2/09/2014

Note to Roosevelt written by Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru of the Imperial Japanese Navy 「ルーズベルト大統領への手紙」 市丸海軍少将






                                 「ルーズベルト大統領への手紙」 市丸海軍少将  
As Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru of the Imperial Japanese Navy states in his note to Roosevelt, Japan has encountered a number of crises as well as the undesired conflicts with the other nations. Now, it is time for us to think again who was aggressive and who was not aggressive.

Here is a translation of the note sent to President Franklin Roosevelt by Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru of the Imperial Japanese Navy before he was killed in action in Iwo Jima on March 1945.
A Note to Roosevelt
Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru of the Japanese Navy sends this note to Roosevelt.
I have one word to give you upon the termination of this battle.
Approximately a century has elapsed since Nippon, after Commodore Perry’s entry to Shimoda, became widely affiliated with the countries of the world. During this period of intercourse Nippon has met with many national crises as well as the undesired Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, the World War, the Manchurian Incident, and the China Incident. Nippon is now, unfortunately, in a state of open conflict with your country.
Judging Nippon from just this side of the screen you may slander our nation as a yellow peril, or a blood thirsty nation or maybe a protoplasm of military clique.
Though you may use the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour as your primary material for propaganda, I believe you, of all persons, know best that you left Nippon no other method in order to save herself from self-destruction.
His Imperial Highness, as clearly shown in the “Rescript of the Founder of the Empire” “Yosei” (Justice), “Choki” (Sagacity) and “Sekkei” (Benevolence), contained in the above three fold doctrine, rules in the realization of “Hakko-ichiu” (the universe under His Sacred Rule) in His Gracious mind. The realization of which means the habitation of their respective fatherlands under their own customs and traditions, thus insuring the everlasting peace of the world.
Emperor Meiji’s “The four seas of the world that are united in brotherhood will know no high waves nor wind” (composed during the Russo-Japanese War) won the appraisal of your uncle, Theodore Roosevelt as you yourself know.
We, the Nippon-jin, though may follow all lines of trade, it is through our each walk of life that we support the Imperial doctrine.
We, the soldiers of the Imperial Fighting Force take up arms to further the above stated “doctrine”.
Though we, at the time, are externally taken by your air raids and shelling backed by your material superiority, spiritually we are burning with delight and enjoying the peace of mind.
This peacefulness of mind, the common universal stigma of the Nippon-jin, burning with fervour in the upholding of the Imperial Doctrine may be impossible for you and Churchill to understand.
I hereupon pitying your spiritual feebleness pen a word or two.
Judging from your actions, white races especially you Anglo-Saxons at the sacrifice of the coloured races are monopolizing the fruits of the world.
In order to attain this end, countless machinations were used to cajole the yellow races, and to finally deprive them of any strength.
Nippon in retaliation to your imperialism tried to free the oriental nations from your punitive bonds, only to be faced by your dogged opposition. You now consider your once friendly Nippon a harmful existence to your luscious plan, a bunch of barbarians that must be exterminated.
The completion of this Greater East Asia War will bring about the birth of the East Asia Co-Prosperity Area, this in turn will in the near future result in the everlasting peace of the world, if, of course, is not hampered upon by your unending imperialism.
Why is it that you, an already flourishing nation, nip in bud the movement for the freedom of the suppressed nations of the East.
It is no other than to return to the East that which belongs to the East.
It is beyond our contemplation when we try to understand your stinted narrowness.
The existence of the East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere does not in anyway encroach upon your safety as a nation, on the contrary, will sit as a pillar of world peace ensuring the happiness of the world. His Imperial Majesty’s true aim is no other than the attainment of this everlasting peace.
Studying the condition of the never ending racial struggle resulting from mutual misunderstanding of the European countries, it is not difficult to feel the need of the everlasting universal peace.
Present Hitler’s crusade of “His Fatherland” is brought about by no other than the stupidity of holding only Germany, the loser of the World War, solely responsible for the 1914-1918 calamity and the deprivation of Germany’s re-establishment.
It is beyond my imagination of how you can slander Hitler’s program and at the same time cooperate with Stalin’s “Soviet Russia” which has as its principle aim the “socialization” of the World at large.
If only the brute force decides the ruler of the world, fighting will everlastingly be repeated, and never will the world know peace nor happiness.
Upon the attainment of your barbaric world monopoly never forget to retain in your mind the failure of your predecessor President Wilson at his heights.
-Rear Admiral Ichimaru
Reproduction based on his note to President Franklin Roosevelt written in the old Japanese

