at the Shinbashi Dance Theater in December. Works published this year include: "The Mystery of the Judgment of the Shiratori Incident", "Partial Color Map of Edo", "Valley of Drowning", "Brush Writing", "Edo Secret Pattern", "Shadowed Grass Shape" , "甃", "Fengyan", "Twenty-Day Itinerary in Europe", "Excavation of Showa History" ("Army Confidential Fees", "The Unusual Death of Prosecutor Ishida", "Park Yeol's Rebellion Incident", "Akutagawa The Death of Ryunosuke, The Direct Complaint of Private Kitahara, The March 15 Incident of the Arrest of the Communist Party, A Major Event in Manchuria, The Unusual Death of Minister Safenri, Junichiro and Spring, Tenri The Incident of the Research Society", "The Ambition of the "Sakura Club", "The May 5th Incident", "The Strategy of the Spy "M", "The Death of Kobayashi Takiji", "The Tombstone of Kyoto University", "The Demon Cloud of Politics" Onida's Walker", "Emperor's Mechanism", "A Li Incident", "Killing Nagata Tieshan", "February 26 Incident"), "Elder Relatives", "Evening Scene", "Bones of the Earth", "The Monster of the Army". From April 15th to May 5th, 1965 (age 56), he traveled to the Middle East for a report. Works published in this year include: "Japanese Battle Tan Iken" ("Battle of Nagashino", "Battle of Anegawa", "Battle of Yamazaki", "Battle of Kawanakajima", "Battle of Itsukushima", "Kyushu Expedition", "Battle of Shimabara", "Battle of Sekigahara", "Southwest War"), "Flower Ice", "Late Liu Sheng", "Tug Oil Bottle", "Beirut Information", "Wind Pressure", "The Novel Tokyo University", "The Town of Willows", "Salt of the Desert", "Central Quicksand", "Compound of D", "Hokkaido in June", "Peat Layer". On February 1, 1966 (57 years old), the second son Zhao got married.In December, "Salt of the Desert" won the 5th Women's Public Commentary Reader's Award.A prize of 100,000 yen and souvenirs will be awarded.Launched that year in The Washington Post to publish an anti-Vietnam War ad campaign, in which Matsumoto also participated (published April 3, 1967). Works published this year include: "Range of the Rest of Life", "Hunting", "Floating Boat of Reeds", "Inhabitation Distribution", "Double Leaf Vein", "Supervisor", "Illusion of Beauty", "Young Prisoner" , "Flower Dress", "The Void Boat of Fire", "Ancient History", "Three Strings", "How to Change the Current Situation of News", "Rough Screen Version". On March 7, 1967 (58 years old), because Matsumoto wrote "Excavation of Showa History", "Flower Ice" and "Escape" and carried out extensive literary activities, it was decided by relevant parties to grant the first Yoshikawa Eiji Literature Prize.The award ceremony will be held on April 11.Received a medal and sub-award of 1 million yen.In April, he was elected as a director of the Artists Association and has remained in office until now.On October 20, the eldest son Yang Yi got married. Works published this year include: "Pictures of Officials", "Edo News Printed in Red" (including "Seven Kinds of Porridge", "Storm", "Circus Players", "Skills"), "The Image of Water Flow" ", "The Style of Black" (including "Brakes", "Crime Advertisement", "The Ritual of the Smile", "Two Voices", "The Cowardly Man", "Town of the Foghorn"), "The Plain of Hidden Blossoms" , "Twelve Bonds" (including "Traffic Accident Death", "Crime of Perjurer", "Historical Doubts", "The Younger Man", "Ancient Wood", "Astrometer of Persia", "Illegal Construction", "Memories of Entering the River", "The Banquet the Master Didn't Attend", "Muddoll"), "Racial Alliance", "My Trash", "Moon", "The