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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,
Tanka Society of America.
Tan-Ku Co-Founder
Tan-Ku Association, president

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

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.
お知らせ

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On 28 Jan,2018, I did the New Year's tanka reading performance at Storrier Steans Japanese Garden in Pasadena CA.
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I presented a tanka sequence with the theme of year of the dog and my newly composed tanka./td>
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It was a sunny, fine day, and the people were enjoying themselves Japanese, Korean, and Chinese culture exhibitions.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018

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Jan. 17, 2018, I performed bilingual tanka reading at Kanagawa Institute of Technology. I selected the tanka with scientific theme.
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Themes I selected were; "Stars" and "Space Morning Glory" from "SPACE", "In the Womb" and "DNA" from "LIFE", "Redwood Tree Forest" and "Banyan Tree" from "TREES", and "Firefly" from "LIVING THINGS."
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I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward Dr. Yoshiko Sassa for offering me such a preicous oppotunity for me to able to present bilingual tanka reading at a Japanese science faculty.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

I will perform bilingual tanka reading at the festival to celebrate the year of the dog.  It will be 30 to 45 minutes perforance.

I will upload the details later.

Celebrate the Year of the Dog at Our Festival for the Lunar New Year
Date & time:  Jan. 28, 2018.  12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Place:  Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, Pasadena, C.A.

Monday, December 18, 2017