ルーズベルトに与える書
  日本海軍市丸海軍少将、書を「フランクリン・ルーズベルト」君に致す。

  我、今、我が戦いを終わるに当り、一言貴下に告ぐるところあらんとす。
 日本が「ペルリー」提督の下田入港を機とし、広く世界と国交を結ぶに至りしより約百年。この間、日本は国歩艱難を極め、自ら慾せざるに拘(かかわ)らず、日清、日露、第一次欧州大戦、満州事変、支那事変を経て、不幸貴国と干戈を交ふるに至れり。
 これを以って日本を目するに、或は好戦国民を以ってし、或は黄禍を以って讒誣し、或は以て軍閥の専断となす。思はざるの甚きものと言はざるべからず。

 貴下は真珠湾の不意打ちを以って、対日戦争唯一宣伝資料となすといえども、日本をしてその自滅より免るるため、この挙に出づる外なき窮境に迄追い詰めたる諸種の情勢は、貴下の最もよく熟知しある所と思考す。

 畏くも日本天皇は、皇祖皇宗建国の大詔に明なる如く、養正、重暉、積慶を三綱とする、八紘一宇の文字により表現せらるる皇謨に基き、地球上のあらゆる人類はその分に従い、その郷土において、その生を享有せしめ、以って恒久的世界平和の確立を唯一念願とせらるるに外ならず。これ、かつては

  四方の海 皆はらからと思ふ世に 
         など波風の立ちさわぐらむ

 なる明治天皇の御製は、貴下の叔父「テオドル・ルーズベルト」閣下の感嘆を惹きたる所にして、貴下もまた、熟知の事実なるべし。

 我等日本人は各階級あり各種の職業に従事すといえども、畢竟その職業を通じ、この皇謨、即ち天業を翼賛せんとするに外ならず。
 我等軍人また干戈を以て、天業恢弘を奉承するに外ならず。

 我等今、物量をたのめる貴下空軍の爆撃及艦砲射撃の下、外形的には退嬰の己むなきに至れるも、精神的にはいよいよ豊富にして、心地ますます明朗を覚え、歓喜を禁ずる能はざるものあり。
 これ、天業翼賛の信念に燃ゆる日本臣民の共通の心理なるも、貴下及チャーチル君等の理解に苦むところならん。

 今ここに、卿等の精神的貧弱を憐み、以下一言以って、少く誨える所あらんとす。
 卿等のなす所を以て見れば、白人殊にアングロ・サクソンを以て世界の利益を壟断せんとし、有色人種を以って、その野望の前に奴隷化せんとするに外ならず。

 これが為、奸策を以て有色人種を瞞着し、いわゆる悪意の善政を以って、彼等を喪心無力化せしめんとす。近世に至り、日本が卿等の野望に抗し、有色人種、ことに東洋民族をして、卿等の束縛より解放せんと試みるや、卿等は毫も日本の真意を理解せんと努むることなく、ひたすら卿等の為の有害なる存在となし、かつての友邦を目するに仇敵野蛮人を以ってし、公々然として日本人種の絶滅を呼号するに至る。これあに神意に叶うものならんや。
 大東亜戦争により、いわゆる大東亜共栄圏のなるや、所在各民族は、我が善政を謳歌し、卿等が今を破壊することなくんば、全世界に亘る恒久的平和の招来、決して遠きに非ず。

 卿等は既に充分なる繁栄にも満足することなく、数百年来の卿等の搾取より免れんとする是等憐むべき人類の希望の芽を何が故に嫩葉において摘み取らんとするや。
 ただ東洋の物を東洋に帰すに過ぎざるに非ずや。卿等何すれぞ斯くの如く貪慾にして且つ狭量なる。