Forest of Mixed Voices", "The Testimony" Forest", "Mysterious Genealogy" (including "Shotgun Shot Through the Darkness", "Escape from Prison", "The Woman Who Eats Stew", "Two True Murderers", "Summer Night's Serial Murder Case"), " Fire and Tide", "Wings Covering the Ground". In January 1968 (59 years old), in order to attend the "World Cultural Conference" sponsored by the Cuban government, he went abroad to Cuba on New Year's Eve.Returned home on January 15th.During this trip, I received an invitation from the Cultural Liaison Committee of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.Departed on February 15th to visit various places in North Vietnam.On April 4th, I met with Premier Fan Wentong alone, and returned to China on April 7th.This month, a conversation with Edgar Snow who visited Japan (published in the June issue of "Tide").On July 1, duodenal perforation complicated with peritonitis, and she was hospitalized in Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital for 40 days.On October 17th, I left for the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom for an interview trip, and returned to China on November 5th. The works published in this year include; "Matsumoto Seicho Dialogue" (with Higashikuni Toshihiko, Ikeda Daisaku, Omori Minota, Minobe Ryokichi, Daibutsu Jiro, Hayashi Takeshi, Hashimoto Minota, Egami Hoffo, Nakayama Tsuneaki , Takeo Kuwahara, and Konosuke Matsushita, published in the January-December issue of Bungeishunju), "Matsumoto Seicho's Report on North Vietnam", "Hanoi Diary", "Drawings of Dotted Lines", "Mountain", "Dereliction of Duty Japan The root of the disease". In 1969 (sixty years old), the total number of paperback editions of Matsumoto's works exceeded 10 million.From May 18th to 24th, in order to write the book "Elephants and Ants", I went to Laos for an interview trip.On December 30th, I traveled to Southeast Asia with my wife to happily see off the old year and welcome the new year. Works published this year include: "Life Bestowed", "Virgin Space", "The Event of Xinkaidi", "Passing Guests", "Dead Horse", "Black Diagram" (including "Speed Report", "Time to Separation", "Ogai's Maid", "Professor of Calligraphy", "Life in a Room with Six Mats", "Plum Rains and Western Baths", "Unheard of Places", "The Living Basque" , "Far Approach", "Bones of the Mountain", "Symbolist Poet", "The House on the High Terrace"), "Amsterdam Canal Murder", "The Key of Glass", "The Prime Minister's Mansion", "Let's Talk Down the Mountain National Railway Murder of the President", "Elephants and Ants", "Proof", "Exploring the Unreal "Strategic Mechanism", "Murder at St. Andrews", "Stone". On October 12, 1970 (age 61), he was awarded the 18th Kikuchi Hiroshi Award for his active creative activities centered on "Excavation of the History of the Showa Period".On November 5th, an award ceremony was held at the Okura Hotel, and a prize of 300,000 yen and souvenirs were awarded. Works published this year include: "Mysteries of Ancient History", "Exploring the Mysteries of Ancient History--The Eyes of a Writer, the Eyes of a Historian" (conversation with Fujima), "Strong Ants", "Tantric Law Immortal Teaching", "Searching for the Dignity of Life", "What Means the Forty-five Years of Meiji and the Forty-Five Years of Showa" (talking with Eiichi Matsushima), "Continuing the Mystery of Ancient History" (talking with Waka Mori Taro ), "New Interpretation of Wei Zhi Wa Ren Biography", "Killed Vulcan", "Wonderful Defendant", "Beach of Giants", "The Road to the King" (conversation with Inoue Mitsusada), "My Discussion of Textbooks Criticism of Criticism-History, Tribunal of Sand—Novel Tokyo Judgment, The Magic of Power Structure. 