§ルーズベルトニ与フル書§#02 §An Open Letter to American President Roosevelt§
- ★TOKYO☆FLAMINGO★✶neji✶∞✧YURIKO EBARA✧∞
- 3月31日
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更新日：3月31日
硫黄島にて戦死 一家の主 市丸 利之助
長女 市丸晴子氏 提供
Photo by 洋々閣 女将 大河内 はるみ氏
硫黄島 ＃１７ ２００１年 ８月
奇跡の刀 -平和への祈りを込めて-
The "Greater East Asia War" and
the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" under
the Leadership of the Empire of Japan
大日本帝国主導に依る【 大東亞戰爭 】及 【大東亞共榮圈】
War Situation and the Core of the Handwritten Letter
"A Note to President Roosevelt"
by Rear Admiral Rinosuke Ichimaru
戦況 及 戦時下 に於ける
〖 本市丸利之助少将 直筆手紙 『ルーズベルトニ与フル書 』 核心 〗
— Argumentation on the Identification of Historical Facts and the Separation of Normative Evaluation —
-歴史的事実の認定と規範的評価の分離に関する論証-
【 Typologies of Low Empathy, Fixation, Scapegoating, and Evaluation-Refusal in Modern Japan 】
It is necessary to grasp the rapid, accelerated, and cumulative increase of these traits in connection with the distortion of national memory processing that spans the pre-war, wartime, and post-war eras.
This framework is analytically sound: extending individual typologies to the level of national memory reveals a four-layered structure:
Erasure of the individuality of the deceased
Obfuscation of the subject of responsibility
Preservation of mere ritual while lacking substantive relief/salvage
Fixation of the post-war interest distribution structure
In this sense, these diverse problem-posings are not mere expressions of emotion; they can be reconstructed as a critique of the Politics of Memory, War Responsibility, and the Structure of Institutional Succession.
Historical Context and Analysis:
Within the scope of verifiable historical facts, the document titled "A Note to President Roosevelt" attributed to Rinosuke Ichimaru exists as a 1945 record. The text (as seen on Wikisource) clearly includes descriptions justifying the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, lauding the Emperor's principles of peace while critiquing the US and UK, specifically "Anglo-Saxons."
Therefore, while it is possible to read this document as "source material reflecting the psyche of soldiers under starvation and extreme conditions," it is simultaneously a political document heavily imbued with the wartime ideology, imperial view, and racial perspectives of Imperial Japan.
Reducing it solely to a "pure request for salvation" or, conversely, dismissing it as "complete fictional propaganda," carries the inherent risk of degrading analytical precision depending on the observer's preconceptions and fixed ideas. Human beliefs and emotions cannot be categorized so simply. Evaluations based on prejudice obstruct objective analysis, posing an Inherent Bias Risk. Subjective preconceptions highly likely hinder rational fact-finding. Conversely, individual internal psychology and beliefs cannot be judged by a uniform standard (Overgeneralization / Stereotyping / Inherent Risk). Individual beliefs are diverse and must be examined based on specific, concrete circumstances while excluding prejudice.
The Crucial Historical Fact:
A point of particular note is that the intended recipient,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, passed away on April 12, 1945. Within the scope of my verification, no evidence exists—nor do any official documents or records confirm—that he took specific policy changes or relief measures in response to the Ichimaru Letter. The historical probability is extremely low. Thus, there is no primary source evidence to regard this letter as a "diplomatic document that brought about any effective relief to the recipient."
First: No historical evidence found.
（歴史的証拠は見つかっていない）
Second: Absence of record.（記録の不在）
Third: Factually unsubstantiated.
（事実として立証されていない）
Regarding Emperor Showa (Hirohito):
Based on a rigorous scrutiny of the materials released by the Imperial Household Agency, the only objectively verifiable fact concerning the Emperor's actions around the end of the war is the recording of the Imperial Rescript on August 14, 1945, and the subsequent "Gyokuon-hoso"
(Imperial Radio Broadcast) on August 15. Within these archives, it is difficult to find definitive evidence supporting specific words, deeds, or direct involvement regarding the "Ichimaru Letter" following the broadcast.
