HOW HARA SETSUKO STOLE OUR HEARTS

Hara Setsuko
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Moon behind the clouds,
The last autumn leaf will fall
where once were snowdrops.
(Kenji’s haiku for Setsuko)
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She was born 会田 昌江 Masae Aida in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture., June 17th 1920. She passed on September 5th 2015.

As the Inuit has many words for snow, so behind her smile could lie many deep emotions. Through her shone the sun, she was warm and kind, like a flower in the wind she was fragile yet resilient. There are few...