1971 (62 years old) From April, the first issue of "The Complete Works of Matsumoto Seicho" (38 volumes in total) began to be published.In June, "What Happened When the Master Left Home" was selected as the third Modern Gold Reader's Award for Fiction (first half of 1971) based on readers' votes.Prize money of 200,000 yen and souvenirs.In this year, he became the president of the Japan Reasoning Writers Association and served two terms for four years. The works published in this year include: "Embroidery of Grapevine Pattern", "Sinking", "Two Volumes of the Same Book", "Traveling History", "Quest for Ancient", "Black Corridor", "The Master What happened when I left home", "The History of Showa around me", "Talking about Xikaidao", "Why the Shaky Judiciary is Terrible" (talking with Toshiro Shiomi), "Ancient Japanese Country--The Mystery of Yamatai Country Exploration of ", "Shenzhili Incident", "Inner Line and Shadow", "Banyuan Painting Book". In 1972 (age 63), he wrote the "Japan Reconstruction Act" for the Folk Art Troupe, which was performed by Tomoyoshi Murayama and performed in various parts of Japan from March to July.In April, in order to provide young researchers with a place to publish their works, the "Quarterly Modern History" was established. Works published this year include: "Qualification for Courtesy", "Hot Silk", "Breath of the Wind", "The Bond of Grace", "Japan's Reconstruction Act - The Death of Kita Ikki", "Exploring the Mystery of Ancient History" ——The Eyes of a Writer, Eyes of a Historian" (discussion with Seiichi Wadashima and Ken Amakasu), "Leaf Flower Constellation", "Theory Beyond Li", "The Tongue of Shotao". In 1973 (64 years old), since April 14th, he has been traveling to Iran, Turkey, Holland, England, Ireland and other countries for interviews, and returned to China on May 5th.On November 2, the third son Longqing got married.On November 19th, at the invitation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he visited North Vietnam as the head of the Vietnamese ancient culture study group.The members of the group are Egami Hatsuo, Obayashi Tara and Asami Yoshikichi.Return home on December 8. Works published this year include: "Running Man", "History of Japan and Japanese" (conversation with Ryotaro Shiba), "Greetings from the Black", "Kitaki's View of the Monarchy", "Tokyo Ichi One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Parallel", "Dispute about Taxes", "Walker's Essence", "Peeping into the Hollow of Ancient History", "My Manyo Excavation", "Exploring the Mystery of "Kojiki"", "Fire Route", "The Closed Sea", "Northern Vietnam Ancient Culture Investigation Tour". From March 3rd to 6th, 1974 (65 years old), visited Okinawa for the first time.In May, the first issue of "The Complete Works of Matsumoto Qingzhang" (38 volumes in total) was completed.Express your thoughts on "The Secret of Yamatai Kingdom" by Binguang Takagi.Takagi refuted it, so he repeated his criticism in the October issue of the magazine. The works published this year include: "Hexi Electric Company Office", "Suspected History", "Revisiting Hanoi", "Guests at the Uni-President Hotel", and "The Tongue of Mr. Gongmu Yuansheng". On July 27, 1975 (age 66), the society was taken aback by the announcement of a "reconciliation" between the Soka Gakkai and the Japanese Communist Party to stem the fascist crisis.The agreement