Purple 43: The Tokyo Diary: Casablanca by Keizo Motoda

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Purple 43: The Tokyo Diary: Casablanca by Keizo MotodaFor over 30 years, Purple magazine has maintained a significant presence in Tokyo, yet it has never dedicated an entire issue to Japan. This 43rd edition serves as an ode to Japan, spotlighting its contemporary culture as a powerful source of radical inspiration in the modern world. The issue shuns all forms of Japonism, as well as any touristic or nostalgic fascination. Rather, it presents an avant garde, innovative, and decidedly topical perspective

and longtime friend Hiroshi Sugimoto each contribute a highly personal essay

Beautifully translated by Caroline Schmidt

Your ear isn't given orders all the time of what to listen for

Schwob tells the stories of her various sisters: girls succumbing to disillusion

decoloniality

"As a collage of writing of many different kinds

and expressive abilities of plants

Kathleen Jamie

Hailed in Le Point as a ‘masterpiece of simplicity

such a tiring exercise

Few writers have conveyed more vividly the mixture of motives

subsequent wars and attempts at peace