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- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino (Middle)
The second part of the tribute examines the teacher’s training-college years and student mobilisation, connecting his wartime records with the wider course of the Pacific War.
- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino (Concl.)
The concluding tribute returns to the teacher’s wartime notes, postwar disorientation and the lasting influence of his teaching, alongside reflections on hometown and poetry.
- Essays
Pandemics in Shakespeare’s Time
An essay written during the COVID-19 pandemic examines representations of plague, life and death in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature.
- Poetry & creative work
Tanka Drafts: Parks, Memory and the Pandemic
A set of tanka with brief prose introductions finds subjects in a park, an old tree, a crow, the scent of jasmine and a sports ground closed during the pandemic.
- Academia news
Original Members Wanted: The Kamakura Group
An archived recruitment notice outlines a proposed Kamakura group for original writing, lyrics, music and performing arts associated with the Online Manyoshu.
- Events & activity
The Izumi School Salon
A brief report records a visit by four society members to an Izumi School kyogen salon and presents photographs from the occasion.
- Essays
Narayama and Kitami Shihoko
An essay visits Narayama through Kitami Shihoko’s poem and considers the longing, conflict and sense of place that a love song can convey.
- Events & activity
Izumi School Dedicatory Kyogen and Salon
An archived announcement gives the programmes and venue information for a June 2020 dedicatory kyogen performance and an Izumi School salon.
- Essays
Midaregami and Hoshino Tetsuro
An essay reflects on Midaregami, the craft of its lyricist Hoshino Tetsuro and memories of personal conversations, accompanied by recordings.
- Poetry & creative work
Reflections on Kojo no Tsuki
The opening essay in a song series responds to Kojo no Tsuki through its images of ruined castles, changing fortunes and the passage of time.
- Academia news
Seishu Hamano’s Call for Clinician-Led COVID-19 Treatment
A reposted news article records Seishu Hamano’s views during the early COVID-19 pandemic on treatment decisions, public administration and the economic effects of restrictions.
- Poetry & creative work
Recent Tanka, 11
A collection pairs poems received from another poet with responses, then turns to hometown ties, writing, mortality and the memory of Kitahara Hakushu.