The famous musician Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away on March 28 at the age of 71;

From this I have the opportunity to tell you that nearly half of the articles in this official account were written by him Written by music. Since I am not qualified to comment on him in the field of music, let me tell you a story about Ryuichi Sakamoto and his cat.

In his later years, Ryuichi Sakamoto was forced to raise cats Inconvenience, I carry a few cat dolls with me. The big and small black cats are called Xiao Sa and Xiao Di. Their names come from the musician Eric Satie↓

After Sakamoto Ryuichi left, his second daughter, singer Miu Sakamoto, uncharacteristically "avoided suspicion" and continued to Messages in memory of her father were posted on social media, often with pictures of her cats.

Apart from music, "liking cats" was the first thing she inherited from her father.

Miu Sakamoto’s ins↓

I really, really like cats. This trait of Ryuichi Sakamoto is the same as yours and mine.

In January 1952, Ryuichi Sakamoto was born into a literary family in Tokyo. His father was the editor of Kawade Shobo, one of the most famous publishing houses in Japan. He discovered Yukio Mishima, who had just graduated. He published his famous work "Confessions of a Mask".

Sakamoto Ryuichi was asked to be an "excellent person" since he was a child. He started learning piano at the age of 3 and started composing music at the age of 10. He started working hard at a young age...

Sakamoto Ryuichi's father socialized frequently and rarely stayed home. In addition, he had a tough attitude and would drink and call around at home.

Sakamoto Ryuichi later recalled in his autobiography that when he was a child, he felt that his father was terrible and he never dared to take the initiative to talk to his father. It was not until his senior year in high school that he mustered up the courage to tell his father face to face for the first time.

Sakamoto Ryuichi’s mother is a An avant-garde hat designer, it is said that he is often away from home. In such a "wandering" family atmosphere, Sakamoto Ryuichi still found his emotional outlet: Shiro.

Shiro is a cat who grew up with Sakamoto Ryuichi until he was 15 years old...

After becoming famous, Sakamoto Ryuichi still lamented when he talked about Shiro. "Like brothers."

Sakamoto Ryuichi was in his thirties At that time, an album was released, "M.A.Y. IN THE BACKYARD".

M.A.Y is actually the frequent visitor to Ryuichi Sakamoto Three cats playing in Kogenji's home: Modoki, Ashura, and Yanayatsu.When he had nothing to do, he would watch these kittens sleeping and playing in and out of the yard all day long. He said, "They made me feel like I was back in the old days."

M.A.Y. IN THE BACKYARD This fake Shortly before Gongji Cat's album was born, Sakamoto Miu, the daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto and jazz singer Kenko Yano (from his second marriage), was born.

The first time Xiao Meiyu saw the world clearly was when cats were playing in groups in the yard. It can be said that before Miyu knew that her parents were celebrities, she first knew that both of them liked cats.

Miu Sakamoto’s parents and David Bowie↓

Because her parents were very busy (just like her father was when he was a child), Miyu has been following the stray cats in the yard since she was a child. Cats played together, and many years later when she grew up she said this: "I am very grateful to my parents who never said to me 'stray cats are dirty' when I was a child."

However, people are not as free as cats. Ryuichi Kosakamoto, who has studied under high pressure since childhood, is not I think that my daughter will face greater pressure more than thirty years later.

Sakamoto Miu has learned piano since she was a child, but she has never been able to keep up with the speed of Juan Wang's father, so she often feels inadequate.

When Miyu was a teenager, her father Sakamoto Ryuichi told her that most of his achievements today come from the choices and acquisitions he made as a teenager. He hoped that Miyu would "do it first-rate" no matter what she chose to do.

Miu is helpless to fight against her father’s expectations: I don’t need others to decide whether I should get ahead!

But Miyu didn't dare to argue with her father at all. She was a replica of her father's withdrawal when he was young, and she was in awe of him with fear. Especially When Meiyu was growing up, her parents' relationship broke down, and she tried to repair the family's trauma by being well-behaved.

Tabi is a cat in the yard of Ryu Sakamoto's family. Miyu adopted him when he was 7 years old. When Miyu was 9 years old, he moved to New York with the Sakamoto family. .

Sakamoto Ryuichi and Tabi↓

However, not long after, Miyu's parents' marriage came to an end, and then her father was with another woman.

