Category: japan

Demons Out, Fortune In. It’s Setsubun (節分): Bean Scattering, Bad Fortunes & Demon Slaying

Feb 3, 2022

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, buddhism, festival, folklore, folkloresque, folklorist, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, religious studies, ritual, shinto, shintoism, spiritual, spirituality, writing

We’re going to throw our beans, embrace this spring. Out, out with you Oni! Come, come good things. Oh, and get boosted. Seriously.
Book Announcement: Wild Lines and Poetic Travels: A Keijro Suga Reader

Jan 14, 2022

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Nicholas Andriani

in haiku, japan, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese mythology, Poem, poet, Poetry, writing

Wild Lines and Poetic Travels: A Keijiro Suga Reader Edited by Doug Slaymaker This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide… Book Announcement: Wild Lines and Poetic Travels: A Keijro Suga Reader
Emerging Translator Mentorship Program (deadline 11/30)

Nov 7, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese mythology, japanese video games, japanese videogames, language, translation, writing

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is offering an Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for 2022, the deadline for which is … Emerging Translator Mentorship Program (deadline 11/30)
Seven University of Missouri Students Receive the Gilman Scholarship – This is Happening!

Aug 26, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in comparative literature, east asia, fairytale, folklore, gilman, japan, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, Mythology, patreon, spirituality

Greetings & ようこそ It is my immense pleasure to welcome you to the airy, the eerie, the all-at-once sensual, hysterical, and downright phenomenal Floating World of East Asian literature Oh, but that’s not all we’re doing, we’ll venture across the foothills of Southern China, encountering wandering monks, greedy children, and blushing princes. We’ll see just how lethal…
Scribes and Sake: Kasa-Jizo (かなじぞ)

Aug 3, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in Academia, anime, Anthropology, Art, asia, asian studies, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, buddhism, college, columbia missouri, comparative literature, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Culture, Dissertation, education, essay, existentialist, Flash Poem, folklore, inspiration, japan, japanese cinema, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, meditation, mindfulness, nonfiction, ON WRITING, philosophy, Poem, poet, Poetry, quote, quote of the day, reading, Review, sketch, spirituality, stream-of-consciousness, study abroad, support the wandering scholar, the university of missouri, the writers life, Thesis, Thought Provoking, travel writing, travelblog, travelblogger, traveler, writing, yokai

Reading fairytales within the origin language. Contextual agreements between time and place, emotions and aesthetics. We might localize our hearts out but truth be told we humans are too complex to translate. #japanese #japaneselanguage #folklore #fable
Ramen Egg (味付け玉子): Hidden Secrets of the perfectly runny, not-too-gooey Ajitsuke Tamago

Jul 31, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in Food, foodie, japan, recipe, writing

Oh the pleasures of taste come in myriad ways. The foods and the paths they take, swirling about our world in a bath of culture, both yeast and human. One of the greatest of which comes in the shape of the oh-so perfectly runny, not-too-gooey ramen egg, the 味付け玉子 (Ajitsuke Tamago).