Life of Nobuko

Life of Nobuko

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

  • Autor: Kanasaka, Kiyonori
  • Editor: Amsterdam University Press
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781898823896
  • Lloc de publicació:  Amsterdam , Netherlands
  • Any de publicació digital: 2022
  • Mes: Febrer
  • Pàgines: 214
  • Idioma: Anglés

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.

  • Cover
  • 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]
  • Postscript
  • Back Cover