January 2021

Translating Japanese

From the Tales of Heike

I am introducing a very famous poem, it is the very first stanza of the renown…

by tomomi.paromita 25 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Indian mythical tiles from Japan

It was really by chance that I visited the Mosaic Tile Museum of Tajimi, where the…

by tomomi.paromita 21 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Goze 3

I was going to end the posts on Goze with the last post, but then I…

by tomomi.paromita 17 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Goze 2

This is in continuation from the previous post on Goze, the female shaman-minstrels who lived on…

by tomomi.paromita 13 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Goze 1

“Goze” refers to visually challenged women who used to live by singing at the doors with…

by tomomi.paromita 8 January 2021

Translating Japanese

Haku-in Zen hymns

There is a genre of Japanese Buddhist hymns called Wasan. Most of the Buddhist Sutras, coming…

by tomomi.paromita 3 January 2021