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Karoku Reading Club Part 3
Reading the poetry collection“Inochi no Me” (Buds of Life)

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Karoku Reading Club is a forum for dialogue in which participants focus on records of past disasters and related creative expression (films, paintings, plays, memoirs, novels, etc.), and discuss their various thoughts and feelings.

For this event, we begin by reading “Inochi no Me” (Buds of Life), a joint collection of poems by people from sanatoriums for Hansen’s disease (leprosy). This poetry collection, published by Iwanami in August 2024 and originally published in 1953, represents a new gold standard in literature dealing with leprosy. It expresses a will to never despair despite the hardships caused by Japan’s former segregation policy, aspiring instead to hope, solidarity, and renewal in the belief that people can change the future themselves.

In addition to protesting discrimination, the collection covers a variety of topics: people’s individual medical conditions and treatments; their yearning for the hometowns and families they were separated from; studies of the birds, plants, insects, and other living things around them; and romantic sentiments.

On the day of the event, “Inochi no Me”will be introduced by the speakers, after which participants can join in reading the poems, and engage in dialogue in which they can listen and discuss at will.
There is no need for participants to get hold of a copy of the collection in advance. People who are not familiar with Hansen’s disease or those who have had little contact with poetry are welcome.

*Please note event details are subject to change.

Speakers

Tetsuya Kimura (Curator, The National Hansen’s Disease Museum)
Rei Nagai (Philosopher/writer)
Natsumi Seo (artist)

Capacity

Approx. 20 persons （First-come-first-served basis）

Participation fee

1,500 yen

How to apply

Please fill out the form in the following link.

Application deadline
Application Deadline: Friday, November 8, 2024

*The application process may be closed before this date, depending on the number of applications received.
*Your personal information will be strictly managed, and used only for the purpose of pursuing this project and for contacting you.

Contact

General Incorporated Association NOOK
E-mail: karoku.nook@gmail.com

Period

Saturday, November 9, 2024, 19:00-21:00 (Doors open at 18:30)

Venues

studio 04（106, 1F Bldg. No. 1, Ojima Yon-chome Danchi, 4-1 Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo）

Credit

Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), General Incorporated Association NOOK