NHK's documentary program "Document 20min." (General) will air "The Last Meiji People" on October 19th at 11:45 PM. The program features people from the Meiji era who lived through five eras, from the Meiji era to the Reiwa era. A 114-year-old woman talks about war, women's social advancement, her encounter with Western culture, and her memories of life over the past 100 years, posing questions for us today.
Shigeko Kagawa was born in 1911, when Tokugawa Yoshinobu and Natsume Soseki were still alive. She was older than Mibuchi Yoshiko, the model for the Asadora drama "The Tiger and Her Wings ," and Yanase Takashi, the Takashi Yanase of " Anpan ."
Reading articles about Shohei Ohtani with a magnifying glass is a daily habit for her. She talks about the strange feeling she had when she tried Western food for the first time, the surprise she felt when she put on shoes, the excitement of seeing a plane and seeing a human flying in the sky, and her terrifying experiences at the end of the Pacific War. The life story of the woman who has seen the longest time in Japan...
