Juliet Winters Carpenter

Juliet Winters Carpenter

Juliet Winters Carpenter (1948- ) is a translator of modern Japanese literature into English. Born in the American Midwest, she studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan. After a stint at the Inter-University Centre for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo, she completed her graduate studies at the University of Michigan in 1973 before returning to Japan, where she became involved in the translation of modern Japanese literature.

Carpenter is a devotee of traditional Japanese music and is a licensed instructor of the koto and shamisen. She teaches at Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto.

Her translations include:

*"Secret Rendezvous" by Abe Kōbō
*"Masks" by Enchi Fumiko
*"The Ark Sakura" by Abe Kōbō
*"Salad Anniversary", tanka by Tawara Machi
*"The Last Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu" by Shiba Ryōtarō
*"Beyond the Curve" by Abe Kōbō
*"Uncommon Clay" by Sidney B. Cardozo and Masaaki Hirano
*"The Quickening Field" by Hachikai Mimi
*"After" by Wagō Ryōichi
*"A Lost Paradise" by Watanabe Jun'ichi
*"Memories of Wind and Waves: A Self-Portrait of Lakeside Japan" by Saga Jun'ichi
*"Biruma" by Hiwa Satoko
*"The Sail of My Soul", Haiku by Yamaguchi Seishi
*"Shadow Family" by Miyabe Miyuki
*"The Hunter" by Asa Nonami
*"You Were Born for a Reason" by Kentetsu Takamori, Daiji Akehashi and Kentaro Ito.
*"Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa" by Teruyo NogamiShe also is the author of the book "Seeing Kyoto".


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