Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Mariko Kitakubo Profile

Mariko Kitakubo

Born in Tokyo.
Living in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
Membership
Japan Writers' Association,
Japan PEN Club,
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets,
Japan Tanka Poets' Society,
Kokoro-No-Hana,
Tan-Ku Co-Founder,
Tanka Society of America.

In commemoration of
15 years of tanka reading
The Latest Tanka Sequence
Original Tanka presented at
Spoken World Live

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.

Brief report on reading performance in Kyoto on Jan. 30, 2016.

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Jan. 30, 2016.

Wearing Kanga*, the Tanzanian textile, on top of kimono, I performed bilingual tanka reading. 
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Ms. Fushihara kindly lend me this Kanga.
performance_2016_01_30_03.jpg I was very grald to get together with Prof. Tsujimura of Kyoto Univ., and Mr. Nemoto, the representative of JATA Tours, whom I owe many obligations when I visited Tanzania 14 years ago.
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 Ms. Fushihara, thank you very much for your support.
I was able to spend quality time!
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I was very happy to have Mr. John Einarsen and Mr. Ken Rodgers of Kyoto Journal.  Thank you very much for taking time to join us in your busy schedule.