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Goze 3

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

by tomomi.paromita 17 January 2021

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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

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Goze 1

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

by tomomi.paromita 8 January 2021

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Taro Okamoto 1

One day I saw a pair of Oshira deities at a museum in Morioka. One was…

by tomomi.paromita 26 December 2020

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Chuzaburoh Tanaka 2

This is another episode from Chuzaburoh’s writings. At the time when there was no electricity, all…

by tomomi.paromita 26 June 2020

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Chuzaburoh Tanaka 1

You might have heard about Chikuzan Takahashi. He was a master tsugaru-shamisen (a string instrument) player…

by tomomi.paromita 8 June 2020