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Aji Village, Shikoku Island,
Inland Sea of Japan.
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Here lie the Aji-shi Mountains,
whose granite is said to be
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the strongest and loveliest
in all Japan.
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In the foothills,
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some 1,200 stonemasons
guard the Aji stone,
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as they have for more
than 300 years.
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They are born into the
sound of chisels.
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They grow up in the stone yards,
as their mother's polish stones.
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In old age they craft
their own gravestones,
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then sleep beneath them.
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The Song of Stone
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Photographs by Y. Ernest Satow
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Music by Kuniharu Akiyama
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Sound Engineered by Okuyama Junosuke
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Written by Masayuki Nagare
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Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
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Produced by Tokyo Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
& TBS Vision Incorporated
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Some are crushed by the stone,
some are killed.
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Yet those who sculpt the living stone
have no ill-will toward it.
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They call the quarry "The office."
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Here they have enshrined
many gods.
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Inside, the men who face death pray in
the face of it, and cut the stone free.
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Do they know the sadness of the
mountain as its stone is cut out?
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All praise the stone.
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All praise the stone.
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All praise the stone.
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Surprisingly, when the stone
is cut and given form,
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the carvers murmur, over and over,
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"The stone is alive...
the stone is a living thing."
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Since ancient times the masons have
referred to chiseling as “killing"
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and polishing as "reviving."
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They say the neatly stacked stones
have a "warm shape,"
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and when stonework is finished,
it isn't something "made,"
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instead they say it
was "brought to life."
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Stone and water.
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The stone calls to water,
greets the rain.
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It shows the colors of its skin.
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Is it that the stone
never betrays?
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Is it that the stone guards
the hearts of men?
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Man's faith in the stone
never wanes.
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It becomes his salvation and home.
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The Song of Stone
End
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Photographs by Y. Ernest Satow
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Music by Kuniharu Akiyama
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Sound Engineered by Okuyama Junosuke
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Written by Masayuki Nagare
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Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
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Produced by Tokyo Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
& TBS Vision Incorporated
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