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Volume 1 — After the Fighting
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- Essays
Many Thanks, Mr. Nishino
The opening part of a tribute to a former teacher introduces his wartime records and places personal memories of schooling within a broader account of Japan’s modern history.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Poetry & creative work
Recent Tanka, 10
Tanka on ageing, familiar possessions and family memory appear alongside responses to Ishikawa Takuboku’s poems of illness and hometown longing.
- Poetry & creative work
Recent Tanka, 9
A collection with prose notes reflects on friendship, illness, writing and return visits to places connected with family and personal history.
- Poetry & creative work
Recent Tanka, 8
A reworking of poems from the preceding instalment revisits diaries, family photographs and childhood places, with commentary on loss and historical poverty.
- Poetry & creative work
Recent Tanka, 7
Tanka and commentary consider diaries as records for later generations, childhood by a river and historical suffering, including responses to poems by Maeda Yugure.