尊敬している友人から一冊の本を薦められた。その名も『旅する鍼灸院』。著者は、あんずの種という鍼灸院の院長。 読みやすく、また、須藤氏の人生や考え方に共感することが多く、一気に読み終えた。立命館大学探検学部に所属し、ユーラシア大陸24か国を９ヶ月かけて横断。その旅で得られた財...

“American School” by Nobuo Kojima Nobuo Kojima was born in 1915. He majored in English literature at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1942,...

My wife and I went to the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, which is a 10-minute walk from Komaba Campus of Tokyo University. I...

I’ve been an instructor of online classes entitled “Discovering Japanese Literature in English”. I’m happy to announce that a new term...

柳美里氏の著作を読んだのはこれが初めてであった。スタイル、テーマとも独特で、もっと読んでみたいと思った。この著作は2020年の全米図書賞翻訳部門で最終候補に選出された。 東北から東京に集団就職してきた人たちの現実が具に描かれている。主人公は福島県出身。家族のた...

Yu Miri “Tokyo Ueno Station” This is the first time for me to read Yu Miri’s work. Both her style and theme were unique. Her...

Pico Iyer “Autumn Light” “I found that the best way that I could develop more attentive and more appreciative eyes was, oddly, by going...

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“Carp” by Masuji Ibuse / “Mr.Carp” by Kuniko Mukoda “Carp” was written in 1926 by Masuji Ibuse. Although it is only 5-pages long, it...