Yuri Chekalin

Yuri Chekalin07.05.2020

Today we’re talking with a historian Yuri Bahurin, the author of “Front and Rear of the Great War”. 1) Why did you decide to deal with the First World War? Having entered the history department, I really didn’t immediately understand for myself and decided what kind of historical epoch most attracted to me: here you […]

Yuri Chekalin04.05.2020

A peculiar form of society was created in Japan after World War II. The birth of such a secular, materialistic, and atheistic society perhaps cannot be found in any other age and place in history. It is said that most Japanese, when asked for their religious status in filling out an application form for a […]

Yuri Chekalin02.05.2020

Shinto is undeniably a religion unique to the Japanese people. It is a natural religion born and nurtured in the Japanese islands, unlike Buddhism or Christianity, which are world religions that have come to Japan from foreign countries. Certainly we cannot deny the influences on Shinto from Buddhism, Confucianism, or Chinese culture. Their influences on […]

Yuri Chekalin30.04.2020

The women of the world for which Genji was written had households to run or lords and ladies to serve, and they could be busy with many tasks, duties, or pastimes. Still, the pace of life was slow. The tale is for readers who have time. Not only is it long, but it invites a […]

Yuri Chekalin29.04.2020

Theology once believed that “translation” could mean direct removal to heaven of the body without intervening death. All too often in being translated, the poem loses its life. Literal translation of a poem into bare prose may help understanding, but the plain text of a literal version may not be accurate to the poem, for […]

Yuri Chekalin20.04.2020

Late inthe spring of 1886, a young man named Hasegawa Tatsunosuke, known to the Japanese literary world by his penname Futabatei Shimei,’ began to write his first novel. After he had struggled with it for many months, the first part was published in June 1887. The rest of the novel, which he called “Ukigumo” (“Drifting […]

Yuri Chekalin20.04.2020

In the old days, people enjoyed reading the magazine as a cup of excellent coffee, setting the perfect tone for the whole day and nourishing the brain’s abilities. Unfortunately, now any publication is often swallowed immediately and without any pleasure, and the meaning of the author’s message eludes the attention of readers like a dissolved […]

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Interview with Yuri Bakhurin

Japanese Atheists and Faithless Japanese

Shinto is a Rich World of Faith

Reading The Tale of Genji Today

The Poetry of Postwar Japan

Japan’s First Modern Novel

For All Our Coffee Companion

August 17

Japanese Communism: A Century of Revolution, Underground Struggle, and Parliamentary Politics

Shipyards Matter More Than Aircraft Carriers

Detroit Is Paying Students for Perfect Attendance