At his home in Kyoto, Peter MacMillan is undertaking a monumental task: translating the entire "Manyoshu." What drew him to Japan's oldest poetry collection?
Award-winning translator Peter MacMillan reflects on how his Irish childhood shaped his passion for literature and what his cats have taught him about life.
Peter MacMillan won praise from eminent scholar Donald Keene for his translation of "Hyakunin Isshu," the basis for popular poem-matching card game karuta.
In an interview, author and poet Ryoko Sekiguchi provides insights into working in Europe and Japan and creating a vocabulary for communication between them.
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“I can't choose a favorite in this collection, because all of my stories are like my own children,” says author Kyoko Nakajima.
