The Ways of Young Women Today
The Ways of Young Women Today 現代若き女性気質集 (Gendai wakaki josei kishitsu shû) OKAMOTO Kanoko (岡本かの子) (Note: This piece doesn’t seem to have been published during Okamoto’s lifetime (1886 – 1939) , […]
A Guide to Japanese London
What follows is a highly subjective, unbalanced guide to Japanese London. Where can you get green tea Kit-Kats in London? I don’t know and I don’t really care. I love […]
On War and Female Writers
On War and Female Writers 戦争と婦人作家 (Sensou to fujin sakka) MIYAMOTO Yuriko (宮本 百合子) May 1948 Until this point, Japan has always been engaged in a world war. Under […]
Happy new year! (Ishikawa Takuboku 2)
My holiday season in summary: 何がなく 初恋人のおくつきに詣づるごとし。 郊外に来ぬ。 It was kinda like visiting the grave of my first love, going to the suburbs. 年明けてゆるめる心！ うっとりと 来し方をすべて忘れしごとし。 How at peace I […]
Christmas in Moscow
The State of Moscow: Christmas There モスクワの姿――あちらのクリスマス―― (Mosukowa no katachi: achira no kurisumasu) by MIYAMOTO Yuriko (宮本百合子) December 1931 It was only the tenth day after we’d arrived in Moscow. […]
On the Fascistization of Bourgeois Writers
On the Fascistization of Bourgeois Writers ブルジョア作家のファッショ化に就て (Burujoa sakka no fasshoka ni tsuite) by MIYAMOTO Yuriko (宮本百合子) Originally appeared in Jiji Shinpō (時事新報), January 1932. 1. In the January issue of ”Central […]
The Back I Want to Kick (excerpt)
The Back I Want to Kick (excerpt) 蹴りたい背中 (Keritai senaka) by WATAYA Risa Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, 2003 Soon after track practice started, large raindrops began to fall with a […]
