tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post4177317640848924405..comments2021-03-22T11:18:21.028-07:00Comments on Keiko Amano's Blog: Kana Shodo Part 1keiko amanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-74962439001391534582010-10-01T14:56:14.536-07:002010-10-01T14:56:14.536-07:00Thanks for this information, Keiko. I looked up th...Thanks for this information, Keiko. I looked up the name to see which part she plays and it is the most sympathetic character in the whole film, Noriko.<br /><br />It's thanks to you that I've got interested in films like this. You are truly a cultural ambassador!Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-52700966089539806292010-09-30T16:36:33.506-07:002010-09-30T16:36:33.506-07:00Vencent,
I don't know what I was thinking.
He...Vencent,<br /><br />I don't know what I was thinking.<br />Her name is Hara Setsuko! I know so well, yet I wrote the name of other actress.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-75855018222799953742010-09-30T05:42:00.598-07:002010-09-30T05:42:00.598-07:00Vincent,
Thank you for the encouragement.
It'...Vincent,<br /><br />Thank you for the encouragement.<br />It's hard for me to blog from Japan, so I usually do a little. But I write more stories in Japan. <br /><br />About "Tokyo Story," yes, I saw it about eight years ago or so. Takamine Hideko is in the photo of my parent's Wedding reception. She happened to be in the same place and my aunt asked her to join in the photokeiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-30438179352690036882010-09-26T21:09:30.836-07:002010-09-26T21:09:30.836-07:00Keiko, you haven't posted for so long! (Admitt...Keiko, you haven't posted for so long! (Admittedly I haven't commented on your blog for so long too.)<br /><br />But I wish you would. And I wanted to ask about Yasujiro Ozu's 'Tokyo Story' which I watched yesterday: a film almost comically slow-moving, but all the more moving for that. It had a magical effect and seemed to describe human relationships at a universal level in Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-32333203719081569742010-08-04T14:35:05.592-07:002010-08-04T14:35:05.592-07:00Rebb,
"Myo" is a quite common word to s...Rebb,<br /><br />"Myo" is a quite common word to say strange, but I think it became famous because Suzuki Daisetsu, a philosopher and a scholoar of Zen Buddhism introduced it to the west. He studied in England, and his wife was a British.<br /><br />Also, I met a Japanese woman about my age in the poetry club. She said she had never seen any lawyer in Japan, and where she grew up had keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-7105520338307154672010-08-04T08:16:23.752-07:002010-08-04T08:16:23.752-07:00Keiko, An interesting discussion you started with ...Keiko, An interesting discussion you started with your poetry club. I have often wondered what types of psychological issues came up across cultures. I tried to look into it many years ago, but stopped. But I saw enough to realize that as with language, each culture has it’s own unique cultural/personality battles to contend with. But you raise something that I wasn’t aware of and that is the Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-15729106047377631182010-08-04T07:59:00.432-07:002010-08-04T07:59:00.432-07:00Keiko, An interesting discussion you started with ...Keiko, An interesting discussion you started with your poetry club. I have often wondered what types of psychological issues came up across cultures. I tried to look into it many years ago, but stopped. But I saw enough to realize that as with language, each culture has it’s own unique cultural/personality battles to contend with. But you raise something that I wasn’t aware of and that is the Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-29951923630248574492010-08-04T07:06:03.418-07:002010-08-04T07:06:03.418-07:00ZACL,
I feel the same for Yokohama and Tokyo. Th...ZACL,<br /><br />I feel the same for Yokohama and Tokyo. The time has changed so much, and so much, I didn't know growing up.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-54221934834724041272010-08-04T01:12:06.576-07:002010-08-04T01:12:06.576-07:00London is a moving sea of people and life. When I ...London is a moving sea of people and life. When I visit, not often now, I love the buzz. It soon becomes clear to me though, that I have become a stranger in my own land.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-81705814958786468962010-08-03T22:25:43.825-07:002010-08-03T22:25:43.825-07:00ZACL,
