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Urasawa Naoki’s Monster
A man on the run, framed for murders he didn’t commit, hounded by police wherever he goes. The only way to clear his name is to uncover the real murderer and the truth by himself. Sounds familiar? Monster is not The Fugitive, nor does it strive to be. It […]
In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful. As the light creeps over the hills, their outlines are dyed a faint red and wisps of purplish cloud trail over them.
In summer the nights…
In autumn the evenings…
In winter the early mornings…
Thus begins The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (枕草子), a prose collection written […]
Have you ever taken a look at the old (1984 - 2004) thousand yen bill and thought one of two things: Who is this strangely charming figure with those piercing eyes? Or, how in the world did a Japanese man grow a mustache like that? I don’t know the answer to the second […]
Unarguably the most famous and recognized piece of Japanese literature is The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu. Lady Murasaki, a court lady in the service of the Empress Akiko, wrote this monumental work around the year 1010. That makes the book, hailed as the ‘first great novel ever written,’ roughly 1,000 years […]