The variety show "Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan" (TV Tokyo, Tuesdays at 8:54 PM), hosted by talent Koji Imada, freelance announcer Akira Fukuzawa, and former Sakurazaka46 member Yuka Sugai, will feature a "copy of the Tales of Ise left behind by my grandfather" as its treasure on June 23rd.
According to the client, the treasure was entrusted to him about 90 years ago by his grandfather as collateral for a debt. His grandfather was a local notable who served as a member of the House of Representatives, mayor of Kumano town, and vice chairman of the National Agricultural Conference, and the person he lent the money to was an old family that ran a bank, and it was a considerable amount. He thought that something that was used as collateral for such a debt must be of great value, and he had cherished it as a family heirloom for a long time, but recently the saying "nothing is worthless as collateral for a debt" has started to bother him, and he has become worried.
The preview introduced it with the question, "Could this possibly have been written during the Muromachi period!?" The studio was thrown into a frenzy.
