It'd be great if I could say these books were a special present I bought myself for my birthday, but that would be a lie. But it is true that I picked up 9月9日9時9分 because that's my birthday!

It does seems like a kind of bittersweet story though, so let's just hope a date is the only thing my birthday and this book share.

#books #JapaneseLiterature #bookstodon

Got incredibly stressed out and did a somewhat irresponsible thing given the amount of books already waiting for me, but I've had my eye on three of these books for awhile now anyway, so I guess it's not all bad. And there's nothing wrong with supporting authors even if it'll be years before you read their work!

That being said, I think I need another bookshelf...

#JapaneseLiterature #JapaneseNovels #books

I just finished my first book in nearly two months, a brilliant short story collection by Erika Kobayashi (tr. Brian Bergstrom) called 'Sunrise: Radiant Stories.'

The works tackle issues surrounding nuclear power and its affects on people, especially women.

An especially timely read given the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi. Highly recommend.

#JapaneseLiterature #WIT #TranslatedLitChallenge

Beautiful hardback collection of classic #Japanese ghost stories from Vintage Classics, with gorgeous cover artwork by Yuko Shimizu

#books #ChooseBookshops #GhostStories #livres #YukoShimizu #JapaneseGhostStories #SnowLady #SnowGhost #JapaneseLiterature #bookshops #librairies #YukoShimizu #bookstodon

Ok. Next #book to read, Inazuma, written by Hayashi Fumiko. #japaneseliterature

The Translated Novels of Natsuo Kirino | Tokyo Weekender

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/books-literature-art_and_culture/natsuo-kirino-translated-novels/

> From Real World to Out, we delve into the grisly crime novels of Natsuo Kirino, one of Japan's literary superstars.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseLiterature #Translation

> A Fresh Look at a Legendary Spy: New Japanese Translation of Richard Sorge’s Reports from Tokyo | Nippon.com

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/bg900461/

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Book #JapaneseLiterature #Literature #Translation

A new (or rather, newly translated) short story by Hiromi Kawakami in the New Yorker.
From "Dragon Palace", a new collection of her short stories translated by Ted Goossen, out in September.

#JapaneseLiterature #HiromiKawakami

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/the-kitchen-god-fiction-hiromi-kawakami

Anyway for some interesting and easily available in English looks at early 20th century Japan from the inside, I strongly recommend Yukio Mishima's _Sea of Fertility_ series, particularly _Spring Snow_ most in the general timeframe of this film.

(The second, _Runaway Horses_ is for me the best of the set though. And the one that follows is the least, but it does set up the final novel in the series which ... isn't as even-keeled a novel as _Runaway Horses_ but the ending that caps off the entire series is stunning.)

#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights #TokyoChorus
#JapaneseLiterature #Japan

Debut Chuya Nakahara English Translations | Books | Metropolis

https://metropolisjapan.com/chuya-nakahara/

>Chuya Nakahara’s melodic and touching poems have been translated to English, with a bilingual edition of 'Poems of the Goat' now available.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseTranslation #JapaneseLiterature

Starting my first 川上弘美 Hiromi Kawakami short story in Japanese, 鼴鼠 (called Mogera Wogura in English, although that's not a direct translation).
It's about 20 pages long, so I'll tell you what I think of it when I finish it in about a year 😁
#川上弘美 #鼴鼠 #HiromiKawakami #MogeraWogura #JapaneseLiterature #日本の文学

Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa | Books | Metropolis Japan

https://metropolisjapan.com/ryunosuke-akutagawas-kappa/

>In his final and hotly debated 1927 work Kappa, Akutagawa keenly discerns the ironies of his own era. Kappa is a fusion of Gulliver’s Travels and Alice in Wonderland with Japanese mythology.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Kappa #JapaneseBook #Book #Literature #JapaneseLiterature #RyunosukeAkutagawa #河童

Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa | Books | Metropolis Japan

https://metropolisjapan.com/ryunosuke-akutagawas-kappa/

>In his final and hotly debated 1927 work Kappa, Akutagawa keenly discerns the ironies of his own era. Kappa is a fusion of Gulliver’s Travels and Alice in Wonderland with Japanese mythology.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Kappa #JapaneseBook #Book #Literature #JapaneseLiterature #RyunosukeAkutagawa #河童

Okakura Kakuro's “The Book of Tea” - Japan Powered
https://www.japanpowered.com/book-reviews/okakura-the-book-of-tea

>Okakura wrote The Book of Tea in 1906. The books seeks to bridge and explain the Eastern perspective to the West. At the time, most people weren’t familiar with Japan, China, or Korea. Japan …

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Literature #JapaneseLiterature

I haven't finished most of the books I started in April, but it's time for another month of the #TranslatedLitChallenge! Not only that, but on my new e-reader!

The theme for May is fantasy and I'm honestly not sure if that's what this is, but it was on a list I found, so I just went with it.

#JapaneseBooks #JapaneseLiterature #BooksInTranslation #TranslatedBooks #TranslatedLiterature

"Hotaru" is Now Available! - Japan Powered
https://www.japanpowered.com/stories/hotaru-is-now-available

>Hotaru, the second book of the Teahouse Mysteries series, is now available on Amazon. It’s also available for free–in exchange for a review–on BookSprout. This book follows Kanzas…

#Japan #JapaneseBooks #JapaneseLiterature #Hotaru #TeahouseMysteries #JapanPowered #JapaneseCulture.

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan - Japan Powered

https://www.japanpowered.com/book-reviews/lafcadio-hearns-japan

>Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) offered a view into Japan during the Meiji Restoration with his books.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Books #JapaneseBooks #JapaneseLiterature #LafcadioHearn #LafcadioHearnsJapan #Meiji #MeijiRestoration #JapaneseHistory #History #Review #BookReview

New #review on Ihara Saikaku, W.T. de Bary, and a dated translation of an important book in #JapaneseLiterature. Read on at https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-reviews-tr-82220976

Had the day off from work today, so of course I went to the bookstore to add to my collection!

This #BookHaul is a mix of things, including a comic in #Chinese, English fiction, two books in #Japanese, and a book translated from Chinese.

As usual, I can't wait to jump into the pages!

#JapaneseLiterature #ChineseLiterature #TranslatedLiterature

The Life and Works of Ryōnen Gensō - Japan Powered
https://www.japanpowered.com/history/the-life-and-works-of-ryonen-genso

>Japan has a long history of literary and artistic women. If you look at the education of women, Japan’s history would resemble a sine curve.

#Japan #JapaneseCulture #japaneseliterature