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May.18.2013
“”Up to Sandakan” by Yamazaki Tomoko
I’ve just finished reading this book. Yamazaki Tomoko is the author of “Sandakan Brothel No. 8” and “Up to Sandakan” is her memoir that came out in 2001. The story grabbed my attention right from the beginning and kept going until the...
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Apr.22.2013
Selected from the above paperback, I have translated a number of tanka and showed them on Facebook. Lately, I've been neglecting my blog, so here I am.
Takuboku is one of Japan's major poets. He lived in extreme poverty, so many of his poems are grim, but I think I've...
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Apr.04.2013
an old, surviving rose in my backyard
I didn’t know this old but still interesting copyright related issue: the melody of “Akatonbo (赤とんぼ A Red Dragonfly).” I listened to "Introduction and Allegro in D Minor," Opus 134" by Robert Schumann. Wow, it isn’t similar. It’s...
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Dec.16.2012
A small snowy white and a large blue heron on right. This is at the Oooka River near Kamioooka.
My short story "Estimates" has appeared on The Bicycle Review #19.
http://www.thebicyclereview.net/current-issue.html
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Dec.05.2012
On page 106 of the previous book by Professor Ueki, I pointed out to him that "vara-dundubhi-svara (the most excellent drum owner)" reminded me of American rock. I was thinking of the songs by Niel Sedaka or Paul Anka in 60s. The backup singers’ chorus sounded like "dundubhi dowa dowa...
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Dec.05.2012
On 法華経: Professor Ueki Masatoshi pointed out that Sad-dharma-pundarika sutra means "white-lotus-like-most-splendid-and-right-teaching 白蓮華のように最も素晴らしい正しい教え" and not "Right teaching white lotus 正しい教えの白蓮" that was translated by Tokyo University scholars and published by well-known Iwanami...
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Sep.27.2012
The Bicycle Review has published my story "Stuck" on August 15th.
Here is the link. http://www.thebicyclereview.net/current-issue.html
It's on their 17th issue.
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Sep.27.2012
The Bicycle Review has published my story "Stuck" on August 15th.
Here is the link. http://www.thebicyclereview.net/current-issue.html
It's on their 17th issue.
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Sep.04.2012
Under a Driftwood Arch
The sound of ocean waves
white plumes atop the bride’s hair
they hold hands
under a driftwood arch
crowned with sunflowers
abalone shells make a path
log benches flanking each side
one photographer zooms in
another, a few feet behind
red beard...
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Jul.30.2012
My story, "The Literacy of Japanese Women" has been published as below. I called it essay first, but it might turn out to be my second memoir. In the publication, it appeared under Critic. It includes two new photos.
http://contemporaryhorizon.blogspot.com/2012/07/chm-4-30july-august-2012....
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Apr.24.2012
The artist is my mother's cousin. I appreciate her for having kept all the wooden pattern boards for old red dye and continued to learn and experiment with dye and even created her own modern art. Her works have been selected in Japan's prestigious Nitten award for three times...
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Mar.24.2012
I had someone take this photo a week ago without having any plan like blogging. But I’m glad I did. It’s always something. While surfing Facebook a few days ago, I saw a photo of Andy Warhol and Pat Montandon on her wall. It reminded me of my photo with Lo...
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Feb.26.2012
If you missed the Beatles Tokyo concert in 1966, this is for you. The download is good only until Monday.
"34 Minutes" Chapter 10 from my memoir in progress
Read by Mike Hacker
http://tbf.me/a/Pikp7
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Feb.22.2012
I've taken one haiku class/workshop in Japan a few years ago, and I can’t remember exactly, but it was like this. The format of the meeting was that we all wrote on a few strips of paper one haiku each, and the instructor gathered and mixed them up. I don't remember how...
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About Keiko
Keiko Amano is a bilingual and bicultural writer who lives in Los Angeles and Yokohama. She writes short stories and novels in English and Japanese. Her stories appeared in Eye-Ai magazine.
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