Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Reading Performance.
Tanka reading performance oveseas.
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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. |
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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. |
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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I did my 14th reading performance of 2015 in Japan, at my best firend Ms. Kris Moon's exhibition. It was a great opportunity for me to perform reading in front of international artists. Ms. Mayumi Mori, the owner of Gallery Cafe George, thank you very much. |
Monday, December 7, 2015
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Oct. 21, 2015 I performed tanka reading at Wednesday tanka meeting. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all the audience gathered, and to Mr. Rick Wilson, who always add wonderful touch to my reading with his Shakuhachi flute. |
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Oct. 22, I did bilingual tanka reading at Thursday Tanka Meeting held in Ms. Kathabela Wilson's house. This is a series of meetings, of which attendants change everyday. Although I used up all of my energy for the sessions, I am more than happy to be of their assistance. |
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Oct. 23, At the tea house in Storrier Steams Garden, a wonderful Japanese garden in Pasadian, CA, I participated in trilingual tanka reading - Japanese, English, and Vietnamese - with Ms. Teresa M. C., a brilliant English poet. Having been wrapped with the silence, singing of insencts was the only sound we heard from the outside. It was a wonderful environment for tanka reading session! My sincerest thanks to the owner and his wife for having us here. |
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Oct. 24, Saturday Tanka Poetry Party held at Ms. Kathabela Wilson's house. Ms. Teresa M. C., a brilliant English poet and I performed trilingual tanka reading - Japanese, English, and Vietnamese. |
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Oct. 26, Bilingual tanka reading at Nursing Home in Santa Barbara. |
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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