Vol. 3June 2026
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Talk of This and That

よもやまの話

中原中也 · Japanese

Asked to write on Andre Gide, the poet instead skewers Meiji-Taisho Japan's hasty digestion of Western culture across poetry, prose, and translation.

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Asked to write on Andre Gide, the poet instead skewers Meiji-Taisho Japan's hasty digestion of Western culture across poetry, prose, and translation. A bracing essay by Nakahara Chuya on returning to authentic taste.

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