In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word "ambiguous" in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine; she once said of William Blake that he was not so much vague as ambiguous. I cannot talk about myself otherwise than by saying "Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself".


Japan, The Ambiguous, and Myself (1994)

Kenzaburō Ōe Quotes

In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word ambiguous in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine;...

In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word ambiguous in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine;...

In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word ambiguous in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine;...

In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word ambiguous in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine;...