was brokered by Seicho Matsumoto.On December 29 of the first year, it was also made public that Daisaku Ikeda, President of the Soka Gakkai, and Kenji Miyamoto, Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party, held talks at the Matsumoto Residence. Works published this year include: "Dialogue · Excavation of Showa History" (Uneasy Prologue-Showa Panic · Shiroyama Saburo, the violent fascist of the military department · Gomikawa Junpei, from MacArthur to Tanaka Kakuei · Tsurumi Toshi Supplementary), "Yamatai Country - Our Country and Nation" (discussed with Fujima Ikudai, Ueda Masaki, Tanabe Shozo, Mizutani Keiichi), "What is real life for a writer" (with Hirano Ken Talk), "A Solution" to the Mystery of Writing Music", "Tang Village in the Mountain Gorge", "Black Line Drawing" (including, "Vortex", "Li"), "How to Read "Wei Zhi"'s " "Wajin Biography" (conversation with Kojiro Naoki), "Natsushima", "Contemporary Journalism" (conversation with Takeo Kuwahara), "Soka Gakkai-Communist Agreement - The Position of the Mediator", "The Ceremony Smile", "The Consequences of Different Paths", "The 300 Million Yen Incident in the Novel". In 1976 (at the age of 67), the national reading public opinion survey conducted by the Mainichi News Agency showed that Seicho Matsumoto ranked first among readers' favorite authors.According to subsequent surveys, except for 1977 and 1979, it ranked first every year. Works published this year include: "Ancient Fengtu Ji", "General History of Qing Zhang", "Forbidden Liange", "Arranged Scenes" (including "Status Curve", "Genius Female Painter", "Black Skin Handbook"), "The "Han" Zone of the Japanese Country", "Meiji Novels·Modern Novels" (talk with Kimura Takeshi), "Discussion: Demonstration·The Original Image of a Certain Nationalist" (talk with Kuno Shou), "Private Notes on Ancient History", "Spy · Tego · Lockheed" (conversation with Tatsuzo Ohno), "Shakespeare and Poor Names", "Fire Jacket Religion and Chinese Culture" (conversation with Mikanosuke Ishida) , "Exploration of the Profound Meaning of the Mysteries of Qingzhang" (talk with Hiroshi Sano), "The Reality of Weeds" (autobiographical copy), "North Ikki and Kodama Yushifu", "In the History of Japan's "Black Mist" The Protagonists", "Exploration of Qingzhang's Prosperous Creation Source" (talk with Hiroyuki Itsuki). In 1977 (age 68), starting from January 15, the Asahi Shimbun sponsored the "Yamatai State Issue Discussion Conference" at the Hakata ANA Hotel.Matsumoto is the chairperson of the seminar.Hatsuo Egami, Mitsuta Inoue, Takashi Okazaki, Kojiro Naoki, Koichi Mori, and Tara Obayashi served as lecturers.There were more than 600 audience members from all over the country.From August 2nd to 13th, in order to write the novel "City in the Sky" with the theme of the collapse of Anzhai Industrial Company, he went to the United States and Canada for interviews.World-renowned American reasoning writer Ellary Quinn visited Japan on September 9, and Matsumoto and Kobunsha jointly received him.From the 16th to the 18th, Matsumoto, his wife and third son Longqing accompanied Quinn to Hong Kong.Since the founding of the Japan Mystery Writers Association, Matsumoto has been a central figure.Due to another idea, I left the association this year. Works published this year include: "The Road from Persia to Nara" (conversation with Ikuo Hirayama), "A Writer Walks Alone in the Wilderness" (conversation with Yasutaka Tsutsui), "Ancient Criminal Books in London", "The Charm of Qing Zhang's Works" (conversation with Ha