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79 items
- Essays
A Plea for Yamakawa Tomiko
An essay prompted by a visit to Obama reflects on Yamakawa Tomiko’s life and poetry and calls for greater recognition of her connection with Japan Women’s University.
- Essays
A Record of My Father and Mother
A family memoir traces the parents’ meeting in Hoshino, life connected with coal mining and the writer’s later return to live with his mother.
- Essays
Misaki Hakushu Society, Part 1
An account of a visit to the Misaki Hakushu Society reflects on Jogashima no Ame, memories of hearing it sung and the friendships sustained by 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.