The Japanese translation of The Call of Japan was awarded First Prize in the category of
Best Essays of the 26th Japan Self-Publishing Culture Awards in 2023
Welcome to the November/December 2024 edition of our Habri website.
We would like to share the following news.
The Japan Netherlands Society (JNS) holds the 70th Anniversary Photo Exhibition. Hans Brinckmann's space will be designated at the exhibition venue, with 6 framed photos from the National Museum of Japanese History which stores the valuable Showa era photographs taken by Brinckmann and his friend Ysbrand Rogge.
■ Period: December 13 (Friday) - December 26 (Thursday), 2024
■ Location: FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON, Space 3 (in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi)
See this site for the opening hours and access
https://fujifilmsquare.jp/en/guide/access.html
The Japanese literary magazine Atlas has been publishing - in every half-yearly issue since July 2014 - Hiromi Mizoguchi's translation of Brinckmann's essays. Its July 2024 issue No.50 featured "The important things I discovered in Japan." This is the introductory concept of Brinckmann's life-long belief in how to adapt one's inner balance to ever-moving conditions.
In mid-December, 5 of Brinckmann's essays from the Atlas will be published in Japanese as a book. Hiromi Mizoguchi is the translator and Nishida Shoten is the publisher. The Japanese title is "Monkey dance yokocho no shonen - Oranda jin ga kataru Senso, Yujo, Showa no hitobito" - "The boy from the Monkey Dance - Tales of War, Friendship and People of the Showa era as told by a Dutchman."
Brinckmann's book "The Call of Japan - A Continuing Story 1950 to the Present Day" is available on Amazon.
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Reviews of Hans Brinckmann's book, The Call of Japan
The Call of Japan has attracted some very positive reviews from professional writers:
For the Japan Society, by Roger Buckley - click here:
For The Japan Times newspaper, by Stephen Mansfield - click here:
For JapanToday, by Henry Hilton - click here:
The Japanese translation entitled わたしと日本の七十年 ― オランダ人銀行家の回想記 is also available on Amazon.co.jp
We hope you will have wonderful and peaceful holidays!