I love British movies. I enjoy watching li...ZACL,<br /><br />I love British movies. I enjoy watching lively London scenes as well as coastal scenes of the unforbidden sea. It's so far away and foreign to me, but it's great to know that somewhere out there near the sea, the blogger who wrote "Socks Reunited" is interested in kana shodo.keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-30583081286949137452010-08-03T13:56:42.917-07:002010-08-03T13:56:42.917-07:00Great sense of humour. I did not ever feel unsafe...Great sense of humour. I did not ever feel unsafe in this post area.<br /><br />There is a variation of therapeutic thought here, all valid and probably, culturally appropriate.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-32564095016878249452010-08-03T12:17:02.158-07:002010-08-03T12:17:02.158-07:00ZACL,
I think most people think ego is self. And...ZACL,<br /><br />I think most people think ego is self. And most of us including me live that way. But, to practice kana shodo or any Japanese traditional arts is based on the idea that ego is not equal self. Self has ego and individuality. Losing ego does not mean lose oneself. The concept is that through discipline, we can shed ego so that our pure individuality remains.<br /><br />Do of keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-69469154018055893762010-08-03T02:26:23.053-07:002010-08-03T02:26:23.053-07:00Ego = the self. So, it seems the art requires the...Ego = the self. So, it seems the art requires the person to lose oneself in it. Maybe I am wrong,however, it appears to be to be another style of meditation.ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-45578780222156858122010-08-02T17:18:07.732-07:002010-08-02T17:18:07.732-07:00ZACL,
I appreciate your interest.
"Does thi...ZACL,<br /><br />I appreciate your interest.<br /><br />"Does this written form demand a particular delicacy as an integral part of the meaning of what is written?"<br /><br />We try to follow the text of Wakanroeishu (published in 1028) as close as possible. Our aim is to write the exact copy of the text which is considered as the most beautiful kana writing. I think the particular keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-7014831229071836662010-08-02T14:44:42.025-07:002010-08-02T14:44:42.025-07:00The translation has the complex yet sharp-looking ...The translation has the complex yet sharp-looking simplicity of a Haiku.<br /><br />The written art form, apart from demonstrating different hands writing, are fascinating. Does this written form demand a particular delicacy as an integral part of the meaning of what is written?ZACLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289333819869440699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-34738487160155321202010-07-10T21:41:11.695-07:002010-07-10T21:41:11.695-07:00Rebb,
I wish I can cry like a baby. I envy you. ...Rebb,<br /><br />I wish I can cry like a baby. I envy you. Don't ever change it. <br /><br />The most recent book that made my eyes well up was "Homeland is the Mother Tongue" by Fujiwara Masahiko. He is a mathematician and a bestselling author, and he is the second son of Fujiwara Tei who wrote also a bestselling non-fiction about her hell-like evacuation experience with her keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-11705480780930710332010-07-09T17:07:32.754-07:002010-07-09T17:07:32.754-07:00Keiko, I like how you bring all the different form...Keiko, I like how you bring all the different forms of wetness to the forefront. Do you not cry as much as you did in your childhood? I still cry and it feels good. I cry easily during certain movies. And isn’t it a funny feeling when you cry and then start laughing all in the same breath. Whoosh!<br /><br />I feel much earth in you...<br /><br />The 10th is the 10th—at least you are there :)Rebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-39996917962578779502010-07-07T11:05:02.548-07:002010-07-07T11:05:02.548-07:00Rebb,
It is always a joy to listen to a foreign p...Rebb,<br /><br />It is always a joy to listen to a foreign perspective. The brushstokes like crying is so right to the point. I've been quite critical of the sentimentalism in arts, but crying can be joy and laughter also. And I miss my childhood when I cried my heart out. Cry, rain, and river flow are all wet. Wet is in all arts all over the world, but probably more in Japanese arts keiko amanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009453048859594709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359240399655245601.post-33557827839506553062010-07-07T09:04:19.479-07:002010-07-07T09:04:19.479-07:00Keiko, The brushstroked poem looks like rain falli...Keiko, The brushstroked poem looks like rain falling down the page. It doesn’t look easy at all. I could see how it would be a challenge to perfect something that seems to have a spontaneity to it. It’s unbelievable that it is both a poem and visual art. Of course since I cannot read the language, for me I only see the visual art aspect.<br /><br />I like that amano can mean milky way or heavenlyRebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117210892683574784noreply@blogger.com