Alex Kerr: Author and Scholar of Japan Art and Culture- On his Origin and Influences (Part 1)

[@aikankei]

Brilliant, as usual....

[@TheNightOcelot]

4:23 What is the name of Japanese writer he mentiones here? Sounds like "Tomosaburo", but I cannot find this author

[@jai1996100]

Tamasaburō is a Kabuki Actor, he talks about his experiences with Kabuki in his Book 'Lost Japan' He was an interpretor for Tamasaburō and mentions him as a dear friend.

[@TheNightOcelot]

@@jai1996100 ahh I see. Thank you!

[@suginami123]

Stay in the circle. It works well.

[@codypoulton2433]

I wonder why people can say such things about those who engage professionally in culture-i.e., those very scholars of art or literature-when they couldn’t get away doing so with specialists in medicine or rocket science? This is another reason why the authorities can get away with budget cuts to arts and the humanities under the assumption that it’s all totally individual and subjective, and anybody can and does have an opinion on it. The arts become simply a matter of taste and, for some, therefore superfluous. On that account, Kerr is as bad as the philistines.