Category: japanese folklore

SPRING READING: FROM STRANGE WORLDS TO LIFE BETWEEN WORDS

Be mindful of books in translation and Make time for reading this spring. The world will thank you. I would love to hear your recommendations!

January 23, 2023
Monday Mythic Storytime: The Fox and the Found

Ah, you wish to hear a tale of the wily fox, do you? A creature of cunning and guile, who outwits all those who dare to cross its path? Very well, I shall tell it to you. There was once a group of travelers who found themselves lost in the dense, dark forest on a […]

January 2, 2023
“An Intellectual Exchange: A Review of 𝐸𝑑𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑” by James Kin Pong Au

Donald Keene and Shiba Ryōtarō (authors), Tony Gonzalez (translator), Edo Japan Encounters the World: Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba … “An Intellectual Exchange: A Review of 𝐸𝑑𝑜 𝐽𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑” by James Kin Pong Au

September 15, 2022
Travels and Travails in Translation – Aesop’s Fables from Greek to Japanese to English

Peacock and Crane クジャクがツルをバカにして、はねのいろをけなしました。「わたしはきんいろのはねで、こんなにきれいだけれど、　あなたときたらつばさのどこをみてもきれいないろがぜんぜんないわね」　するとツルは、「でもわたしは、そらのたかいところまでとんでいけるのよ。　あなたなんかニワトリとおなじで、じめん […]

February 18, 2022
Demons Out, Fortune In. It’s Setsubun (節分): Bean Scattering, Bad Fortunes & Demon Slaying

We’re going to throw our beans, embrace this spring. Out, out with you Oni! Come, come good things. Oh, and get boosted. Seriously.

February 3, 2022
Book Announcement: Wild Lines and Poetic Travels: A Keijro Suga Reader

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

January 14, 2022