International News and Japanese art
Japan Poetry: Prince Ōtsu (663–686) and A Farewell Beneath the Clouds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prince Ōtsu (663–686) was born into a world steeped in elegance, ritual, poetry,…
Japanese Art and Poetry: Jizō and the Spiritual Landscape of Impermanence (Buddhism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi frequently explores religious themes in her artwork, drawing inspiration from…
Japanese Novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Life is more Hellish than Hell itself Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was born in Tokyo during the final…
Voice of Meiji Japan: Novelist Natsume Sōseki and Poet Masaoka Shiki Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The celebrated Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was born in the first year…
Japanese Female Novelist and Communist (Miyamoto Yuriko) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japanese novelist and short-story writer Miyamoto Yuriko (1899–1951) could easily have disappeared into the comfortable conformity expected…
Japanese Female Diarist and Poet during Heian Court Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese diarist and waka poet Michitsuna no Haha (935–995) occupies a unique place in the…
Japanese Authors and the Tragedy of Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896) moved through life as though fate had marked her…
Japanese Author in a World of Military Might Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Ashihei Hino was not merely shaped by his era — he was consumed…
Japan Novelist and the Influence of Pyotr Kropotkin: Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The life of the Japanese poet Takuboku Ishikawa was brief, yet his poetry…
Japan Novelist and Poet – Despair and Sadness of Doppo Kunikida (Meiji Japan) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist and poet Doppo Kunikida lived with a quiet…