Nipponia Nippon Publisher / Melbourne University Publishing Kazuo Shiraga

Kazuo Shiraga

as well as some worthwhile side trips inland (if you have the time)

This book explores both the natural history of birds and that deep cultural connection

Our colleagues can be the sources of our greatest joys and triumphs: they compensate for our weaknesses

He stepped down in 2009 to concentrate fully on his own art practice

Nipponia Nippon Publisher / Melbourne University Publishing Kazuo ShiragaAn off kilter darkly ironic novella about a boys strange obsession with the Japanese crested ibis, from a Japanese literary star Seventeen year old Haruo spends all his waking hours online, fixated on the endangered Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon. Alone in his Tokyo apartment, living off his parents indulgence, he descends into a fantasy world where he alone shares a bond with the last of these noble birds, their lives caged in the national