 大東亜共栄圏の存在は、毫も卿等の存在を脅威せず。かえって世界平和の一翼として、世界人類の安寧幸福を保障するものにして、日本天皇の真意全くこの外に出づるなきを理解するの雅量あらんことを希望して止まざるものなり。
 ひるがえって欧州の事情を観察するも、又相互無理解に基く人類闘争の如何に悲惨なるかを痛嘆せざるを得ず。

 今ヒットラー総統の行動の是非を云為するを慎むも、彼の第二次欧州大戦開戦の原因が第一次大戦終結に際し、その開戦の責任の一切を敗戦国独逸に帰し、その正当なる存在を極度に圧迫せんとしたる卿等先輩の処置に対する反発に外ならざりしを観過せざるを要す。
 卿等の善戦により、克くヒットラー総統を仆すを得るとするも、如何にしてスターリンを首領とするソビエトロシアと協調せんとするや。

 凡そ世界を以って強者の独専となさんとせば、永久に闘争を繰り返し、遂に世界人類に安寧幸福の日なからん。

 卿等今、世界制覇の野望一応将に成らんとす。卿等の得意思ふべし。然れども、君が先輩ウイルソン大統領は、その得意の絶頂において失脚せり。
 願くば本職言外の意を汲んで其の轍を踏む勿れ。
Translation of the original note written in the old Japanese into the modern Japanese.

日本海軍市丸海軍少将が「フランクリン・ルーズベルト」君に書を宛てる。

私は今、我が戦いを終えるに当たり一言貴方に告げることがある。

日本国が「ペルリー(ペリー)」提督の下田入港を機とし、広く世界と国交を結ぶようになった時より約百年の間、国の歩みは困難を極め、自ら欲しないにも関わらず日清戦争、日露戦争、第一次欧州大戦(第一次世界大戦)、満州事変、支那事変を経て、不幸にも貴国と交戦することになった。
そして貴方は我々を、あるいは好戦的国民であるとし、あるいは黄禍論を用い貶め、あるいは軍閥の独断専行であるとする。思いよらぬもの甚だしいと言わざるを得ない。

貴方は真珠湾攻撃の不意打ちを理由に対日戦争(大東亜戦争)唯一の宣伝資料とするが、そもそもにおいて日本国が自滅を免れるためこの行動に出る他ないという程の窮地にまで追い詰めたような諸種の情勢というのは、貴方の最も熟知するものであると思う。

畏れ多くも日本天皇は皇祖皇宗建国の大詔に明らかなように、養成(正義)、重暉(明智)、積慶(仁慈)を三鋼(秩序)とする八紘一宇(天下を一つの屋根の下に)の文字によって表される皇謨に基づき、地球上のあらゆる人間はその分に従い、その郷土においてその生を生まれながらに持たせ、それによって恒久的平和の確立を唯一の念願になさったのに他ならない。

これは「四方の海皆はらからと思ふ世になど波風の立ちさわぐらむ(意訳:人は皆家族であるのに、なにゆえ争わねばならないのか)」という明治天皇の御製(天皇の詩)は貴方の叔父セオドア・ルーズベルト閣下が感嘆したものであるが故に、貴方もよく熟知しているのは事実であろう。

私たち日本人はそれぞれ階級を持ち、また各種の職業に従事するけれども、結局はその職を通じ皇謨、つまりは天業(天皇の事業)を翼賛(補佐)しようとするのに他ならない。
我ら軍人は交戦を以て天業を広めることを承るに他ならない。

我らは今、物量に頼った貴方の空軍の爆撃、艦隊の射撃の下、外形的に後ろへ退くもやむなきに至っているが、精神的にはついに豊かになり、心地ますます明朗になり、歓喜を抑えることができなくもある。

