tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post709695923833216190..comments2024-01-11T19:22:09.275+09:00Comments on Tokorozawa Daily Photo: Bright ColorsKaorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06495830655043821533noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-40084161711082165842010-08-07T17:46:45.882+09:002010-08-07T17:46:45.882+09:00There is an eye-opening, self-illustrated book abo...There is an eye-opening, self-illustrated book about the incarceration in American concentration camps during WWII of people of Japanese ancestry; many of whom were American citizens. It was written by <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Citizen-13660-Mine-Okubo/dp/0295959894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281169581&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Miné Okubo</a> and titled <i>Citizen 13660</i><br /><br />The American governmental organization then known as the Wartime Civil Control Administration sounds like a direct ancestor of our contemporary U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Man, I hope not.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-54651658561623921392010-08-07T16:50:24.428+09:002010-08-07T16:50:24.428+09:00Oops. Wrong Amazon above for Harumi Setouchi. <...Oops. Wrong Amazon above for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Djp-books-gurupa-us-subtier-tree&field-keywords=harumi+setouchi&x=15&y=13" rel="nofollow">Harumi Setouchi</a>. <—This one to the left might be better.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-61801069623177127132010-08-07T16:41:02.819+09:002010-08-07T16:41:02.819+09:00Here are some English translations of Japanese boo...Here are some English translations of Japanese books:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Confessions-Love-Uno-Chiyo/dp/0824811763/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281165377&sr=1-2" rel="nofollow">Uno Chiyo</a>. It was out of stock. Maybe if you click on her name as author...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Waiting-Years-Japans-Women-Writers/dp/0870114247/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281165727&sr=1-8" rel="nofollow">Enchi Fumiko</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Doctors-Wife-Japans-Women-Writers/dp/0870114654/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281166114&sr=1-1-fkmr0" rel="nofollow">Sawako Ariyoshi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/End-Summer-Japans-Women-Writers/dp/4770017464/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281166219&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Harumi Setouchi</a> (before she became the Buddhist Priest Jakuchô Setouchi)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Shooting-Gallery-Stories-Directions-Classics/dp/0811213560/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281166369&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Yuko Tsushima</a> (the daughter of Osamu Dazai)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Floating-Clouds-Japanese-Studies-Hayashi/dp/0231136285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281166481&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Fumiko Hayashi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/All-She-Worth-Miyuki-Miyabe/dp/0395966582/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1281166602&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Miyuki Miyabe</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Djp-books-gurupa-us-subtier-tree&field-keywords=tale+of+genji&x=8&y=22" rel="nofollow">Murasaki Shikibu</a> ha ha.<br /><br />Can you tell that I once took a course on women writers in Japan?Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-12538366404838066662010-08-07T11:45:48.021+09:002010-08-07T11:45:48.021+09:00I got Banana's Kitchen yesterday. I like the ...I got Banana's <i>Kitchen</i> yesterday. I like the breezy narrative style. Sometimes the narrator reminds me of you actually. <br /><br />There is a term: “soupy rice.” I’m sure it must be a translation of <i>okayu</i> おかゆ。I wonder if soupy rice is what Soupy Sales ate when he wasn’t <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Z1DpeYm8k" rel="nofollow">eating pie</a>.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-91668277935380290702010-08-05T11:50:38.578+09:002010-08-05T11:50:38.578+09:00Hello all! Thank you for all the comments! And hap...Hello all! Thank you for all the comments! And happy theme day to everyone :D<br /><br />Louis, I'm sure Mme la Vache has read some of them! ;)<br /><br />Jennyfreckles, What a clever thing to notice! You're right, the cover is always on the right. The words are also written from top to bottom :-)<br /><br />Tall Gary, did you get your books? I hope you like them! I've never been able to finish a japanese book so maybe I'll buy them in English, too :D (I also liked your dajare!)<br /><br />Lisergic Synaesthesiae, I Do know of Ryu Murakami, although I've never read his books. Are they good ? :D<br /><br />Arabesque, you're so right. Japanese writer write beautifully, only you need to really understand the language...so it's hard to receive the same impact from a translated book! But I guess that's the same for any foreign novel :DKaorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495830655043821533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-26106423085079575482010-08-03T21:00:09.972+09:002010-08-03T21:00:09.972+09:00Love the colors :DLove the colors :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437601160724818398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-86659268152456374602010-08-03T01:09:18.699+09:002010-08-03T01:09:18.699+09:00Wonderful choice for Theme Day!Wonderful choice for Theme Day!Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737705457021667861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-56633435195315249662010-08-02T23:31:50.231+09:002010-08-02T23:31:50.231+09:00hi kaori! this is uniquely colorful and perfect fo...hi kaori! this is uniquely colorful and perfect for theme day! ^0^ <br />among them, i have only read banana yoshimoto...and got bored, ^-^ <br />i think japanese writers has a different approach to writing. ^0^<br />tnx for the info, will try to read some of the writers.arabesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906096829817289921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-21828154794756941762010-08-02T19:58:07.120+09:002010-08-02T19:58:07.120+09:00I like all the bright colours. They'd look che...I like all the bright colours. They'd look cheerful on a bookcase. But of course I would read them first. :)EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-32716472447124848702010-08-02T06:52:25.141+09:002010-08-02T06:52:25.141+09:00How alluring to take these colours home, making br...How alluring to take these colours home, making bright the room in grey winter days. <br />Guess I would love to try the tripple D. Please have a good start into the new month.<br /><br /><a href="http://tagein-tagaus-athen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">daily athens </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-76586308644769989912010-08-02T06:06:38.670+09:002010-08-02T06:06:38.670+09:00Great books and colurful.Great books and colurful.Mohttp://aglimpseoflondon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-30509842067753658412010-08-02T05:47:43.281+09:002010-08-02T05:47:43.281+09:00Brilliant colours!
