日高邸跡　●梅ヶ瀬渓谷スライドショー(WIN-XP/2000・ADSLに対応) 明治の偉人日高誠実(のぶざね)は、明治19年、50歳になって陸軍省を辞し、官有地229町歩を無償で借り受け、理想郷梅ヶ瀬を建設すべくこの地(当時の地名で市原郡白鳥村西沢)に居を移しました。 そして近隣十ヵ村の人たちの協力を得て、植林・養魚・畜産等に力をつくすかたわら、梅ヶ瀬書堂を開校し、近郊在住の師弟に国漢・英数・書道・剣道等を教授し有為な人材を育成しました。 従学する人々は市原・君津・長生・山武・夷隅の五郡(当時)にわたり、数百人に達したといわれます。 しかし、深山幽谷の地形はあまりにも地の利が悪く、台風や豪雨のたびに山は崩れ、川は埋まり、根付いたばかりの梅樹も根こそぎ倒され、養魚場も荒らされました。 誠実は私財を投じては復興に精を出しましたが、志は次々についえ、大正4年近隣の人々から惜しまれながら80歳の生涯を閉じました。 梅ヶ瀬書堂跡は往事を偲ぶよすがもなく、この地に日高誠実がいたことを知る人さえ少なくなっていましたが、その志を後世に伝えるため、有志により大福山休憩所近辺に顕彰碑の建立を計画したところ、多くの人々の賛同があり、平成11年11月23日、書堂跡、大福山展望台、養老渓谷駅前の3箇所に顕彰の碑が建立除幕されました。 ※この文章は「日高誠実先生顕彰碑建立計画に関する趣意書」より大意を転載しました。 the dwelling site of Nobuzane Hidaka Nobuzane Hidaka, a great man in Meiji era, retired from the War Office in 1886 in the age of 50, borrowed nationally‐owned land of about 230 ha for free of charge, moved in this area to develope the Umegase Utopia . With a great help of the residents of 10 neighbour villages, he devoted himself to tree planting, fish breeding and stock raising, and opened Umegase Shodo school to teach neighbour students Japanese, English, mathematics, calligraphy, Kendo(Japanese fencing) and brought them up to competent and efficient men. About several hundreds of students came from 5 different counties. However, its geographical features of high mountains and deep valleys were bad, therefore, by every typhoon and heavy rain, mountains were collapsed, the river was buried, Japanese apricot trees which have just took root into the soil were fallen, and the fish farm was damaged. Nobuzane devoted himself to restore the land spending his own funds, however, he couldn't accomplish his purpose and passed away in the age of 80 in 1916, deeply regreted by neighbours. For most people, the remain of Umegase Shodo school isn't a reminder of the past, and even, people who know about Nobuzane Hidaka are decreasing, these days. Then, to hand down his ambition to posterity, some interested people made a plan to build a monument praising Nobuzane publicly for his unrecognized effort, and it obtained large numbers of people's approval. On 23 Nov.1999, three monuments of Nobuzane Hidaka were unveiled at the remain of school, Daifukuyama observatory and Yoro keikoku station. ※This is the gist reproduced from"The prospectus of building plan of Nobuzane Hidaka monument".

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