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Volume 1 — After the Fighting
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- Essays
For Kawachi Is Our Homeland
A brief introduction links to a Japanese biographical work about Seishu Hamano, associated with his origins in Sakai.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, July 2021
A July 2021 gathering reflects on language shaped by the pandemic and discusses poems about bereavement, travel and masked commuters.
- Poetry & creative work
Singing of Life
Tanka with prose recollections bring together a mother’s flower-arranging practice, the landscapes of Hoshino, life in coal-mining communities and remembrance of a relative who worked in education.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Summer, June 2021
A June 2021 gathering reflects on words for the rainy season and discusses tanka in relation to everyday experience and memories of war and peace.
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Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, April 2021
An April 2021 gathering considers the many Japanese names for spring rain and poems shaped by weather, observation and renewed attendance during the pandemic.
- 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.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Spring, March 2021
A March 2021 account brings together a poetry gathering, cherry-blossom viewing and a walk through local historical sites, with photographs of the outing.
- Collections
Romantic Poetry Forum: Winter, February 2021
A February 2021 gathering explores the movement toward spring through poems about family, a grandchild’s calligraphy and memories of daily walks with a dog.
- 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.