Tag: japanese

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

Sep 15, 2022

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Nicholas Andriani

in Anthropology, Archaeology, comparative literature, history, japan, japanese cinema, japanese folklore, japanese language, japanese mythology, material culture, writing

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
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)
Scribes and Sake: Kasa-Jizo (かなじぞ)

Aug 3, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

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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
ビルマの竪琴 – Plucking the Burmese Harp: A Film Review

Feb 21, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in film, film review, japan, japanese cinema

Director Kon Ichikawa plucks the fruits of Eastern spirituality throughout a film that at once condemns the horrors of war and celebrates the spontaneity of life.
Engaging in Japan: Tsunami Impacted Schoolchildren

Feb 7, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

in #mondaymotivation, asian studies, education, fundraising, japan, writing

Japan. Land of the Rising Sun. Home of the world’s first novel. Where spirit, body, and mind are one and the same. gf.me/u/zhwucm In 2011 a mad-eyed tsunami tore through the seaside village of Rikuzentakata. As if the preceding earthquake wasn’t enough. The region fell into a state of anxiety. There remains work to be…