Donald Keene at home: Tokyo, 2002
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Image taken on 2002-10-24 16:33:07 by aurelio.asiain.
Muy interesante foto y artículo, Keene es un gran amante del Japón, gracias por adentrarnos en esa maravillosa cultura.
¡Saludos!
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I have not read his book… I want to read his book.
Ah, you can read it in Japanese. In fact it was written in Japanese, then translated to English.
Thank you!! I examined his book at once
I am interested in some of his book. I will read. Thanks.
well done!
By the way, orange: he lives just in front of the Kyu Furukawa Gardens (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ionushi/232509668/). I noticed you like going to Tokyo parks…
Ho hooo!! Donald Keene is your friend!!!
hehehe!
I was still in university in Japan when I was first introduced to one of his books ("Emperor of Japan" of course) and then I kept on reading his works. He has also made a lot of translations of famous Japanese writers like Yukio Mishima, that’s amazing! You have to get me his autograph!!!
Wow, Paco! So you went to the University and that all!
How’s Wakayama these days?
Yeah, actually this work at the Prefectural Government is the second time living in Japan. Five years ago I was an exchange student for a year at a university in Kyoto called Doshisha. By the way, did you hear about our ill-fated governor? I saw it all from here!
It was all "very educational"!
Yes, I read about that… Hope you are not involved /:-)
great mood in this portrait…..one enters this thoughtful man’s world in an intimate moment…very well done!
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Que gran retrato! Me encanta el momento, pero además es una invitación abierta para conocer de su obra!
Gracias por compartirlo. Saludos!
Hey Aurelio. This is a great portait – of a great man. I’m doubly impressed. Terrific image – something to be proud of.
Glad to know you like it! I had forgotten this photo until last week, when I suddenly found it.
¡Gran retrato!
Y gran persona.
To our regret, the number of those who can use beautiful Japanese seems not to have increased as many as his expectation. But his work will remain forever in a literary history in Japan.
wow!
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Great photo of an interesting man.
Scholarly portrait
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Wow, great pic. Nice mood and atmosphere. I have heard the name before, but I was not familiar with him. I plan to check into his writings thanks to this pic and all of the comments and background info given in the description.
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Oh, yes, you must read his works!
Muy interesante y eres escritor!!!
Saludos de Ali y Leanmar
Pues sí. Mil gracias y saludos.
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I love the expression on his face. I think it could be cropped to improve but then who am I to say…
Nice pic, but I think that it’s a little dark and maybe it lacks a little contrast
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Lighting and focus is a bit too much on the book which I feel detracts from the facial features of the portrait.
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Great portraiture of a great person (and great personality), indeed!
Well, his legendary books about history of Japanese Art, culture, literature, theatre etc……….. are among my favorites………….. Really, a must for an expert in the field of Japanese culture!
Many thanks for sharing with us!
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He is so settled in this photo – the beauty of a life
thoughtfully lived and well observed.
Your excellent photo deserves a Tornado Award.
thanx for invitation !
Your excellent photo deserves a Tornado Award.
This is really interesting… Sometimes I think without my diaries I would have forgotten half of my past and have a wrong memory of the other half…
Great portrait of a great man!
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Very beautiful composition, light and tones are awesome!
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Great Portrait! Fave!
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So interesting!
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I am eternally indebted to Donald Keene for his Anthologies of Japanese literature. The only place that I could find some of the Manyoshu and oh so many other goodies that I have come to love (and some of the main reasons I came here to live).
My Japanese progresses slowly, but I will not stop until I can read the things I love in the language they were written. But in the meantime, I have translations – many from this man.
And I love that he is using a fountain pen! Great picture.
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Good picture.
I like his books. ????????? ????????????
He is great.
Just wanted to let you know I used your photo in an article on my website:
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That is a wonderful picture of Donald Keene writing. We wanted to let you know that we have downloaded your photo and are considering using it for a short movie on being a better writer. Our website is at http://www.aaroncoaches.com/. Thanks for making your photo available with a Creative Commons license.
Thanks a lot, @swingthesickle and @aaron_language. Please let me know if you finally find it useful. Best,
AA.