Writers in Kyoto

Category: Introductions

Writers of Kyoto, Part 4: Kashiwai Hisashi 柏井壽

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Fourth in a series about Japanese authors of Kyoto

Writers of Kyoto, Part 3: Matsuda Michio 松田道雄

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
The third installment of a series on Japanese writers of Kyoto.

Writers of Kyoto, Part 2: Yamamura Misa 山村美紗

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Part 2 of a series on Japanese writers who used Kyoto as a setting in their works.

Writers of Kyoto, Part 1: Mizukami Tsutomu 水上勉

  • By Sara Ackerman Aoyama
Part 1 of a series on Japanese writers who used Kyoto as a setting in their works.

A Discussion with Rebecca Otowa: Artist, Writer, Musician

  • By Karen Lee Tawarayama
An introduction to the artwork of Rebecca Otowa.

Bin Ueda, Professor and Translator

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A biographical sketch of one of Lafcadio Hearn's students.

Foreign women writers give alternative view of Japan

  • By Stephen Mansfield
A link to an article for Asia Nikkei which serves as a comprehensive overview of the works and lives of foreign women writers in Japan, both past and present.

David Joiner (‘Kanazawa’)

  • By WiK
A Q&A with the author of Kanazawa.

Kyoto Journal 100

  • By Ken Rodgers
Announcement of a very special print issue of Kyoto Journal.

Critic and professor, Tatsuo Kuriyagawa

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
An introduction to a noted educator and writer from Kyoto.

Reminiscences of Donald Richie

  • By WiK
WIK members discuss Donald Richie.

Kyoto Stage and Film Director Akira Nobuchi

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
A piece on the life of a Kyoto film director.

Kai Fusayoshi exhibition

  • By John Dougill
Introduction to a Kyoto street photographer and announcement of exhibit.

Introducing Yuki Yamauchi

  • By Yuki Yamauchi
Introduction to a translator of English and Irish literature and part-time event writer for The Japan Times.

Introducing Hans Brinckmann

  • By Hans Brinckmann
An introduction to both the man and his publications.

Introducing Edward Levinson

  • By Edward Levinson
A photographer and writer who came to Japan at the end of the 1970s.

Introducing William Altoft

  • By WiK
Introduction to a British writer, poet and tutor who lives in Bristol.

The World through the Magic Lantern – Nicolas Bouvier in Kyoto

  • By Robert Weis
On Nicolas Bouvier's sojourn in Kyoto.

Introducing Tina deBellegarde

  • By WIK
All about WIK membership secretary and the success she's found as a writer.

Kyoto’s Netsuke Museum

  • By Iris Reinbacher
A description of the Kyoto Netsuke Museum located near Mibudera.

Sutoku In Kyoto – emperor, poet, rebel, yōkai

  • By Nicholas Teele
A biographical essay on the 75th emperor of Japan (reigned 1123-1142).

Introducing Rona Conti

  • By WiK
Introduction to Ms. Conti, a painter and calligrapher whose artwork is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections and museums in the United States and internationally.

Alan Watts on Kyoto (1)

  • By Allan Watts
Extracts from pages 340-342 of In My Own Way, the autobiography of Alan Watts.

Pierre Loti on Kioto

  • By John Dougill
An introduction to Loti and his writing.

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