この天業翼賛の信念が燃えるのは、日本国民共通の心理であるが、貴方やチャーチル君は理解に苦しむところであろう。

今、ここに貴方達の精神的貧弱さを憐れみ、以下の一言を以て少しでも悔いることがあればいいと思う。
貴方達のなすことを見れば、白人、とくにアングロサクソン(アメリカとイギリスの主な民族)が世界の利益を独占しようとして、有色人種をその野望実現のための奴隷として扱おうということに他ならない。

この為に邪な政策をとり有色人種を欺き、所謂悪意の善政を行うことで彼らを喪心無力化しようとしている。

近世に至り日本国が貴方達の野望に抗し有色人種、特に東洋民族を貴方達の束縛より解放しようと試みたところ、貴方達は少しも日本の真意を理解しようと努めることなくただ貴方達に有害な存在となし、かつて友邦とみなしていたにも関わらず仇敵野蛮人であるとし、公然として日本人種の絶滅を叫ぶに至った。
これは決して神意にかなうものではないだろう。

大東亜戦争によって所謂大東亜共栄圏が成立し、所在する各民族はわれらの善政を謳歌しているから、貴方達がこれを破壊することが無ければ、全世界にわたる恒久的平和の招来は決して遠くは無いだろう。 


貴方達はすでに成した。十分な繁栄にも満足することはなく数百年来にわたるあなた方の搾取から免れようとするこれらの憐れむべき人類の希望の芽をどうして若葉のうちに摘み取ろうとするのか。


ただ東洋のものを東洋に返すに過ぎないではないか。


あなた方はどうしてこのように貪欲で狭量なのか。

大東亜共栄圏の存在は少しも貴方達の存在を脅威するものではない。むしろ世界平和の一翼として世界人類の安寧幸福を保障するものであって、日本天皇の真意はまったくこれに他ならない。
このことを理解する雅量(器)があることを希望してやまないものである。

翻って欧州の事情を観察すると、また相互無理解に基づく人類闘争がいかに悲惨であるかを痛感し嘆かざるをえない。
今ヒトラー総統の行動の是非を云々するのは慎むが、彼の第二次世界大戦開戦の原因が第一次世界大戦の終結の際、その開戦責任の一切を敗戦国ドイツに押し付け、その正当な存在を極度に圧迫しようとした貴方達の処置に対する反発に他ならないということは看過できない。

貴方達の善戦によって力を尽くしてヒトラー総統を倒すことができたとして、どうやってスターリン率いるソヴィエトと協調するのか。
世界を強者が独専しようとすれば永久に闘争を繰り返し、ついに世界人類に安寧幸福の日はないだろう。

あなた方は今世界制覇の野望が一応、まさに実現しようとしている。あなた方は得意げに思っているに違いない。しかし貴方達の先輩ウィルソン大統領はその得意の絶頂において失脚した。
願わくば私の言外の意を汲んでその轍を踏まないでほしい。
市丸海軍少将 

4 comments:

  1. as a chinese american who has done a in-depth research on contemporary asia history, i fully agree with the sentiment of Rear Admiral R. Ichimaru, from the asian perspective.

    and i would like to add that japan was the real liberator of asia, and contribute critically to china's liberation effort under the leadership of mao. i just hope that japan, china and korea would unify to end the century-long war that asia has waged against america and the west. asia should be ready to make the move in the 2020 tokyo olympics.

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  2. hereby lies the cause of wwii:
    “”””STUDYING the condition of the never ending racial struggle resulting from mutual misunderstanding of the European countries, it is not difficult to feel the need of the everlasting universal peace.
    Present Hitler’s crusade of “His Fatherland” is brought about by no other than the stupidity of holding only Germany, the loser of the World War, solely responsible for the 1914-1918 calamity and the deprivation of Germany’s re-establishment.”””
    Hereby lies the jewish dirty trick of divide and conquer german and devastate the soviet union:
    “””It is beyond my imagination of how you can slander Hitler’sPROGRAM and at the same time cooperate with Stalin’s “Soviet Russia” which has as its principle aim the “socialization” of the World at large.”””
    Hereby lies japan’s true intention:
    “””If only the brute force decides the ruler of the world, fighting will everlastingly be repeated, and never will the world know peace nor happiness.
    Upon the attainment of your barbaric world monopoly never forget to retain in your mind the failure of your predecessor President Wilson at his heights.
    -Rear Admiral Ichimaru”””

