A Letter to Mr. M
Dear Mr. M,
Hello. Hope life is treating you well.
I have been a big reader of your work since my late teens, and your TV People was the very first book that ignited my love of reading novels…
太宰治「富嶽百景」に関する考察
「富嶽百景」は一番好きな太宰作品である。文芸評論家の奥野健男が「芸術的に寸分のすきもない整った見事な短編」と評するように、何もかもが完璧で非の打ちようがない。こういうのを読むと、天才、非凡さをまざまざと見せつけられる。それは一人間として…
小島信夫「アメリカン・スクール」について
第32回芥川賞受賞作品・小島信夫「アメリカン・スクール」について。独特すぎるユーモアとキリっと光る鋭い知性が魅力の小島信夫。もうさっそく虜になってしまった。A reflection on the 32nd Akutagawa Award winning story, “The American School” by KOJIMA Nobuo.
A Birthday Letter
This is an open love letter to my dearest D for his 2020 birthday. I wrote it to sort my feelings, express them freely on paper, and record how I feel about him at this moment. I hope this is in some way relatable to someone, and that you may find some value in it. Please enjoy.
A Birthday Letter (JP)
2020年の誕生日を記念して、親愛なる私のクマさんへ公開ラブレターを書いてみました。今この時点で私がどんなことを思っているのかの記録でもあります。少し恥ずかしくもありますが個人的な書き物です。
A reflection on “The Words of Shinran” from Susumu Nakanishi’s “The Japanese Linguistic Landscape” (part 2)
The first in Maplopo’s ongoing series of reviews of Susumu Nakanishi’s The Japanese Linguistic Landscape. Nakanishi’s beautiful reflection on Japanese words is tailor-made for separate reviews on those individual essays. This is the second!
A reflection on three essays from Susumu Nakanishi’s “The Japanese Linguistic Landscape” (part 1)
The first in Maplopo’s ongoing series of reviews of Susumu Nakanishi’s The Japanese Linguistic Landscape. Nakanishi’s beautiful reflection on Japanese words is tailor-made for separate reviews on those individual essays. This is the first!