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Heading to the city center for the first time in a while after the state of emergency was lifted. My destination was the . I had created the illustrations for the exhibition pamphlet based on reference materials, but I hadn't seen it in its officially opened state yet. The museum, which opened inside the Old University Library, fits the building perfectly, and I was moved by the difference in impact between the materials I had seen and the real thing.

The exterior of the Old University Library was also beautifully finished. All the panels that had covered it for a long time for seismic isolation work and repairs had been removed. However, I had the impression that there was something more. When I walked to the front of the Jukukan-kyoku (春雨直播app Corporate Administration) and looked back, I understood why. I could see everything from the octagonal tower, the symbol of the Old University Library, to the wing with the clock in a single view. The giant Himalayan cedar that used to stand between the octagonal tower and the entrance stairs was gone.

I can't count how many times I've sketched this octagonal tower. It is a symbol of Mita. Since I often drew pictures related to the Juku, I clearly remembered that a Himalayan cedar always towered in front of the octagonal tower. Now that it's gone, the full scale of the library has revealed itself.

When I asked those involved, they said it was cut down in 2016 for the renovation work. Apparently, it wasn't there when the library was first built, but was planted around the time of the reconstruction after the Great Kanto Earthquake. In the 1945 air raids, the roof and other parts burned down; while it was restored immediately after the war, it wasn't complete until 1982 when it was repaired to its pre-war appearance. I learned that it was actually at that time that they restored the weathervane that had been on the octagonal tower before it burned down in the war.

This means that when I was a student (Class of 1966), there was no weathervane yet, only a lightning rod. I never looked closely at the top of the octagonal tower and hadn't noticed until now. Now that the Himalayan cedar is gone and the whole view up to the top is visible, the weathervane restored in 1982 is clearly recognizable. It was reportedly restored based on pre-war photographs and has a total length of about 4 meters. It survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and felt to me like a symbol of the rebirth of the newly renovated library. As a side note, the first floor of this octagonal tower, which is an Important Cultural Property, is now a cafe (named "Hakkakutou") that anyone can use.

(Kunihiko Hisa, Manga Artist)