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39 items
- Essays
A Garden Devoted to Enduring Beauty
An essay reflects on Adachi Zenko, the Adachi Museum of Art and the resolve to create lasting beauty, connecting the garden with memories of enterprise and family.
- Essays
Parents’ Words Are Our Eternity
An essay considers how a parent’s words and books can continue to sustain a relationship across generations and after death.
- Essays
The Elusive Imperial Refuge
A family-history essay recalls the author’s father and his wartime industrial work, including a family account of a proposed imperial refuge whose details the essay itself says can no longer be verified.
- Essays
For Kawachi Is Our Homeland
A brief introduction links to a Japanese biographical work about Seishu Hamano, associated with his origins in Sakai.
- Essays
Strengthening Sakai’s Higashi Ward through Local Identity
Material for a May 2021 symposium proposes distinctive development for Sakai’s Higashi Ward and discusses decentralisation and cooperation between residents and local government.
- Essays
Wakare no Ipponsugi and the Hometown in the Heart
An essay examines song lyrics and memory through Wakare no Ipponsugi, considering how a song can evoke an inner hometown; recordings accompany the discussion.
- Essays
A Revered Teacher and His Times, Part 3
The concluding essay recalls Takao Suzuki and other teachers at Keio, considering how knowledge becomes active thought through reading, discussion and intellectual discipline.
- Essays
A Revered Teacher and His Times, Part 2
The second essay considers Takao Suzuki’s intellectual outlook, modest material needs and the place of independent thought within Japan’s educational and political history.
- Essays
A Revered Teacher and His Times, Part 1
A memoir recalls studying language at Keio during the era of the 1960 security-treaty protests and reflects on the lasting intellectual influence of Takao Suzuki.
- Essays
The Izumi School Kyogen Performance
A report on a January 2021 performance at Kanda Myojin discusses the transmission of kyogen tradition and a new Amabie-themed work, accompanied by photographs.
- Poetry & creative work
Mercy of Our Hometown
A memorial poem addresses a departed friend and finds enduring companionship in the shared customs, music and memories of their Kawachi hometown.
- Essays
Memories of Wartime Koishikawa
A memoir recalls childhood in Tokyo’s Koishikawa district from 1940 to 1945 and considers how those experiences continued to shape the writer’s view of Japanese society.