According to the publicly available historical materials held by the Imperial Household Agency, the record of the "Imperial Decision" (Seidan) at the war's end concludes with the completion of the radio broadcast; no subsequent descriptions of such administrative acts are confirmed. In official records such as the Showa Tenno Jitsuroku (Annals of Emperor Showa), one must conclude negatively regarding the existence of descriptions that could empirically prove a direct causal relationship with policy changes immediately after the war.
As a concrete example, in the historical verification surrounding the "Ichimaru Letter," there is no confirmed objective evidence within the scope of my research that any specific policy changes or relief measures were taken in response to said letter. The only fact determinable from primary sources like the Imperial Household Agency's archives is the completion of the "Formal Proclamation" by the nation's highest authority on
August 15, 1945.
The Distinction between Historical Fact and Value Judgment:
Following a strict logical structure of legal thinking, what can be established as objective fact is limited to the existence of the "Formal Proclamation" (The Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War). This fact leads to a single point: an expression of intent was made as a formal and legal remuneration (consideration) for the loyalty of the subjects.
Discussions regarding the sufficiency of this act or its effectiveness in fulfilling war responsibility belong to the realm of Normative Evaluation (Value Judgment), a layer distinct from fact-finding. Specifically, whether this proclamation was sufficient as a discharge of debt toward the nation's mandate, or whether it possessed the validity to contribute to the release of war responsibility, are matters of normative assessment separate from substantive legal judgment.
On the other hand, even today, more than 80 years after the war, there exists the "abnormal and tragic fact" of a Systemic Absence of Deliberation—the reality that not a single consultation between international experts, organizations, and Japanese specialists has ever been held to conduct an objective verification process.
Regarding I wo To (not : I wo Jima)
It is codified that Rinosuke Ichimaru was born in 1891 and died in battle on March 26, 1945, on I wo To.
Official Evidence (公式記録証左)
These facts are verifiable through contemporary military reports and subsequent Official Evidence from public institutions. Given that the period of battle on Iwo Jima is generally defined as February 19, 1945, to
March 26, 1945, the classification of his death on that final date is entirely Consistent with the historical chronology.
Regarding the Battle of Iwo Jima (Battle of I wo To), the date of
Rinosuke Ichimaru's death is set as March 26, 1945, and the combat period is defined as February 19 to March 26 of the same year.
硫黃󠄁嶌決戰󠄁に関しては 市丸 利之助の戰死日を１９４５年３月２６日とし
戰闘期間を同年２月１９日から３月２６日迄と規定する。
This arrangement is consistent with currently circulating historical materials.
斯かる整理は現行の流通史料と整合する。
Therefore, the interpretation of March 26 as the date of death aligns with current circulating historical materials.
故に３月２６日を命日と捉える整理は現行流通史料と整合する。
【 Argumentation on the Consistency of Official History and the Vulnerability of Evidence 】
【公認史実の整合性と証拠の脆弱性に係る論証】
However, placing importance on the vulnerability of historical descriptions between 【Official History】 and 【Individual Survivor Testimony】, a comparison reveals that divergence cannot be denied, even in official records.
然しながら 【公認された史実】と【個別の生存証言】の間に横たわる
歴史記述の脆弱性を重視し比較対比した結果 歴史 及 史実としての
公式記録で在っても 奇跡的生還を遂げた生存者の証言記録 或いは歴史記述との
乖離は否定し得ない。
This fact suggests that any official record always carries the possibility of 【Concealment, Distortion, Fabrication, and Falsification】 based on political intentions or information control.
此の事実は如何なる公式記録に於いても政治的意図や情報統制に基づく
【隠蔽 及 歪曲 並びに 捏造 加えて 改竄】可能性を常に孕んでいることを
示唆する。
Specifically, to assert truth solely based on the existence or absence of records—an overgeneralization—is a logical fallacy and psychological pitfall. It induces and activates extremely dangerous cognitive biases and prejudices, as well as useless preconceptions, in the pursuit of substantive truth.
