Cats in Japanese Literature
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English - November 28, 2022 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsArts japanese literature books fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today, we’re going to look at cats in Japanese literature.
We’ll start with the history of cats in Japan.
We’ll move on to cats in Japanese folklore and fiction, including the work of Haruki Murakami.
And finally we’ll end with a discussion of our readers' choice, “The Town of Cats” by Sakutaro Hagiwara.
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