Writers in Kyoto

Category: Introductions

Writers of Kyoto, Part 4: Kashiwai Hisashi 柏井壽

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’)

David Joiner (‘Kanazawa’)

  • By WiK
A Q&A with the author of Kanazawa.
Kyoto Journal 100

Kyoto Journal 100

  • By Ken Rodgers
Announcement of a very special print issue of Kyoto Journal.
Critic and professor, Tatsuo Kuriyagawa

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

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.

Interview with Lisa Twaronite Sone

  • By WiK
Q & A with a Reuters journalist.

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)

Alan Watts on Kyoto (1)

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

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