Review: A Gap in the Clouds - Japanese poems translated Poet and translator have done a highly impressive job, working through the undergrowth and the overgrowth of the Japanese Tanka, the short poems that comprise ... Books • 09 Mar
Japanese Story - the IFI celebrate Ozu, Kurosawa and beyond Kevin Coyne of the Irish Film Institute introduces Japanese Story, the IFI's new season celebrating the finest cinema from Japan over the decades... Film • 09 Feb
Reviewed: Travels With A Writing Brush This fascinating compendium gathers 1,000 years of Japanese travel writing, involving perilous treks over mountains and along dangerous shores, with intense poetic epiphanies guaranteed. Books • 20 Dec 19
Review: The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories The far-spreading branches of narrative diversity that is Japanese literature make this 500-page work a superb anthology, opening windows on to different epochs, while affirming ... Books • 22 Aug 18