Inoue) ), "Dizzy Man", "White Strategy", "Confessions of an "Excessive Taxpayer", "Women's Biography of Other Countries", "My Views on Post-War History", "Line of Sight", "The Debt of Extending Life", "The Secrets of the Ancient Japanese and the Formation of the Yamato Nation" (talk with Mori Hiroto). On February 15, 1978 (age 69), he was awarded the 29th Broadcasting Culture Award by the Japan Broadcasting Association for his contribution to the improvement of broadcasting culture.In October, he co-founded Fog Studio with film director Yoshitaro Nomura, aiming to produce movies and TV shows.Matsumoto is the representative director.This year I traveled overseas frequently. I went to Europe in July, went to Iran from August 30th to October 1st, and went to Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Hong Kong and other places from December 27th to January 6th of the following year. Take an interview trip.When collecting materials for the Japan Broadcasting Association's TV series "Investigation Trip to the Ancient History of Qing and Zhang Dynasties", there was a major earthquake in Iran and anti-government riots demanding the abdication of King Pahlavi. Works published this year include: "Castle in the Sky", "Study on the "One Line of Ten Thousand Generations" Emperor System", "New Collection of Qing Zhang Short Stories" (including "Socks", "Dogs", "Rockets from the North" , "Farewell", "Mistranslation", "One Hundred Yen Coin", "Small Bag", "Remembrance", "First Visit to Hakone", "Spring Returns", "Leaving Ink"), "Insight into History" Eyes" (conversation with Kazuo Aoki), "The Road to Social Mystery Fiction" (conversation with Yukio Miyoshi), "The Genealogy of the Japanese Nation", "Where Are the Japanese Going" (conversation with Daikichi Irokawa) , "Writer's Notebook". In 1979 (70 years old), he resigned from the Naoki Prize selection committee.In May, "Persepolis to the Age of Birds" was finished and published. Works published this year include: "Strive for a Freedom of Speech and a Society Without Taboos" (conversation with Saburo Shiroyama), "Special Commissioner", "Mysteries of Ancient History", "The Revolution of White and Black", "Shorthand" . In 1980 (seventy-one years old), there was a call in the literary world that "National writer Seicho Matsumoto has a wide readership and should be awarded the Order of Culture", which aroused topic.However, Hiroshi Sano and others believed that "Mr. Matsumoto's Order of Culture is not suitable." 这一年发表的作品有：《创价学会和日本共产党十年协定的真实》、《骨灰盒的景象》、《创作灵感笔记》、《随时的记录》、《十万分之一的偶然》、《古代史新考问答》（与伊藤义教、杉山二郎、江上波夫、直木孝次郎、门胁祯二、神田秀夫对谈）、《宰相论我见》、《〈魏志倭人传〉的“盲点”》、《〈古事记〉新解札记》。 一九八一年（七十二岁）在东京国立博物馆举行“正仓院展”之际，许多学者在东京和京都与会的以主仓院为主题的讨论会。这次讨论的发言收入《通向正仓院的道路》。 这一年发表的作品有：《青木繁和坂本繁二郎》、《不幸的名字》、《接合的逻辑——林彪四人帮事件推理》、《道镜事件和宇佐八幡》、《彩河》、《白色的影子》。 一九八二年（七十三岁）决定同中野好夫、都留重人、大河内一男、沼田稻次郎、木下顺二、矢岛势子共同创立“要求国铁自主再建的七人委员会”，三月三十日在东京市谷的私学会馆达成协议。关于这个委员会，松本说：“劳资关系越来越陷入僵局，不能听任这种现状发展下去。但愿双方代表下层的意见，以认真的态度着手解决问题。”七月三十日，匈牙利的裴多菲电台广播了列采·琪波所翻译的广播剧《点和线》。八月一日参加鸟栖市教育委员会主持的“鸟栖铜铎与两千年前的日本”讨论会。（见《铜铎与女王国的时代》，日本广播协会一九八三年版）。十月二十七日至十一月六日，为了预定在《新潮周刊》上连载的小说取得素材，到瑞士和荷兰旅行，经伦敦回国。十一月起，《松本清张全集》第二期（共十八卷）开始出版发行。 这一年发表的作品有：《冈仓天心及其“敌人”》、《越来越近的脚步声》、《形影——菊池宽和佐佐木茂索》、《迷走地图》、、《天才们的虚实》、《日本最古的暗号文学》、《清张日记》、《有关稻荷山铁剑的一个假说》、《谈构想》。 一九八三年（七十四岁）五月二十五日至六月十三日，与朝日广播公司制作的特别报道节目《清张探讨密教》的采访组同行，首次访华。从福州到西安、兰州等地参观，在北京同中国文联主席周扬、作协副主席冯牧就文学问题交谈。松本主张：“文学应该首先写得饶有趣味，说教性的，读者不爱看。”周、冯二人一方面说“首先要考虑艺术标准”同时对松本表示同感。但是关于日本无产阶级文学的评价却有意见分岐。双方确认两国文学家之间有必要进一步作认真的讨论。十月一日至十三日，与朝日广播公司的采访组同行，访问了新德里、巴特那、马德拉斯、克纳拉克和加尔各答。 这一年发表的作品有：《幻华》、《热绢》、《圣兽配列》、《松本清张短篇小说馆》（包括《思托和元开》、《南半球的侧三角》）、《诗和电话》。