即 記録の存否のみを以て真実と断定するOvergeneralization（過度の一般化）は 分析者の論理的過誤と心理的陥穽を峻烈に指摘する実体的真実の追及に於いて
極めて危険な認知 及 偏見 並びに 予断 加えて無為無意味な先入観領域を誘導発動する。
【 Five Structural Critiques of the Modern Japanese
National Framework 】
現代日本国家構造に対する五項の構造的批判
I. 【 De-individualization of the Dead 】
第一：死者の個別性消去
Sacrificial victims are aggregated into abstract concepts such as statistical "totals" or symbolic "memorial days." The Concrete Misery (具体的悲惨)—individual starvation, physical destruction, and the loss of family—is replaced by mere quantitative symbols and further subjected to Anonymization.
Through this process, it is evident that even the fundamental concepts of a single human being, a single soul, and a single spirit have undergone an Emasculation of Individuality (根源的概念の去勢).
Specifically, by stripping away the individuality of the deceased and substituting it with mere Quantitative Symbols (計量的記号), the history of individual suffering is systematically excluded from the realm of public memory.
II. 【 Selective Allocation of Responsibility 】
第二：責任の選別的固定
Under the post-war political structure and the judgments of GHQ, responsibility was narrowly concentrated on specific "war criminals." This process diluted the responsibility of the broad domestic entities that participated in the execution of war, enjoyed its benefits, and were involved in post-war succession, thereby institutionalizing Structural Irresponsibility (構造的無責任).
Specifically, through the "Selective Displacement of Responsibility" onto particular individuals or groups, the legal and moral liability of the vast organizations and hierarchies that inherited gains was rendered opaque, solidifying a state of systemic lack of accountability.
III. 【 Ritualization and Substantive Vacuity 】
第三：儀礼化 と 実質空洞化
While superficial memorial services and commemorative ceremonies are repeatedly performed, effective remedies—such as the recovery of remains, support for those whose lives were destroyed, family reunions, and the full disclosure of historical records—have been abandoned. National responsibility has undergone a Substantive Vacuity (実質の空洞化). Furthermore, the lack of measures to rectify the uneven distribution of aid to regional victims is evident. The state persists in formal commemorative rituals while forsaking the substantive responsibility of post-war settlement.
IV. 【 Structural Inheritance of Interests 】
第四：利得継承構造
The inherited interests of political and bureaucratic lineages, specific regions, and business entities from the wartime and post-war resource distribution are directly connected to the disparities and Asymmetry of Memory (記憶の非対称) in the Reiwa era. More than 80 years after the war, the undeniable reality of a "Japan without progress" is exposed through the repeated State Capture (利権による国家簒奪) by these interest groups. Injustices from the past permeate through the shields of institutional, genealogical, and regional "succession," reproducing themselves as the imbalanced power structures of the present.
V. 【 Systemic Failure of Analytical Precision 】
第五：分析精度の意図的欠落
An overgeneralization that equates truth solely with the existence or absence of records induces logical fallacies and psychological pitfalls, creating an "Abnormal and Tragic Void" that rejects the pursuit of substantive truth. This deceptive analytical method, which treats the lack of evidence as "non-existence," is nothing other than Willful Blindness (意図的盲目) designed to justify national inaction. This "Void" functions as the final defensive wall to perpetuate the inheritance of vested interests and the evasion of responsibility.
＝小結＝ § Summary § (Academic & Structural Analysis)
【 補遺：教育去勢】
（Hypothesis of Educational Emasculation）
Specific and concrete historical facts—including war, disasters, starvation, atomic bombings, air raids, the tragedy of Okinawa, repatriation, abductions, and the issue of unreturned remains—are highly abstracted and generalized within institutional education. This process strips the public of their Critical Thinking (批判的思考力), which is necessary to independently question these events. Specifically, the educational process that "emasculates" the records of concrete suffering into mere timeline events restricts citizens to being "passive keepers of memory." This effectively suppresses the activation of "Subjective Reason" (主体的な理性) required to re-examine the structural inheritance of interests outlined in Sections I through V.
