[First Edition] My Little Treasures - Yoshiko Ishii

My Little Treasures
Yoshiko Ishii
Kawade Shobo Shinsha 2011 First Edition

My Favorite Frying Pan, Hamburg Plate, Rose Corsage, Paris and Parfum - A superb collection by a master essayist, writing about the precious things encountered at each turning point in life.

From eating, dressing, and living, to one's perspective and way of thinking. An essay collection about the treasures gathered to live joyfully and beautifully.

Table of Contents
Hamburg Plate
My Favorite Frying Pan
Plate and Pot for Cold Salmon
Mimosa. A Beautiful Name, a Nostalgic Flower
Lily of the Valley Day
The Playfulness of a Clock
Mahler's Car
The Fan and I
My Favorite Chanson
What's Needed to Sleep [and more]

One of the essays has a magical quality, making you feel as if you've listened to a chanson. When you finish reading it all, you feel a sense of fulfillment, like finishing an album. Your daily frustrations and frayed nerves become smooth as velvet. You feel the importance of living elegantly with a sense of beauty. I especially enjoyed the stories of my interactions with Tsuguharu Fujita. Fujita's tone, gestures, and mannerisms come alive before your eyes.

My first encounter with Yoshiko Ishii's essays gives me the impression that she is someone who has received a lot of love, with a straightforwardness and a soft, sun-drenched quality. But it's not just that; she also writes about the finiteness of life, stating, Someday is too late, If you don't seek stimulation yourself, you'll fall behind, and Having no time is simply not making time. These words, too, were absorbed with sincerity. (From a review)

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