Donald Richie’s The Inland Sea is widely regarded as one of the classics of post-war writing on Japan. It’s the account of a trip Richie took, alone, across the various islands of the Seto Naikai, the inland sea of the title. It’s a bold book, idiosyncratic and opinionated (and unashamedly adult), unafraid to cast modern Japan andContinueContinue reading “A Road Trip, of sorts”
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Towards a Ranking of Rankings
Sumo wrestlers are ranked before every tournament on a chart known as a Banzuke. There are two sides, the east and the west, and each runs down from the top rank (Yokozuna) through a series of other gradings (Ozeki, Sekiwaki, Komusubi, and so on) depending on recent performance. In the twenty-first century, of course, itContinueContinue reading “Towards a Ranking of Rankings”
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