Including her survival of Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake, an enthralling account of Dorothy Britton's life, loves and discoveries in a varied life and career. Bilingual from birth, she found the immense joy of blending in with different cultures simply by getting the sound right when speaking their languages so that she herself sounds Japanese.
Including her survival of Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake, an enthralling account of Dorothy Britton's life, loves and discoveries in a varied life and career. Bilingual from birth, she found the immense joy of blending in with different cultures simply by getting the sound right when speaking their languages so that she herself sounds Japanese.
Anglo-American writer, poet, composer, musician, Dorothy Britton (Lady Bouchier, MBE) was born in Japan and educated in Britain and the USA. A pupil of Darius Milhaud she is known for her popular Capitol Records album Japanese Sketches, hailed by the American Record Guide as a highly successful 'translation of the koto/samisen aesthetic into occidental terms'. Capitol also commissioned a musical. In addition, she had regular programmes on NHK's Radio Japan introducing Japanese folklore, music and musicians, for listeners abroad, as well as a twelve-year TV programme teaching English conversation to Japanese middle-school pupils and singing British folksongs with her Irish harp. Her distinguished translation of Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province is a classic. She is also well known for her translation of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's best-seller Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, and short stories by Ryonosuke Akutagawa. Anglo-American writer, poet, composer, musician, Dorothy Britton was born in Japan and educated in Britain and the USA. A pupil of Darius Milhaud, known for her popular Capitol Records album Japanese Sketches, hailed as a highly successful 'translation of the koto/samisen aesthetic into occidental terms'. Capitol also commissioned a musical. Also known for her translation of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's best-seller Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window, and short stories by Ryonosuke Akutagawa.
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Plate section faces page Preface List of Plates 1. Rhythms Are What Divide Us 2. My Mother 3. My Father 4. How Marrying Changes my Father's Life 5. The Great Kanto Earthquake 6. Hayama 7. Mother Contacts Her First Japanese Friend 8. Royal Friends 9. The Japanese Language 10. Winters in Yokohama 11. Father's Sudden Death 12. England 13. Bermuda 14. Mills College 1943-1945 London 1945-1949 16. Innocence and Ignorance Back in Japan - 1949 Love and Sex 114 19. Meeting 'Boy' 20. Society in Japan 21. Marriage Customs 22. Washoku and O-furo 23. My Royal Neighbours 24. Two Composers 25. London and Paris 26. Harps and Angels 27. Back to Work in Japan 28. Dreaming of Elephants 29. Finding the Britton 30. Sea Shells 31. The 'Katakana Prison' and Mr Suzuki 32. Poetry 33. The Island in Between 34. Marrying 'Boy' - 1968 35. The Japanese Crane - Bird of Happiness 36. Comfort and Solace with TedDorothy Britton's Published Works Index
Plate section faces page Preface List of Plates 1. Rhythms Are What Divide Us 2. My Mother 3. My Father 4. How Marrying Changes my Father's Life 5. The Great Kanto Earthquake 6. Hayama 7. Mother Contacts Her First Japanese Friend 8. Royal Friends 9. The Japanese Language 10. Winters in Yokohama 11. Father's Sudden Death 12. England 13. Bermuda 14. Mills College 1943-1945 London 1945-1949 16. Innocence and Ignorance Back in Japan - 1949 Love and Sex 114 19. Meeting 'Boy' 20. Society in Japan 21. Marriage Customs 22. Washoku and O-furo 23. My Royal Neighbours 24. Two Composers 25. London and Paris 26. Harps and Angels 27. Back to Work in Japan 28. Dreaming of Elephants 29. Finding the Britton 30. Sea Shells 31. The 'Katakana Prison' and Mr Suzuki 32. Poetry 33. The Island in Between 34. Marrying 'Boy' - 1968 35. The Japanese Crane - Bird of Happiness 36. Comfort and Solace with TedDorothy Britton's Published Works Index
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