Last month I read Ryu Murakami...Brilliant colours!<br /><br />Last month I read Ryu Murakami's 'Audition'. Now I'm looking for his first novel 'Almost Transparent Blue', do you know him?Lisergic Synaesthesiaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00496306417038987214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-85818819740697926572010-08-02T05:38:40.430+09:002010-08-02T05:38:40.430+09:00Great shot fot the theme ! I have only read Heming...Great shot fot the theme ! I have only read Hemingway years ago ... I love your definition of the three D writer ! :) :)Babzy.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726884546505964576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-82603366793605468762010-08-02T03:03:40.627+09:002010-08-02T03:03:40.627+09:00Very bright indeed! Clever choice for theme day.Very bright indeed! Clever choice for theme day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-8382909877919806332010-08-02T02:40:21.642+09:002010-08-02T02:40:21.642+09:00how interesting and great bright covers.
happy aug...how interesting and great bright covers.<br />happy august theme day!Jazzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993440076433190595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-52319982509428506442010-08-02T01:17:03.915+09:002010-08-02T01:17:03.915+09:00Colorful covers for great books, this could be a g...Colorful covers for great books, this could be a great idea. It is a gorgeous interpretation of this Theme Day.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-70310444939036707032010-08-01T23:20:44.624+09:002010-08-01T23:20:44.624+09:00Hemingway and Mishima and I both loved them.
Wond...Hemingway and Mishima and I both loved them.<br /><br />Wonderful post Kaori, I think it's fun to have bright book covers!cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-57907908523721251212010-08-01T22:50:23.336+09:002010-08-01T22:50:23.336+09:00The Old Man And The Sea is still one of my favorit...The Old Man And The Sea is still one of my favorites. I can do without the Triple D.B SQUAREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510619553483917078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-53876965492059064872010-08-01T21:19:54.188+09:002010-08-01T21:19:54.188+09:00Wow! You made links to the books. This is a great ...Wow! You made links to the books. This is a great post not only for the photo but because you did such a great job of explaining what we were seeing.GreensboroDailyPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164424487770296616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-89054738344266233762010-08-01T20:58:45.613+09:002010-08-01T20:58:45.613+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-4456851390376327622010-08-01T20:56:23.214+09:002010-08-01T20:56:23.214+09:00Wonderful! I love the first day of the months!Wonderful! I love the first day of the months!glduro_marieloupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920945922712255388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-51094287667957971322010-08-01T20:55:25.503+09:002010-08-01T20:55:25.503+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-77288186449326244812010-08-01T20:54:41.416+09:002010-08-01T20:54:41.416+09:00First of all I would like to thank you for the tro...First of all I would like to thank you for the trouble you went to making all of those links. I did order two books (it would be great if you got a commission).<br /><br />I have only read four of them. (<i>Kokoro; Rashomon; The Old Man and the Sea;</i> and <i>Yukiguni [Snow Country])</i>. My favorite would be <i>Rashomon</i>. <br /><br />I generally like Soseki because the books of his I have read could have been written by different authors, so different in style they were. I liked his 草枕, (Kusamakura), <i>The Three-Cornered World</i> because it seemed to convey the way of thinking of a visual artist. If you do not care for “deep, dark, and depressing” it might be best to leave <i>Kokoro</i> unread.<br /><br />I am not fond of Mishima although his visual imagery is impressive.<br /><br />It is worth mentioning here that the Japanese mystery writer <b>Edogawa Rampo</b> chose such a pen name because it was close to the Japanese pronunciation of <b>Edgar Allan Poe</b>. (Go ahead all, say them both as fast as you can).<br /><br />I only read Osamu Dazai’s <i>Setting Sun</i> in university, such a long time ago (another century, actually) and remember nothing of the story, just thinking that it seemed so real and Americanish contemporary. (I did like the movie <i>Villon’s Wife</i>, however). I lived in Mitaka where Dazai lived and died and often thought of his suicide as I walked along the Tamagawa Aquaduct in Kichijoji. I’m sure my apartment at the time was in existence when he was.<br /><br />I love the beginning of <i>Snow Country</i> when the narrator is looking out of and at the reflection on a moving train window at night. I could see it as if I was there.<br /><br />By the way, did you know that Soseki Natsume’s younger brother wrote a lot of old songs?<br /><br />Yes, his brother’s name was Soseki Natsumero. Ouch. Sorry.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-34343802966108509802010-08-01T19:19:21.635+09:002010-08-01T19:19:21.635+09:00Wonderfully bright colours.Wonderfully bright colours.Zyzzyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04413389312275876973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333594746644288770.post-89604207403735455012010-08-01T16:41:42.407+09:002010-08-01T16:41:42.407+09:00Great colours - and I am amazed by the books. Look...Great colours - and I am amazed by the books. Looks like Japanese book are bound with the spine on the right. I didn't know that. As a Brit, I feel I need to turn them over!!jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.com