Life of Nobuko

Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015

Author: Kanasaka, Kiyonori
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
eISBN Pdf: 9781898823896
Place of publication: Amsterdam , Netherlands
Year of digital publication: 2022
Month: February
Pages: 214
Language: English

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Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan’s leading researcher on the Victorian traveller Isabella Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his ‘Twin Time Travel’ photographic exhibition, shown in many countries – presenting Bird’s descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present.

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Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Organization of captions and photographic credits
Part I : The Life of Nobuko in Photographs
- 1: Growing Up (1958–1970)
- 2: How We Met and Married (1970–1978)
- 3: With Our Daughter Yu-ko (1978–1986)
- 4: Our Dog Koro – the New Family Member (1986–1994)
- 5: Family, Calligraphy and Travel (1994–2010)
- 6: Calligraphy and Journeys in Sickness (2011–2015)
  - Maps Fig. 1. Nobuko’s Domestic Trips and Our Post-marriage Residences
  - Fig. 2. Nobuko’s Overseas Trips (1985–2014)
  - CHRONOLOGY OF NOBUKO’S LIFE AND TIMES
Part II : Works by Nobuko
- 1: Calligraphy 1: ‘Sakura’ Exhibitions 2013/2015 & ‘Wonder’
- 2: Calligraphy 2: Other Exhibitions 2000–2010
- 3: Calligraphy 3: Études Published in Taigen (「太源」) Magazine 1995–2011
- 4: Calligraphy 4: Other Works 2005–2015
- 5: Embroidery 1974–1977
Part III : Nobuko’s Essays
- Thoughts on the Socialist Party
- Writings Prompted by Her Illness
  - 1: My Illness [1]
  - 2: My Illness [2]
  - 3: My Doctors [1]
  - 4: Second Opinion
  - 5: The Patients’ Clubs
  - 6: My Companions
  - 7: Celebrities
  - 8: Jam
  - 9: 27 December
  - 10: The Family Garden
  - 11: My Mother
  - 12: Our Dog
  - 13: Photographs
  - 14: Tears
  - 15: Vegetables
  - 16: The Amusement Park
  - 17: A Child
  - 18: What’s Right for Me [1]
  - 19: My Hair
  - 20: My Husband [1]
  - 21: My Husband [2]
  - 22: My Parents’ Garden
  - 23: Junior High School
  - 24: Senior High School
  - 25: University
  - 26: Friends [1]
  - 27: My Illness [3]
  - 28: What’s Right for Me [2]
  - 29: At the Hospital
  - 30: The Big Snow
  - 31: My Pension
  - 32: Bitter Melons
  - 33: An Annular Eclipse
  - 34: The Actor Sugi Ryo- taro-
  - 35: A Play
  - 36: Kaibara Ekiken
  - 37: Getting Old [1]
  - 38: Close Friends
  - 39: Loneliness
  - 40: Getting Old [2]
  - 41: Glasses
  - 42: Friends [2]
  - 43: My Husband [3]
  - 44: Mum as Teacher
  - 45: My Illness [4]
  - 46: My Sister-in-Law
  - 47: My Husband [4]
  - 48: China
  - 49: Night-stalls
  - 50: Swimming
  - 51: Songs
  - 52: Noh
  - 53: Nicknames
  - 54: Dear Yasuko
  - 55: The Neighbourhood Association
  - 56: My Doctors [2]
  - 57: What Will Be
  - 58: Of Mice and Men
  - 59: The Zoo
  - 60: Rain
  - 61: I Reflect Upon a Crime
Part IV : Remembrance
- 1: To Nobe • Kuwahara Kanako [1965]
- 2: An Exhibition and a Daphne Sapling • Yamada Junko [1965]
- 3: Like an Angel • Senda Minoru [1971]
- 4: Nobuko-san Who Never Stopped Smiling • Sakai Yoshio [1975]
- 5: Memories of Nobuko-san • Tatamitani Katsuo [1976]
- 6: Thank You for Everything • Iwata Yu - ko [1978]
- 7: Soul-mate • Kojima Junko [1987]
- 8: Essays That Tug at the Heartstrings • Mori Mitsutoshi [1989]
- 9: Remembering as a Mother • Ii Kazuko [1991]
- 10: Beautiful Letters • Roger & June Watts [1994]
- 11: Nobuko-san’s Calligraphy Imbued Her Personality • Sawasaka Satomi [1995]
- 12: Nobuko-san’s Smile • Nishihara Kazumi [1997]
- 13: My Thanks to Mrs Kanasaka • Zhong Chong [2000]
- 14: A Refreshing Spring Breeze • Ikeda Kiyotaka [2005]
- 15: Nobuko in Edinburgh • Jackie Cromarty [2005]
- 16: The ‘Travel’ Photographic Exhibition in Edinburgh • The late Nakamura Kazue [2005]
- 17: A Friendship Across Two Continents • James & Elisabetta McEvoy [2009]
- 18: Your Gracious Company • Mary McDonald [2009]
- 19: An Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman • Paul Norbury [2013]
- 20: Mrs Kanasaka and the Hope-for-life Exhibition • Hiraoka Sanae [2013]
- 21: In Memory of Nobuko • Andrew & Rosalind Reid [2014]
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