Reading performance in Japan and overseas. 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,
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. Reading Performance.

Tanka reading performance oveseas.

performance_2009_06_14.jpg une 14, 2009 at FM Taman, a radio station in Okinawa.
In the talk with Ms. Yoko Tamaki, a tanka poet, I introduced my tanka reading collection CD.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

performance_2009_06_13.jpg une 13, 2009 at "The 14th Peace & Antiwar Festival" in Itoman-city, Okinawa.
I felt and learned a lot from my perticipation in the festival.
performance_2009_06_13_02.jpg It was a great opportunity that I was able to express the importance of peace in my only way of expression - reading my tanka with my own vocie.
I was very glad to know that the people in Okinawa accepted me and my performance.
performance_2009_06_13_03.jpg I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to Ms. Yoko Tamaki and the poets in Okinawa who gave me such an honorable opportunity.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

performance_2009_04_01.jpg April 11, 2009 at HPNC jazz event. I performed tanka reading with Ms. Linda Galloway. Mr. Karl Young, third left, played Shakuhachi accompaniment.
performance_2009_04_02.jpg It was a wonderful experience for me to stand on the same stage with such wonderful performers before the audience more than a hundred! Shakuhachi, Koto, and dance were all marvellous.
and dance were all marvellous. Ms. Renee Owen, assistant to Ms. Jane Reichhold, the host of the event, asked me when I can revisit the US. I hope the opportunity turns up soon!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009