ISBN:
9789004213050
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 251 Seiten)
Edition:
Leiden Brill Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2010
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
952
Keywords:
Japan Civilization 21st century
;
Japan Social life and customs 21st century
;
Anthologie
;
Anthologie
;
Japan
;
Gesellschaft
;
Alltag
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /H. Kimura -- 1. At The Foot Of Mt Fuji /Aiko Hamada -- 2. Cherry Blossoms Cannot Be Replaced /Kyoko Okuda -- 3. The Most Popular Cherry Tree Variety In Japan: A Hit Commodity /Kunio Machida -- 4. The Mountains Are Living /Mikiko Tsunoda -- 5. The Approach To Japanese Sanctuary /Yasuko Iwasaki -- 6. The Snow-Woman I Met On A Bus /Yasuko Iwasaki -- 7. I Want To Become The Wind /Akiko Ohno -- 8. In The Sunshine /Midori Sekiguchi -- 9. New Year’s Cards /Ayako Akutsu -- 10. At The Beginning Of A Year /Mayumi Tomiyama -- 11. The Day Before The Calendrical Beginning Of Spring /Kiyoko Nakajima -- 12. Dolls Displayed At The Girls’ Festival /Akiko Iwashita -- 13. Seasonal Change Of Clothing /Yoshiko Obata -- 14. Kimono – From Mother To Daughter – /Kazuko F. Fujino -- 15. A Good-Luck Charm /Hiroko Yamada -- 16. A Year Like Any Other /Sachiko Mibu -- 17. The Day Of Farewell /Asako Ono -- 18. The Living God /Atsuko Shimakawa -- 19. Hiroshima /Katsuko Oka -- 20. ‘I Want A Japanese Bell’ /Miki Hamane -- 21. Please Answer In Japanese /Akiko Ohno -- 22. What Is Taught In Japanese Language Lessons /Yuriko Yoshihara -- 23. Should Convenience Be Taken For Granted? /Keiko Bando -- 24. Nuclear Power Plant In Earthquake Country /Toshio Iwaki -- 25. Watch Your Step /Kaori Yamamoto -- 26. My Days With Our Autistic Son /Hitomi Ishiwatari -- 27. A Charm In The Morning /Fumi Ishii -- 28. What I Regret About Bringing Up My Children /Ayako Akutsu -- 29. My Daughter’s Golden Hair – What A Waste! /Yoshiko Obata -- 30. Dandelion /Kazuko F. Fujino -- 31. My Son’s Growth /Kumiko Miura -- 32. A Phone Call At Midnight /Kazuko F. Fujino -- 33. After Ten Years /Yasuko Matsumoto -- 34. The Class Of Writing Essays And I /Atsuko Shimakawa -- 35. At An Antique Market /Junko Kawamura -- 36. With A Minor Flaw /Seiko Nakamura -- 37. Cleaning Leaf Vegetables /Hatsuko Sakamoto -- 38. A Bed And Breakfast In Sweden /Setsuko Terao -- 39. The First Grade Bowl Of Rice With Chicken And Eggs /Asako Ono -- 40. Longing For Eggs /Keiichi Kawasaki -- 41. As If I Were In Paradise /Asako Ono -- 42. Today Is A Lucky Day /Yoko Usuda -- 43. An Evening At The Kabuki /Chizuko Bando -- 44. A Little Leading Actor /Kiyoko Nakajima -- 45. Remembering London In Those Days /Sachiko Mibu -- 46. No. 81 The Chase /Fumi Ishii -- 47. A Little Trip From Glasgow /Kayoko Nakamura -- 48. Sherlock Holmes Club /Yuki Tezuka -- 49. Shakespeare’s Minor Characters /Saburo Kuramochi -- 50. We Japanese And The Past /Harumi Kimura -- 51. Ten Years In This Town /Yukiko Nishida -- 52. Weeding As An Icebreaker /Michiyo Sasaki -- 53. Lifelong Learning In My Town /Keiko Otake -- 54. From The Kitchen Window /Sachiko Mibu -- 55. Blue Daisies As A Mother’s Day Present /Saki Ushido -- 56. In Twenty-Five Years /Yasuko Matsumoto -- 57. Looking At My Mother From Behind /Yasuko Matsumoto -- 58. First Love /Takako Yasugi -- 59. Tidying Up /Yasuko Matsumoto -- 60. The Remaining Hours /Asako Ono -- 61. Living Alone Rehearsal /Yoko Yoshida.
Abstract:
This volume forms a unique and remarkable enterprise in the context of contemporary Japanese literature, social studies and the nature of Japanese society. It comprises 70 essays by private individuals living in Japan today (members of a writing club) who have chosen a subject to write about with a view to projecting a genuine insight into the events, issues and aspirations that make them who they are – from life in a condominium to dealing with in-laws, early retirement and life after children. Edited and introduced by the distinguished best-selling author Harumi Kimura (winner of the Ohya non-fiction prize for her book ‘Letters from Twilight London’), the book’s objective is to make ‘Japan’more accessible to the nonspecialist general reader and provide a counter-balance to Western media images and reporting as well as conventional academic theory and observation about modern Japanese society. By definition, it also offers an invaluable primary source for scholarly reference
Note:
Electronic reproduction
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9781905246861.i-252
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