The Mixed-Up Encyclopedic Literature Dictionary (Excerpt) 『乱調文学大辞典』 (Ranchou bungaku daijiten) by TSUTSUI Yasutaka (筒井康隆) published 1986 by Kadokawa Shoten A avant-garde 【avɑ̃ɡaʁd】- an old-fashioned artistic movement. B Bell Tolls, For […]
Nishina Rhapsody March1 『二科狂想行進曲』 (Nishina kyousou koushinkyoku) TERADA Torahiko (寺田寅彦) November 1928 in Reizan bijutsu 『霊山美術』 1. Old, traditional floorboards worn underfoot in, yes, an old, traditional row house. This rented house […]
Butterflies from Going Backwards 『逆行』(Gyakkou) [旧字/新字] by DAZAI Osamu (太宰治) written 1935, published as part of collection The Last Years『晩年』in 1936 He wasn’t an old man. He was only […]
The Ways of Young Women Today 現代若き女性気質集 (Gendai wakaki josei kishitsu shû) OKAMOTO Kanoko (岡本かの子) (Note: This piece doesn’t seem to have been published during Okamoto’s lifetime (1886 – 1939) , […]
What follows is a highly subjective, unbalanced guide to Japanese London. Where can you get green tea Kit-Kats in London? I don’t know and I don’t really care. I love […]
On War and Female Writers 戦争と婦人作家 (Sensou to fujin sakka) MIYAMOTO Yuriko (宮本 百合子) May 1948 Until this point, Japan has always been engaged in a world war. Under […]
My holiday season in summary: 何がなく 初恋人のおくつきに詣づるごとし。 郊外に来ぬ。 It was kinda like visiting the grave of my first love, going to the suburbs. 年明けてゆるめる心！ うっとりと 来し方をすべて忘れしごとし。 How at peace I […]
