Japanese poetry.

  • Women and the world in the 1980s: April 2, 1982

    Episode from April 2, 1982. Danielle Paul interviews Professor Donald Keene about Japanese poet and novelist Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973 or 978 – c. 1014 or 1031) , a.k.a. Lady Murasaki. Program includes readings of her work. Produced by Eileen Zalisk.

  • My Tokyo / Kazuko Shiraishi

    Japanese poet Kazuko Shiraishi reads from her work in a bilingual presentation. Widely acclaimed in her own country, New Directions has published a volume of her work selected from her more than 26 books of poetry. Translation read by Michelle Lofting. Produced for KPFK by Paul Vangelisti and Evanda Silver. Program is self-contained. Much in…

  • A Hundred poems / by Issyu Hyakunin ; read by Yoko Ishigaki.

    Reading of the Japanese poem.|A HUNDRED POEMS / by Issyu Hyakunin| read by Yoko Ishigaki| produced by Ed Schell. – A reading of the Japanese poem, A Hundred Poems. – RECORDED: 10 August 1961. BROADCAST: KPFA, 15 September 1961.