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  3. WORLD HISTORY

    jesus christ stole some superficial ideas confucius, just like marx did to communism, to fool the gullible mob mass in order to hide their own exploitative, violent and pervert intentions. with this obscene dual hijack, respectively, morality and harmony in the West, and replaced it the barbarism of religion, militarism and demobcrazy, thus destined the world on a path to its doom.
    World history, or the steps that lead to today’s doomsday scenario, when void of propaganda and distortions, can be derived to be as follows:
    The jewish controlled anglo-saxon Christians tricked, respectively, the Russians to weaken the germans leading to their domination of Europe, and the Chinese to weaken the Japanese leading to their domination of japan.
    (I have enough evidence to show how japan got screwed. Someone needs to search out the same for Russia, extrapolate backward to how America is screwing Russia today.)
    Well, the first time, it’s shame on them. But the second time, if asia and Europe again allow America/Britain(which might very possibly separate from European union as the elected leader has promised a referendum vote soon) to play the same trick, with a reversal of change as last time, it would be shame on us.

    WWII REVISITED
    Who caused it?
    America’s Smoot–Hawley Tariff caused a tariff war(today’s typical america’s sanction) against Europe started the European theatre of war. Then when America refused to let go of its asia colonies by heavy naval buildup at pearl harbor, it lured japan to take a pre-emptive strike to sound off Asia liberation after hundreds of years of western colonization.
    And the scheme of jewish pair of marx and lenin attempted to suppress the capitalistic and anti-semite sentiments in Europe by leveraging on the Russia military strength.
    But, in all, it’s a turf war for America to maximize it’s imperialistic reaches in Asia, Mideast and Africa by attaining military dominance over Germany and japan.
    At the end of the America Revolutionary War, the British troops were shocked to find that, emerging out of the worlds, were not just the minutemen under command of George Washington, but the average American colonists. The british found themselves fighting against all the people in the land of america. In short, America was founded not just to be another country – it was founded as a military camp.
    This military camp was, in fact, dedicated to the genocide of the native Indians and the enslaving of the blacks, with the ultimate goal of dominating the entire world.
    Today, the whole world is getting the same shock treatment as the British did 250 years ago.

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  4. HISTORY’S GUIDEPOSTS
    Without non-erasable historical facts as guideposts, the human contemporary history has become a tool of propaganda that curses humanity to continue celebrating and repeating the escalating wars toward an early doom. What follows is a list of some major guideposts for a history without borders that transcends any national boundaries and conflicting ideologies:
    1. Casualty lists of wwii r the guideposts for rewriting the history without borders.
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    2. Mao got the Chinese moms to give births faster than the America is capable to kill based on several nuke plans America made on china during the korea and Vietnam wars. Mao’s offering Kissinger millions of Chinese women, implying how fast they could breed, was an attempt to put this historical guidepost on record.
    3. The greatest tragedy during wwii in china was the yellow river flood of 1938 that spanned 3 provinces and lasted for more than 5 years and causing upward of 30 million deaths. Chiang kai-shek, the leader of the puppet government under America, caused it by breaking the dyke around the river, but blamed on the Japanese with the erecting a stone monument at the dyke. This throws into question the two other minor incidents that were also blamed on the Japanese – the nanking massacre and the Changsha fire. So, who’s the real enemy of the Chinese people during the sino-japanese war: Japan or Chiang Kai-shek?
    4. The century-long opium holocaust would not be justified were not for the branding of china by Karl Marx as “backward and corrupt, thus the Chinese government deserved to be overthrown and the Chinese traditional civilization destroyed. The jewish-guided western civilization of exploitation and dominance and the Chinese-centered eastern civilization of harmony and benevolence need to be critically compared.
    5. The author of “rape of nanking”, iris chang, took her young life at the height of her book’s fame and exposed to the world that the Tanaka Memorial is a forgery and that the cause of her stress was from cia’s stalking her.

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