Sunday 7 April 2013

Terayama Shuji - Gekkan Taiyō

Gekkan Taiyo is a monthly magazine published by Heibon-sha devoted to profiling figures from the world of Japanese Arts and Literature, issues include illustrative biographies and writings and paintings, in the past it has devoted issues to such writers as; Dazai Osamu, Nakaharu Chuya, and Kyoka Izumi among others. Also past issues have covered subjects as religious art as well as movements within architecture and architectural history. The most recent issue is dedicated to Terayama Shuji, 寺山 修司,  filmmaker, poet, theatre director, this May marks the 30th anniversary of his death in 1983, and also features photography by Moriyama Daido. You can get a preview over at Heibon sha's blog, (in Japanese), this post serves in part as a reminder to myself.

4 comments:

@parridhlantern said...

liking the new title

me. said...

I've not changed the address yet not too sure how this might possibly affect links into some posts, we'll see, but glad you like it.

Kipuka Theater said...

We are doing the play La Marie Vison by Terayama Shuji - the Don Kenny translation. It's our final week - only 3 more performances left in Brooklyn NY. If you know anyone interested please send them our info: www.kipukatheater.com

me. said...

Many thanks for the comment, I'd be really interested in seeing your performance, I hope others may catch this in time to have a chance to see it!.