DAY355 [渡英329日] 2021年3月21日（日）：庭のIVY剪定，SHINJapanese Kitchen & Bar，もののけ姫
昨日に引き続き庭のフェンスに生えたIVYの剪定をする。IVYがフェンスを壊している反面，それらのツタが同時に倒壊を防いでいるという側面もあるので，やみくもに選定するわけにもいかずに難しい。剪定後は，Brabcaで買い物をしに行く。週末パッケージの売れ残りのカモのコンフュを購入するが，全体的に味は濃いめ。
午後，息子を玄関先でテニスをしたのち，公園に遊びに行く。公園では息子とよく遊ぶ友達やお向かいの子供も含め，同学年の子供（と親）が5組ほどおり，遊ぶ組み合わせが随時変わりつつ，16：00過ぎまで遊ぶ。遊ぶ友達によって口調や行動の影響を受けそうだし，社会化も進みそう。
結構疲れたのと昼の食事が重かったせいもあり，和食をデリバリー。未だ頼んだことのないSHINJapanese Kitchen & Barを注文。しかも汁物ラーメンにトライしてみた。結論としては問題ないのだが，ラーメンが豚骨ラーメンでいう「バリ硬」なので，しばらくスープにつけておかないと，麺が粉っぽい。
食事後は，『もののけ姫』を家族で途中まで鑑賞。鉄＝人間社会（たたら製鉄？）が，アニミズム（自然信仰＝多神教）の世界を侵食していく。その中でアニミズムを信仰するアシタカが人間社会と多神教の世界観で揺れ動く様を描いている（と，私は解釈している）。
そういえばかつての職場の先生が『もののけ姫』を題材に生態経済学（ecological economics）の論文を書いていることを思い出した。『もののけ姫』はいつの時代を想定しているのかよく分からないけど，女性が色々な場面でイニシアチブをとっていた時代が描かれている（多分，鉄砲があるから戦国時代あたりだろう）。
Mayumi, K., Solomon, B. D., & Chang, J. (2005). The ecological and consumption themes of the films of Hayao Miyazaki. Ecological Economics, 54(1), 1-7.
I continue pruning the ivy on the fence in the garden, which is difficult because it is destroying the fence, but also because the ivy is preventing it from collapsing. After pruning, we go shopping at Branca. I buy some leftover duck confit from the weekend package, but the taste is generally strong.
In the afternoon, I take my son to play tennis on the doorstep, and then we go to the park to play. There are about five groups of children of the same age (and their parents) at the park, including some of my son's friends and the children from across the street, and we play until after 16:00, changing the groups from to time. His tone of voice and behaviour are influenced by the friends he plays with, and that his socialization is improving.
Because we were tired and the lunch meal was too heavy, we ordered Japanese food. I ordered SHINJapanese Kitchen & Bar, which I've never ordered before. We also tried the ramen soup. As it turned out, it was OK, but the ramen was "bari-hard", as pork ramen is called, so the noodles were powdery if you didn't soak them in the soup for a while.
After the meal, we watched "Princess Mononoke" with my family until the middle of the movie. Iron = human society (Tatara iron?) (Tatara iron manufacturing?) is encroaching on the world of Animism (nature worship = polytheism). The film depicts (as I understand it) how Ashitaka, a believer in Animism, wavers between human society and the world of polytheism.
By the way, I remembered that one of my former colleagues was writing a thesis on ecological economics based on "Princess Mononoke". I don't know when the story is set, but it depicts when women took the initiative in various situations.
