Abe Kobo on the WWW
Biography
Bibliography
Theatre & Film
Study & Lecture
Mailing List
Institutes & Fan Club
Abe Kobo's Friends
The Commemoration 1996
The Miscellaneous
Literary Hot List
English Site
Japanese Site
Other Language Site
Graphical Oriented Site
Bibliography
Bibliography Summary
- Unperfect list.
Available books in Japan
- Unperfect list and infantile descriptions.
Manuscript of a Fragment
- 2 pieces of manuscripit of a fragment written by Abe Kobo himself. Its price is 1250 dollars!
Biography
Book Reviews
Inter Ice Age 4
- This is of Hippocrates Project in Medical Center of New York University.
BAZAAR Eichbornverlag
- Introduction of The Ruined Map in Germany.
Enomoto Takeaki
- A brief introduction of Abe's historical novel, Enomoto Takeaki by Sugiyama Sigeo, professor of Science History.
Secret Rendevous
- A book review of Secret Rendevous in Bookcase, e-zine.
The Kangaroo Notebook
- A book review of Kangaroo Note in Salon1999, e-zine.
An introduction of The Magic Chalk
- The Magic Chalk is the fantastic short story by early Abe Kobo.
On The Magic Chalk
- An impression on The Magic Chalk, by Jessica Murguia.
The Woman in the Dunes and The Boxman
- Introductions to Japanese novels by Alex During, who is a student of Leibzig University and had been in Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
The Boxman
- Midnight TV show, Bungaku toifu Koto (On the great Literature) introduced Abe's The Boxman on June 28 1994.
Theatre & Film
Filmography of Abe Kobo
- An article in Internet Film Database.
The Woman in the Dunes
- An introduction with ratings in Internet Film Database.
The Man Who Turned into a Stick
- Two stage photos of The Man Who Turned into a Stick presented in Indiana State University.
Review on The Man Who Turned into a Stick
- Review on The Man Who Turned into a Stick presented in Street Theatre, UK.
Little Elephant
- Record of presentation of Abe's Little Elephant in 1978.
Study & Lecture
German Philosophy and Abe Kobo
- Mr. Arimura Takahiro pointed out Abe Kobo's first novel, For a Signpost at the End of Road(1948) influenced by Heidegger, Nietzsche, Rilke and Kafka. Original title: Der Einfluss der deutschen Literatur und Philosophie auf die Werke des japanischen Schriftstellers - Kobo ABE.
Fake Fish
- Introduciton of Nancy K Shields's interesting book, Fake Fish: on theatre of Abe Kobo. She was following activity of the Abe Studio, Abe Kobo's own theatre company.
Transcending Modernism
- Third chapter of The Philosophy of Symbiosis by Kurokawa Kisho, Japanese famous architect.
The Question of Identity Crisis in Abe Kobo
- Summary of lecture by Julie Brock at Nitifutu Kaikan (House of French-Japanese), Ebisu, Tokyo on March 13 1996.
The Photographer in Fiction
- On Box Man.
Abe Kobo and The Woman in the Dunes
- An impression by Kujirai Hideyuki.
Magical Realism
- An introduction of Magical Realism refering Abe Kobo.
Creative Masochism As An Approach To Comparative Avant-Pop
- Comparison with Tanizaki Junichiro by Tatsumi Takayuki.
Postwar Japan through film and fiction
Mailing List
Mailing List for Abe Kobo
- Mailing List promoted by Simizu Singo. Only Japanese.
Institutes & Fan Club
Abe Kobo Archive
- Abe Kobo page in LongIreland University site.
Boxman's Homepage
- Simizu Singo's homepage for Abe Kobo fans, featuring a guestbook titled Goikenban, to which you can freely contribute.
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
- Homepage of The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University.
Abe Kobo's Friends
Teshigawara Hirosi
- Mr. Teshigawara Hirosi, director of The Woman in the Dunes, is now grand master of Sogetu-ryu Ikebana (flower arrangements) method.
Sama soruja
- Intorducion of Mr. Teshigawara Hirosi by office of International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Donald Keen
- Donald Keen is an old friend of Abe Kobo and traslated most of his works.
The Commemoration 1996 at N.Y.
Anouncement of the commemoration
The commemoration starts
Lectures forward the commemoration
- Anouncement of lectures by Paul Anderer and Donald Keene at Japan Society, New York, on Apr 9 and 19, 1996.
Annual Meeting Issue of Indiana University
Newsletter by Media Japan
Miscellaneous
Illustrations dedicated for Dowcy, Kiriko and Abe Kobo
- Surrealistic illustrations by Yamamoto Akiyosi.
Copyright 1998 Kato Koiti
This page was created on May11 1996; Last updated March 9 1998