Haniya Yutaka and Odaka
Haniya Yutaka, also called Hanya Yutaka, was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on December 19, 1909. His father Saburo was a tax official at the time.
Haniya’s relationship with the then-town of Odaka begins after the Meiji Restoration, during the time when feudal domains were abolished and prefectures were established in 1871. Saburo received the lands of Okada in Odaka and settled there. The area he settled became the permanent Haniya residence at Soma County, Odaka Town, Okada, Yamada 315 (now labeled as Minamisoma, Odaka, Okada, Yamada 315).
The Hanya family had originally served as one of the retainers under the Soma clan during the 14th century, when they entered Odaka.
After returning to Japan from Taiwan, Haniya Yutaka would visit his father who lived in Odaka during the summer vacation periods of his junior high school years. His next visit to Odaka was 40 years later in 1962. He then visited in 1966 with the eldest son and eldest daughter of Shimao Toshio, and advised Shimao’s nephew concerning Soma Nomaoi, the horse festival. It was at this point that he wrote his essay entitled “Silent Travel” (無言旅行, Mugon Ryokou).
He passed away due to a stroke on February 19, 1997, at the age of 87.
Throughout his lifetime, Haniya Yutaka was proud to be a descendant of the Soma clan and a deep attachment to the “Odaka” name. In what some may call a curious coincidence, he was buried in a gravesite in Aoyama, Tokyo, next to the Soma clan gravesite.
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更新日:2021年03月26日