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A note on Ezra Pound & Japan
For reasons that will become clearer (to myself) at a later date, I am reading Ezra Pound & Japan, a collection edited by Sanehide Kodama.
Ezra Pound & Japan collects over fifty years of correspondence between Pound and various Japanese poets and editors. The latter parts of the book also contains Ezra’s actual contributions to Japanese [...]
Chieko’s sadness – extract from The Old Capital
Takichiro was drinking festival sake with a guest in the back room. He was not so much drinking as keeping him company. Shige was up and down waiting on them.
“I’m home,” Chieko said.
“You’re early.” Shige looked at her daughter. Chieko greeted her father’s guest.
“Mother, I’m sorry I was too late to help out here.”
“That’s all [...]
The sea at Kamakura – Extract from No Longer Human
The two of us spent that morning wandering around Asakusa. We went into a lunch stand and drank a glass of milk.
She said, “You pay this time.”
I stood up, took out my wallet and opened it. Three copper coins. It was less shame than horror that assaulted me at that moment. I suddenly saw before [...]