Chapter 130 Michiko Kawa and students from the University of Tokyo

Michiko Kawa, the best daughter of the Japanese people and a student of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo, died heroically in the patriotic struggle of the Japanese people against the United States and the coast.She is the pride of the Japanese people.When paying her silent tribute, I couldn't help but recall some past events when I was teaching in the Department of Chinese New Literature at the University of Tokyo around 1950. The predecessor of the University of Tokyo was the Tokyo Imperial University, which was the place where the Japanese imperialists trained civil servants.The gate of Tokyo Imperial University is painted red.The vast majority of the students of Imperial University are the children of the upper class (and there are no girls), and they will be employed as officials as soon as they graduate, so they think that "once they become popular, their reputation will be ten times higher."After the Second World War, it was changed to the University of Tokyo, and girls were also accepted (but there are no female teachers).Every time I go to the literature department to take classes, I go through another school gate.There are many trees on campus.Because the heating pipes in the school were removed and "donated" as weapons at the end of the war of aggression, the classrooms were very cold.I always remember that the room was quite dark amidst the sound of dripping rain.The students in shabby clothes listened to the lecture with their faces flushed from the cold, and then lowered their heads to write notes with their frozen hands.There are also a few girls among them.The students in my class are very good at Chinese, and some can speak Chinese fluently. Mr. Takeuchi, who is visiting China this time, is one of them.They are very interested in everything about New China. Whenever they discuss the literary works of New China, they have endless questions and endless words.During this period of time, everyone's hearts were hot.

In the "Wen Wei Po" on June 26, I read the articles written by two members of the delegation of Japanese writers who visited China this time, Mr. Takeuchi Minoru and Mr. Oe Kenzaburo.They all came to mourn Michiko Hua as classmates.Mr. Takeuchi mentioned that on January 16th, when Nobusuke Kishi sneaked into the United States to sign the new Japan-US "Security Treaty", patriotic students rushed into Haneda Airport to stop this traitorous activity, and were once attacked by the police. In this team, the only girl who participated in the struggle was Tomiko Kawa.Mr. Oe Kenzaburo said in his article: "The author of the textbooks of all Tokyo University students, including Hua Michiko, has a real revolutionary significance--Chairman Mao Zedong, the great leader of the Chinese Communist Party, often talks to us when he talks to us. Mention the name of Michiko Kawa.” He was inspired never to be forgotten by the respect and condolences expressed by our great leader Chairman Mao and the Chinese people for Michiko Kawa, and at the same time explained that all the students of the University of Tokyo have a deep appreciation for “the The revolutionary significance of "Chairman Mao's works are intensively read and studied as textbooks.

As early as 1939, Chairman Mao led us to say: "In China's democratic revolutionary movement, the intellectuals are the first members to be awakened... However, if the intellectuals do not unite with the workers and peasants, nothing will be achieved." During the raging anti-American struggle in Japan this time, intellectuals, especially students, marched hand in hand with workers and peasants.When one Michiko falls down, thousands of Michiko stand up bravely!With the mutual solidarity and mutual support of justice-loving and peace-loving people all over the world, the anti-American struggle of the Japanese people and Japanese students will surely win the final victory!Kawa Michiko's blood will never be shed in vain! (This article was originally published in "Beijing Evening News" on July 2, 1960.)