Miyu left her "parents' home" in New York at the age of 16 and returned to Japan alone to develop.

Sakamoto Ryuichi also supported his daughter’s singing career↓

Because her father is Sakamoto Ryuichi, Miyu has lived in the shadow of the "second generation" all year round. If she cannot surpass Sakamoto Ryuichi in this life, then she has failed - it is precisely because of this thought that Miyu's first few years of adulthood were very painful.

But she finally found her cure, just as her father had done decades earlier, and she found solace in cats.

Miu later wrote about that time in the book: "I grew up thinking that cats were part of the family. My parents had cat-themed songs, and so did I. Cats always sneaked into us. life."

In 2010, On May 5, she met a cat that looked very similar to Tabi on an adoption website. Because of the familiar feeling of "being able to go back to the old days", she adopted Sabami, who was 1-3 years old at the time. .

Sabami's life experience was very tragic. The rescued cat had been abused and tied to a tree when it was found...

It is precisely because Sabami has such a sad past that Miyu understands how much she cares about this little life.It's valuable because she can help Sabami mend the hole in his heart. Of course, Sabami also repaired the hole in Miu's heart.

"I feel that Sabami and I are really closer than blood relatives. We defeated death together," Miyu said that Sabami helped her get through the most "self-denial" period.

Sabami is now stable in Miyu's family live on land.

Kitten is a creature at the "top" of the food chain. She is not proud of being Sakamoto Ryuichi's cat granddaughter. No matter how many celebrities she meets, she always greets people with a bad face, calmly and calmly. Be yourself.

Everything about Sabami makes Miyu feel healing and worth learning.

In 2014, Miu married a book editor and gave birth to her daughter Namako the next year.

From the changes in Sabami's expression, we You can see cats’ attitudes towards human puppies at different stages↓

For many years, Miyu has been showing the attitude of her father Ryuichi Sakamoto on social media, doing performances and cat adoption activities. , cooking... She lives like an unknown, simple and down-to-earth grassroots artist, rarely mentioning her father and mother, only occasionally forwarding their inquiries like a little fan.

Until March 28 On that day, Sakamoto Ryuichi passed away due to illness.

Miyu posted content about her father for several days.

Miyu’s father also experienced these unspeakable sufferings.

In September 2004, Sakamoto Ryuichi’s stern father in his memory passed away. I received this news while on tour in Europe.

In his autobiography, Ryuichi Sakamoto recalled the day his father passed away: "Will my father's death change me in any way? I have no particular feelings about this type of issue. However, I do have a feeling, as if the strong backing I have been relying on has disappeared. ”

Ten years later, it was Sakamoto Ryuichi’s daughter Miyu’s turn to experience his shock at that time. Did she also feel that “the strong backing she had always relied on disappeared”?

Sakamoto Ryuichi and his granddaughter↓

These Today, Miyu posted a video on Instagram: She touched her fifteen-year-old cat Sabami, thanking the cat’s magical healing power for helping her.

Then she murmured to herself: "On the way home, I saw caterpillars and the beautiful moon. Every time I see the full moon in the future, I will think: How many more times can I see it?" Full moon?"

In the last two years of his life, Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote a column called "How many more full moons can I see?" ”, such a question sounds like a farewell.

It is impossible to say what achievements Miu will achieve with the talents she inherited from her father Sakamoto Ryuichi, but What is certain is that the love of cats she inherited will benefit her throughout her life. At least in this aspect, she can be called the "first-class person" her father expected - a person who is willing to do everything for her. People who work hard and work hard for the welfare of cats and can find homes for many stray cats are "first-class people".

When working as a volunteer, Meiyu often can’t help but start sucking cats↓

The fourth generation of the Sakamoto family cat story: Miu's daughter, like her mother and grandfather, was born and grew up with cats. , and studied music since childhood.

The arrangement of fate rotates in circles, just like the repeated melody 323632 323632 that Ryuichi Sakamoto loves to use...

In a family interview, the reporter asked Miu and his wife what kind of person they hope their daughter Namako will be in the future. < /p>

“If you can find something you really love, you can be free to grow,” she said.

Finally, I borrow Sakamoto Ryuichi's favorite saying, "Art lasts forever, and life is exposed in the morning.";

Cats save us from the pain of loneliness.

Professor, I am happy in heaven and free. Let’s go play at Cat Star~