A long time ago, there was something called the #7BookCoverChallenge. It was a challenge to contribute to the spread of reading culture. "The way to participate is to take a photo of the cover of one of your favorite books every day for seven days and post it. Upload only the cover image without any description of the book, and take a photo of the cover every day.
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Kitahara Hakushu and Yamada Kosaku founded the magazine "Poetry and Music" in 1922, aiming to fuse poetry and music, and established a modern style of music that makes use of the high and low accents of the Japanese language and the sense of rhythm inherent in Japanese life. "Kono Michi" (1927) was born out of this, and "the accents of the words are directly substituted into the melody, creating a fresh and lively..."
Further display Song of June 6: "This Road" by Hakushu Kitahara and Kosaku Yamada
Ever since I heard this song on Ayako Takagi's CD "Sicilienne," I thought it was a good song, but I hadn't really looked into it, so I decided to look into it a bit. François Bazin's comic opera "Monsieur Patrin" (1856) is often performed, but the "Romance" from it is rarely performed these days...
Further display Romance - From the opera "Mr. Patran"At the after-party after the GLOCOM study group, we did some Twitter renga. The original tweet link is here: http://twilog.org/_nat/date-110107 The thorny road of Prague is quiet (@_nat) I wish for your smile in the afternoon (@ori…
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After the typhoon of the end of August, the scale clouds fell into the autumn sky.
Further display AugustThank you for your continued support this year. At dawn, a monkey crosses the sea. Hand-woven stripes. The days of admiration are long gone. Sorry. I'm getting bored. I'll probably rewrite it, but please bear with me for now...
Further display happy New Year.The misty forest at dawn, the sediment of memories of days gone by, the butterflies of Tartary, the foundations of the Asukadera temple, the dreams of the Tatar stonemasons melting away into the night.
Further display In the misty forest at dawnWow, this year's Tokyo New Year's Eve concert was amazing. Elgar's majesty ended perfectly. It felt great!! So, Happy New Year. Thank you for your continued support this year. The usual reading tanka. On the pure white peaks before dawn, A flower picked with my hand, A flower I cherish...
Further display Happy new yearTodd Pearl (translated by Natsuhiko Sakimura) Peace is making lots of friends Peace is protecting the blue ocean for the fish Peace is listening to a variety of music Peace is being able to say sorry when you hurt someone Peace is helping your neighbors Peace is reading all kinds of books Peace is…
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From the window of the "Super Azusa No. 5" train leaving Shinjuku Station at exactly 8:00, just before Chino
Further display Autumn in the Countryside