Based on these five points, this problem-consciousness forms a framework for an ideological and institutional critique. While the proposal for a "National Holiday" is viable as a policy argument, the case remains stronger when Historical Facts (Fact) are clearly distinguished from Value Judgments (Value Judgment). For instance, the "Okinawa Memorial Day" is formally observed on June 23, and while March 10 is often symbolized as the day of greatest damage in the Great Tokyo Air Raid, the historical reality is that air raid damage occurred extensively across other dates and regions.
【 結語】§ Conclusion §
複線型追悼制度構想
【 Transition to a Multilayered Commemoration Framework 】への移行
It is indispensable to reform, restructure, and transition from a centralized system fixed on specific dates toward a "Multilayered Commemoration Framework." This framework must re-recognize the complex realities of war, air raids, earthquakes, eruptions, and tsunamis, as well as the extreme circumstances of the wartime and post-war eras. This includes the involvement of the Japanese military in induced suicides, incited killings, and murders—what must be termed the "Coercion of Death" (【死の強要】) and the "Killing of Japanese by Japanese" (【日本人に依る日本人の殺害】). It must also encompass accusations against other nations, flight, exile, asylum, remaining behind, internment, war orphans, abductions, and the issue of unreturned remains.
【 Final Verdict 】
【 結論 】
Redefinition of Substantive Historical Responsibility and the Reclamation of Self-Memory
— Verification of Individuality and the Execution of Historical Responsibility —
-本人性の確認と歴史的責任の執行-
Specifically, we must reject the existing unitary and formalistic modes of commemoration. We must fundamentally shatter the state-driven "De-individualization of the Dead" (Section I) and re-establish the anonymized victims within public memory as unique existences: "One Individual, One Soul, and One Spirit."
By regaining this individuality, returning the soul, and returning to the origin, we nullify the official historical succession that justifies the "Evasion of Responsibility" and "Inheritance of Interests" (Sections II through IV), thereby breaking the "Abnormal and Tragic Void."
This act serves as a redefinition and execution of substantive historical responsibility. It achieves the Verification of Individuality (Identity / Identity Verification) and the reclamation of self-memory for each and every Japanese citizen who was lost to the total destruction and fraudulent acts of unjust enrichment committed under the name of "War"—an act that sought to usurp even the soul itself.
【The Core Thesis】
ж The problem with modern Japan is not that it has forgotten its war responsibility; it is that it has abstracted the dead and inherited only the structure of interests for the living. ж
ж現代日本の問題は戦争責任を忘れた事では無く
死者を抽象化し生者の利得構造だけを継承した事に或るж
【Academic & Structural Analysis】
This formulation maintains a dual perspective, treating the letter of Rinosuke Ichimaru simultaneously as "Evidence of Wartime Imperial Ideals" and as "Evidence of a National Perspective left by one who perished under extreme circumstances."
This stands as an antithesis to "all elements" (ж全要素ж) manifesting vividly within the modern Japanese populace.
In memory of the anniversary of his death on March 26, 2026 (Reiwa 8):
Vice Admiral Rinosuke Ichimaru, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander of the 27th Air Flotilla and Iwo Jima Guard Unit, who perished in the Battle of
I wo Jima.
In conjunction with:
Ms. Haruko Ichimaru (Eldest Daughter), her associates, comrades, and close friend Ms. Harumi Okochi.
Regarding:
"The Miraculous Sword: A Prayer for Peace" and
"A Note to President Roosevelt" addressed to
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
大日本帝国主導に依る
【 大東亞戰爭 】及 【大東亞共榮圈】
戦況 及 戦時下 に於ける
【舊黃嶌方面陸軍進攻作戰】
硫黃島警備隊 戰鬪
令和八年三月二十六日命日とされる
硫黄島開戦に斯る戦没者
ж 大日本帝国主導に依る被害者群ж
陸軍部隊【 小笠原兵團 | 第百九師團 】
第一節.
