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Peter provides a nuanced take on the region from a Japanese perspective.

New Terayama / Moriyama Publication: “Japan, A Photo Theater”

Terayama’s text ranges from a sexual fantasy involving his mother to a prose-poem dedicated to 1960s screen goddess Ayako Wakao.

By Peter Tasker | December 30, 2018
Books Culture Shuji Terayama

First Love: The Hell Version

“You have a wife, don’t you?” “Yes, she’s as cold as ice. When she’s asleep, I often dream of setting her on fire.”

By Peter Tasker | October 27, 2018
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

Sayonara to Tsukiji: Japan’s Fish Business Moves On

“So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

By Peter Tasker | October 11, 2018
Articles Culture

The Sound of the Waves: Carmen Maki Does Terayama

She is still going strong. The flame still burns.

By Peter Tasker | October 6, 2018
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

The Summertime Blues: Can Tokyo Find a Cure by 2020?

Carousing in Roppongi or Ginza would not be the same in daylight.

By Peter Tasker | October 5, 2018
Articles Culture

Sunset on the Lake of Lion’s Tears: Terayama and Shinoda in the Early 60s Part 2

All is resolved somehow and the goat goes back to the wide open pastures of Hokkaido.

By Peter Tasker | September 22, 2018
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

Hail the Hated Heroes of Sport!

They are different from the rest of us, not just in skill, but in self-confidence, single-mindedness and the ability to handle pressure.

By Peter Tasker | September 4, 2018
Articles Culture

Sunset on the Lake of Lion’s Tears: Terayama and Shinoda in the Early 60s

Our hero is disengaged, transgressive and filled with a restless energy that makes him dangerous – rather like his creator

By Peter Tasker | August 27, 2018
Articles Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

Buraikan: Sex and Booze and Samisen

Imagine that the counter-culture of the late 1960s was transposed to the last decades of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

By Peter Tasker | August 1, 2018
Articles Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama

When will an Asian Country Win the World Cup?

By prioritizing football, China may have found a weakness in American soft power that it can exploit

By Peter Tasker | July 15, 2018
Articles Culture

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