{"id":651,"date":"2026-02-01T15:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T06:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primitivechristianitystudy.org\/?p=651"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:41:44","slug":"ancient-boy-soran-%e3%80%80the-back-ground-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primitivechristianitystudy.org\/?p=651","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Boy Soran :\u3000The Back Ground Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/primitivechristianitystudy.org\/?p=649\" title=\"\">\u21d2\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3092\u30af\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u3057\u3066\u306d\uff01<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The J\u014dmon Period in Japan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Japan\u2019s <strong>J\u014dmon Period<\/strong> was a very long time in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>The <strong>Early Period<\/strong> was about <strong>6,000 years ago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Middle Period<\/strong> was about <strong>5,000 years ago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Late Period<\/strong> was about <strong>4,400 to 3,200 years ago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Final Period<\/strong> was about <strong>3,200 to 2,400 years ago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After that, rice farming began to spread, and the time was called the <strong>Yayoi Period<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">People often say that the J\u014dmon Period was a <strong>peaceful time without war<\/strong>.<br>When I was a child, I admired this time very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Later, when I began to study the Bible, I learned something else.<br>About <strong>2,700 years ago<\/strong>, the <strong>Kingdom of Israel<\/strong> was destroyed by the <strong>Assyrian Empire<\/strong>.<br>Many Israelites were taken away from their land and scattered to many places around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So, it is possible that during the time when Japan changed from the J\u014dmon Period to the Yayoi Period,<br>some groups of Israelites who believed in the God of the Bible traveled a long way along the Silk Road,<br>crossed the sea from the Korean Peninsula by dangerous boats,<br>and finally settled in different parts of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Old words that look like <strong>Hebrew<\/strong>, and many old legends found in Japan, made me very curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Even the <strong>Tengu legends<\/strong>\u2014<br>with red faces, long noses, and something like a small box on the forehead for holy words\u2014<br>look very much like ancient Israelites, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(The story below is from my imagination.)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A boy named <strong>David<\/strong>, who grew up in a group that crossed the rough Sea of Japan and arrived in places like today\u2019s <strong>Ishikawa<\/strong> and <strong>Niigata<\/strong>.<br>He lost his parents there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After that, David traveled alone up the <strong>Shinano River (Chikuma River)<\/strong><br>and reached what is now <strong>Saku City in Nagano Prefecture<\/strong>.<br>This village may have been the farthest place where salmon could swim upstream in those days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">David collapsed there from cold and hunger.<br>A girl named <strong>Tomo<\/strong> found him, and the people of <strong>Saku Village<\/strong> kindly took care of him and saved his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To repay their kindness, David worked very hard for the village.<br>Using his knowledge of iron-making, he created many useful tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As time passed, the villagers trusted him more and more.<br>David and Tomo grew up like brother and sister, and David quietly loved her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But while David was away, Tomo married a traveler from a faraway land and left the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">David was very sad.<br>Still, he followed the wishes of the villagers and led them to move together to the eastern coast of Japan<br>(today\u2019s <strong>Saitama area<\/strong>).<br>They named their new home <strong>Saita Village<\/strong>, after <strong>Saku Village<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now, in this background story,<br>Tomo\u2014who had married far away (in today\u2019s <strong>Shizuoka area<\/strong>)\u2014<br>lost her husband in war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She left her village and began a desperate journey back to her hometown, <strong>Saku Village<\/strong>,<br>traveling with her young son, <strong>Soran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2026This is the background of <strong>the story of the ancient boy Soran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At that time, the sea level was much higher than today.<br>This period is called the <strong>J\u014dmon Transgression<\/strong>.<br>Much of what is now <strong>Saitama Prefecture<\/strong> was under the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Even today, when I drive across a bridge over the <strong>Arakawa River<\/strong>,<br>I often think, <em>\u201cThis place used to be the sea.\u201d<\/em><br>On clear days, you can see <strong>Mount Fuji<\/strong>, larger than you might expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u201cAncient Boy Soran\u201d<\/strong> does not end with this story.<br>There is also a <strong>\u201cyoung man\u201d story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Influenced by his stepfather David,<br>Soran grows into a strong and brave young man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Please look forward to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6efd55881517fe2ac4b8ec565298d2ec\">\u2728 <strong>Feel free to leave a comment!<\/strong> \u2728<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u21d2\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3092\u30af\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u3057\u3066\u306d\uff01 The J\u014dmon Period in Japan Japan\u2019s J\u014dmon Period was a very long time in history. 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