Yu-ki Abe Photography - Trace of Mountain (Trace of fog)

 
       
Trace of Mountain A deep fog usually envelops Mount Kirigamine (literally "Summit ofFog"). Once the mountain is covered by the fog, all boundaries disappear, and the fog seems to extend into infinity.A while ago, the mountain was home to a ski resort, large enough to include two ski jumping platforms. The mountain was a candidate to play host to the Olympic Winter Games.Further back in time, the entire mountain was once designated as hunting grounds. The Kamakura shogunate 800 years ago organized large hunting events in which the samurai competed with each other. Shinto rites held at temple ruins still remaining in the mountain pastures convey these ancient times to our present age. Today, too, there are a number of building complexes on the mountain that have outlived their usefulness. These abandoned structures appear like fresh ruins that will tell future generations of our times."Trace" is a word used in mountaineering. It is used to denote alterations made by those who came before you. As climbers move through a mountain, they effect various changes. Paths change or disappear. They overlap each other like layers on a rock bed, their surface covered by the fog.The fog lasts mere moments. It comes then disappears. It seems to swallow all and everything but soon vanishes into nothingness. It reminds me of our human existence. Ancient ruins and present buildings, too, are only transient presences on the mountain's surface. Measured in the time scale of the mountain, humanity's traces are but a momentary presence, just like fog.Fog has no beginning, no end. I follow the path, looking for the traces it has left behind.       山に残る痕跡に目を留めるようになり、そこから昔の山の姿を知るようになった。 20世紀のはじめ、ここには巨大なスキー場が存在していた。 ふたつのジャンプ台をも抱え、冬季オリンピックの候補地にもなったという。 21世紀現在、かつての五輪候補地はとても小さなものとなり、ゲレンデは完全に草原に埋もれてしまっている。さらに遡ると、ここは山一面が狩り場だったという。 800年前に武士が腕を競った狩猟祭は鎌倉幕府が主催した大規模なものだった。 古の祭りも形骸化し、かつての名残を留める程度になっている。 6年ごとに麓の大祭に併せて行われる "山の祭" が、当時の賑わいを彷彿とさせた。道を辿る度に跡が見つかり、その跡もいずれは埋もれていく。 山の用語で使われるトレースは先行する者が残した踏み跡のこと。 先人達が通った道は姿を消すもの、形を変えて残るもの、さまざまだ。私が辿った道も、トレースとして残るか、いずれは消えてしまうか。 写真というメディアに今の山の姿を記録することで、なんらかの"山のあと"を残したいを考えている。
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