Writers in Kyoto

Category: Reviews

Kyoto Journal update Dec. 2020

  • By Ken Rodgers
Kyoto Journal announcement with content description.

Book Review: Finding the Heart Sutra: Guided by a Magician, an Art Collector and Buddhist Sages from Tibet to Japan, by Alex Kerr

  • By Preston Keido Houser
An energizing read on the Heart Sutra is reviewed.

Sōseki’s Kyoto Haibun

  • By Richard Donovan
Commentary and translation of a work by Sōseki on Kyoto.

Book Review: A Zen Romance, by Deborah Bollinger Boehm

  • By John Dougill
Dougill writes enthusiastically about a neglected work on Zen life in Kyoto.

Book Review: Cipangu, Golden Cipangu: Essays in Japanese History by Michael Hoffman

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews and characterizes this book saying that "the pages of history come alive and glisten with appeal."

Book Review: Japanese Wood and Carpentry, Rustic and Refined, by Mechtild Mertz

  • By Judith Clancy
A review that includes an abstract and author information.

WiK titles for World Book Day

  • By WiK
A useful list of books published by WIK members.

Book Review: The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories, by Rebecca Otowa

  • By Ian Yates
A review of Otowa's collection of short stories on a range of topics and feelings.

Western writers in/on Kyoto

  • By Ken Rodgers
Foreign writers in Japan including both historical and contemporary writers.

Book Review: Tokyo: A Biography

  • By Ian Yates
Mansfield begins to make Tokyo accessible by illuminating its humble beginnings along with the innumerable setbacks throughout its growth.

Book Review: Autumn Light by Pico Iyer

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews Pico Iyer's follow-up to The Lady and the Monk.

Book Review: Japanese Stone Gardens by Stephen Mansfield

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews the work of Stephen Mansfield.

Encounters with Kyoto: WiK Anthology 3

  • By WiK
Introduction and TOC for the Third WIK Anthology.

Book Review: Lovsic in Kyoto, by Jay Crystall and Catherine Lenox

  • By John Dougill
Book review and the story behind the book.

Book Review: People Who Eat Darkness, by Richard Parry

  • By Josh Yates
Josh Yates reviews a true crime book by Richard Parry.

Book Review: Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Parry

  • By John Dougill
Dougill reviews a book by Richard Parry on the Tohoku tsunami.

Book Review: Ryoma! The Life of Sakamoto Ryoma, by Shiba Ryotaro

  • By Ian (Josh) Yates
A detailed review of a book on Sakamoto Ryoma, with photos.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 3: ‘Screen Maiden’

  • By Andrew Sokulski
Commentary on a Lafcadio Hearn story.

Book Review: Japan and the Beats

  • By John Dougill
A robust review of an issue of the Tokyo Poetry Journal.

Book Review: WiK Anthology 2017

  • By Harry Martin
A review of the 2017 WIK Anthology, by Harry Martin.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 2: Sympathy of Benten

  • By Andrew Douglas Sokulski
A review of a Lafcadio Hearn story from his book entitled Shadowings (1900).

Book Review: The Bridge of Dreams, by Tanizaki Junichiro

  • By Ad Blankestjin
A review of a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro which is set in Shimogamo.

Hearn’s Kyoto Stories 1: ‘Common Sense’

  • By Andrew Sokulski Zozaya
A WIK intern's commentary on one of Lafcadio Hearn's stories.

Book Review: Persimmon, by Hailstone Haiku Circle

  • By Andrew Sokulski Zozaya
A review of a new book from the Hailstone Haiku Circle.

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