Articles
March 31, 2006
Editorial Addendum
by Kim Schuefftan
SWET asked Kim Schuefftan, editor at Kodansha International from 1966 to 1989, subsequently working as a freelance editor from his base in the countryside north of Tokyo, to comment on his experience as editor working with Amy Katoh on Otafuku: The Joy of Japan. In November 1999, Schuefftan spoke to SWET, and a report of his talk may... more
March 31, 2006
Otafuku Encounters
by Damon Shulenberger
Author of Otafuku: Joy of Japan (Tuttle, June 2005), Amy Katoh is known for her shop Blue & White, a fixture of Tokyo’s Azabu Juban area for more than 30 years, and three previous books. SWET pried into the profession and persona of one of Japan’' greatest champions of traditional crafts and culture.
Once you... more
March 31, 2006
SWET Newsletter, Number 111
In this issue:
Writing for Children Straight Talk from Suzanne Kamata • Eugene Tarshis Interview Otafuku Encounters: Amy Katoh • Damon Shulenberger SWET about Town Markuz Wernli Saitō on Book Design (Lynne E. Riggs) Mourning Newspapers? (Allan Murphy) SWET Events Eating and Drinking in the New Year (Helen Lewis) . . . and Later (Yoshida Shūji) Wordsmiths Japan 2006 (Helen Lewis) Threads on SWET-L Writing the Right... more
March 31, 2006
Markuz Wernli Saitō on Book Design
by Peter Goodman
A Swiss designer with a background in commercial and website design, Markuz Wernli Saitō was the photographer/designer of Stone Bridge Press’s Mirei Shigemori: Modernizing the Japanese Garden, a book based on the doctoral dissertation of author Christian Tschumi on the twentieth-century scholar and garden designer. On January 22, 2006 Wernli Saitō spoke about how the photographs... more
January 22, 2006
SWET Newsletter, Number 110
In this issue:
Translating Japanese Literature: The Next Generation • ATJ Seminar SWET Events New Venue and Policies Prove Fruitful (Book Fair) Fond Remembrance of Things Past (25th Anniversary Party) Structuring and Promoting Your Business (Ruth P.Stevens) Kyoto Journal Inspires (John Einarsen and Stewart Wachs) Favoring Curry in Kobe (SWET Kansai) Threads on SWET-L: Words in Action, Action in Words, by Torkil Christensen Book Review: Bibliophile Frank Hawley’s... more
December 1, 2005
Kyoto Journal Inspired
by Damon Shulenberger
The Kyoto Journal has always been a source of admiration and inspiration to editors, translators, and writers connected with Japan. In 2005, founding editor John Einarsen and associate editor Stewart Wachs spoke to a large SWET audience about their different perspectives on the journal’s making and showed a lively collection of slides of KJ covers and... more