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Takashi Tsutsui, a prominent Japanese entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist, was born in Tokyo in 1927 to Yasujiro Tsutsui, a wealthy industrialist and founder of the Seibu conglomerate. Despite his privileged upbringing, Tsutsui harbored disillusionment with his father's values and the moral decay he witnessed among the elite.
In this memoir, corporate leader and literary figure Tsutsumi Seiji (who adopted the pen name Tsujii Takashi) offers an account of his life. The memoirist is the eldest son of Tsutsumi Yasujirō (1889–1964), who founded Seibu Railway and went on to be the speaker of Japan’s House of Representatives.
Takashi Tsuji is the pseudonym for Seiji Tsutsumi, poet and novelist. This novel offers a look at an affluent Japanese family in disarray.
Japanese Women Writers in the 21st Century headlines the September 2024 issue of World Literature Today. Additional highlights include numerous interviews, fiction and Alejandro Puyana on six “classic” and “upstart” literary debuts.
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In recent years, the popularity of translated Japanese works has skyrocketed. In 2020, Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs, translated by ˆMonkey contributors Sam Bett and David Boyd, was released to international success; Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, her second translated novel after her bestselling Convenience Store Woman, was reviewed favorably by...
April 2022 will see two books published under a new highly anticipated Monkey imprint with Stone Bridge Press in California. If you can’t wait till then, get your fix of fresh bananas with the new Monkeytravel-themed volume coming out later this year. “As we emerge from the pandemic, we’re all longing to travel. And as with the Food Issue, we are r...
Shibata expresses it best: “Read Monkey! Shout: ‘Here are some good bananas!’ ” For aspiring translators, Shibata recommends reading the 365-word story “The Inadequacy of Translation”by Scottish writer James Robertson, which he describes as “a perfect parable about translation.” Goossen recommends “any translation by Jay Rubin or Michael Emmerich (...
May 25, 2023 · The art of narrative blossomed in the eleventh century with one of the world’s great literary masterpieces, Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji and later in the work of the great modern novelists Natsume Sôseki, Tanizaki Jun’ichirô, Kawabata Yasunari, Kôbo Abe, and Ôe Kenzaburô.
Aug 21, 2020 · Modern Japanese literature is particularly vast in its scope, style, and themes. More and more is being translated into English and there are new independent publishing houses dedicated to bringing new and obscure Japanese literature to Western audiences.
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