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Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf by John Stevens
epub |eng | | Author:John Stevens

Along the hedge a few branches of golden mums; Winter crows soar above the thick woods. A thousand peaks glow brilliantly in the sunset, And this monk returns home with ...
( Category: Love Poems June 16,2020 )
Bullseye! by Tsutsui Yasutaka
epub |eng | 2019-11-16 | Author:Tsutsui, Yasutaka [Tsutsui, Yasutaka]

Sleepy Summer Afternoon It was still sweltering when I left the factory. As I walked out, I looked up to see a cloudless sky, a sky colored ultramarine with eyes ...
( Category: Japanese June 15,2020 )
I Want to Kick You in the Back by Risa Wataya
epub |eng | | Author:Risa Wataya [Wataya, Risa]

The bell signaling the end of lunch rang, and when I finally came out from under the curtain I found I was alone in the classroom. Apparently everyone had gone ...
( Category: Japanese March 24,2020 )
How to Read a Japanese Poem by Carter Steven D.;
epub |eng | | Author:Carter, Steven D.;

For a while shibaraku wa I forget even my sins. tsumi mo wasurete So cool, the moon! tsuki suzushi CONTEXT: Tagami Kikusha (1753–1826) was the daughter of a physician in ...
( Category: Japanese March 13,2020 )
How to Read a Japanese Poem by Steven D. Carter;
epub |eng | | Author:Steven D. Carter;

For a while shibaraku wa I forget even my sins. tsumi mo wasurete So cool, the moon! tsuki suzushi CONTEXT: Tagami Kikusha (1753–1826) was the daughter of a physician in ...
( Category: Japanese March 10,2020 )
Kojiki by Kazumi Wilds
epub |eng | | Author:Kazumi Wilds

—Kazumi Wilds ABOUT TUTTLE: “Books to Span the East and West” Our core mission at Tuttle Publishing is to create books which bring people together one page at a time. ...
( Category: Japanese February 27,2020 )
This Scheming World by Ihara Saikaku
epub |eng | 2011-09-07 | Author:Ihara Saikaku [Saikaku, Ihara]

HOW LOVELY THE SIGHT OF RICE-CAKE FLOWERS AT NEW YEAR’S ON NEW YEAR’S Eve the bill collectors must be quite familiar with that old saying, ‘Be quick to do good,’ ...
( Category: Japanese February 16,2020 )
Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka
epub |eng | | Author:Akiyuki Nosaka

References [1] A famous scholar of ancient China who reputedly studied by the light of fireflies. Translator's Notes When Nosaka Akiyuki received the 58th Naoki Prize in 1968 for "A ...
( Category: Japanese February 11,2020 )
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan (Tuttle Classics) by Laurence Broderick Charles Dunn
epub, azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-12-23 | Author:Laurence Broderick Charles Dunn [Charles Dunn, Laurence Broderick]

(56) Moneychanger’s. The clerks are busy weighing (using balance and steel-yard), calculating on the soroban, counting and transporting strings of cash. Customers enjoy a pipe while waiting. A samurai and ...
( Category: Japanese January 20,2020 )
The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
epub |eng | 2019-10-29 | Author:Hiroko Oyamada

The Forest Pantser dresses the part. Under a mantle of coypu fur, he wears a gray jumpsuit, an old design that no one wears anymore. His uniform is on the ...
( Category: Japanese December 18,2019 )
Tales of Japan by Chronicle Books
epub, azw3 |eng | 2019-11-18 | Author:Chronicle Books [Chiba Kotaro]

ON THE VERY NEXT NIGHT, Hōïchi was seen to leave the temple; and the servants immediately lighted their lanterns, and followed after him. But it was a rainy night, and ...
( Category: Scandinavian November 19,2019 )
Japanese Legends and Folklore by A.B. Mitford
epub |eng | | Author:A.B. Mitford

THE OLD MAN WHO CAUSED WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER. One night the dog appeared to him again in a dream, and told him what had happened, adding that if he ...
( Category: Japanese November 19,2019 )
Fires on the plain by Ōoka Shōhei 1909-1988
epub |eng | 2001-10-19 | Author:Ōoka, Shōhei, 1909-1988

t£ 122 ^t Fires on the Plain "Hey! Hey!" I shouted, waving my arms and running toward them. They all turned in my direction, like a group of automatic dolls; ...
( Category: Japanese October 20,2019 )
Japanese Folktales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Yei Theodora Ozaki

He pressed the old woman to let him stay, but she seemed very reluctant. The old woman as soon as she heard herself spoken to stopped spinning, rose from her ...
( Category: Japanese October 8,2019 )
Kokoro: Hints and Echos of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lafcadio Hearn [Hearn, Lafcadio]

The young convert at Yokohama proved a noteworthy example of missionary failures. Within a few years after having sacrificed a fortune in order to become a Christian,—or rather the member ...
( Category: Japanese September 28,2019 )

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