小笠原兵團戰鬪詳報（兵團司令部編纂 全般作戰記録）
第百九師團硫黃島守備隊戰鬪詳報（師團直轄及ビ配屬部隊戦闘記録）
步兵第百四十五聯隊戰時日誌（鹿児島編制 硫黄島最精鋭部隊記録）
獨立速射砲第十二大隊戰時日誌（対戦車砲部隊戦闘記録）
噴進砲第十二大隊戰時日誌（ロケット砲部隊戦闘記録）
並びに
第二節.
海軍部隊 【 市丸利之助 少將 指揮下 】
第二十七航空戰隊戰時日誌（市丸少将指揮官ノ中核部隊記録）
硫黃島警備隊戰鬪詳報（海軍陸戦部隊及ビ防空部隊記録）
第三航空艦隊戰時日誌 硫黃島方面作戰（上級司令部ニ依ル支援作戦記録）
第三航空艦隊 戰時日誌 硫黃島方面作戰（第三航空艦隊 戰時日誌）
父島方面特別根據地隊硫黃島方面戰鬪詳報（小笠原諸島海軍守備部隊記録）
市丸少將訣別電文（昭和二十年三月十七日発信 最終報告）
〖 ルーズベルトニ與フル書 〗（米大統領宛遺書 原本寫）
加えて
舊黃嶌（硫黃島）全島民
第27航空戦隊司令官 硫黄島警備隊司令
日本帝国軍人 市丸 利之助 海軍中将
長女 市丸 晴子 氏 及 有志 同志 親友 大河内はるみ氏
及
並びに
（フランクリン・デラノ・ルーズベルト）
【Official Biography】
32nd President of the United States
(第32代アメリカ合衆国大統領)
Lifespan (生没年月日): January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945
Term in Office (任期): March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
Elected Terms (当選回数): 4 Terms (Victorious in the 37th to 40th Presidential Elections)
1st Term (1933-1937): Launch of the "New Deal" to combat the Great Depression.
2nd Term (1937-1941): Establishment of the Social Security system and continued economic recovery.
3rd Term (1941-1945): Entry into World War II and wartime leadership.
4th Term (1945): Passed away suddenly in April shortly after inauguration. (Succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.)
Key Achievements and Background:
Implemented the New Deal policies aimed at overcoming the Great Depression.
Led the Allied Powers during World War II.
The only President in American history to be elected to four terms.
※ Note: Following his death, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the presidency to two terms.
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〖Academic & Proprietary Analysis〗
＝ Summary ＝ Theoretical Framework of Structural Analysis
〖 小結 〗 構造解析の理論的枠組み
✶TOKYO★FLAMINGO✶（えばら ゆりこ）
綜合研究（複合的視点研究/Interdisciplinary Scholar）に於ける
立証基準 及 基礎論理並びに分析解析加えて権利典拠状態に於ける提唱解析手法
提唱解析（Method）-Base Public Domain Supporting Document-
Proposed Analytical Methodology regarding Verification Standards, Fundamental Logic, and the Status of Rights and Authorities.
〖 主出典 〗✶TOKYO★FLAMINGO✶ YURIKO EBARA（neji）私蔵研究資料
-From the Private Research Materials Proprietary Research Data-
原作者 著作：Original Works and Authorship
『ひとりぼっちのシャイニー』（Alone and Shiny） ISBN: 978-4-909939-46-3
完成年｜Completion Year: ２００３年
『いろんないろ』（I ro n na I ro）
ISBN-13: 978-4-909939-47-0
完成年｜Completion Year: ２００６年
初版発行日 ２０１９年 ７月１２日 Both.
First Edition Publication Date: July 12, 2019
（２０２６年７月３１日石田製本株式会社 WEB事業部完全終了後全権利返還予定）
(※Note: All rights are scheduled for full reversion following the complete termination of the WEB Division of Ishida Seihon Co., Ltd. on July 31, 2026.※)
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