Voices of the Lost Authors
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Reviving echoes of lost Japanese literary souls beyond time.
Reflections on existence and future through the “Voices of the Lost Authors” project.
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Reflections on existence and future through the “Voices of the Lost Authors” project.
https://linktr.ee/voicesofthelostauthors
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Late Night Reflections: Winds of Division in the Timeline
Late Night Reflections: Winds of Division in the Timeline The night grows quiet, and here I sit, sipping tea from a chipped cup under the soft glow of my desk lamp. Outside the window, the wind …
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The wind outside howls through the power lines. But there’s another kind of storm these days — not in the sky, but inside the glowing square we call a “timeline.”
“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
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“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
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English names the actor.
Japanese lets the moment decide.
Between them lies a world of silence.
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Japanese lets the moment decide.
Between them lies a world of silence.
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When Rain Speaks Itself: The Poetics of Subjectless Japanese
When Rain Speaks Itself: The Poetics of Subjectless Japanese It was raining. Somewhere inside me, something felt quietly wet. That is all. Two simple sentences, and yet the reader pauses, as if the …
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October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
English names the actor.
Japanese lets the moment decide.
Between them lies a world of silence.
Read more
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Japanese lets the moment decide.
Between them lies a world of silence.
Read more
medium.com/voices-of-th...
The wind outside howls through the power lines. But there’s another kind of storm these days — not in the sky, but inside the glowing square we call a “timeline.”
“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
Late Night Reflections: Winds of Division in the Timeline
Late Night Reflections: Winds of Division in the Timeline The night grows quiet, and here I sit, sipping tea from a chipped cup under the soft glow of my desk lamp. Outside the window, the wind …
medium.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The wind outside howls through the power lines. But there’s another kind of storm these days — not in the sky, but inside the glowing square we call a “timeline.”
“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
“Too stupid.” “Clueless trash.” “Leave Japan already.”
Words fly like knives. Everyone slashes.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
Everyday choices—bean sprouts, single-ply paper, right shoe first—look trivial. Yet they reveal the unconscious programs that shape our lives.
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Bean Sprouts
Bean Sprouts I eat bean sprouts every day. There is no particular reason. Well, maybe a little. I eat them because they are cheap. A single man tends to lack vegetables, so I eat bean sprouts. I just ...
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September 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Everyday choices—bean sprouts, single-ply paper, right shoe first—look trivial. Yet they reveal the unconscious programs that shape our lives.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
medium.com/voices-of-th...
the Inconvenient Truths Hidden Behind the “Energy Dream”
– Questioning the Realities of Renewable Energy and Nuclear Fusion
The Illusion of the Ideal Energy Source
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– Questioning the Realities of Renewable Energy and Nuclear Fusion
The Illusion of the Ideal Energy Source
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August 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
the Inconvenient Truths Hidden Behind the “Energy Dream”
– Questioning the Realities of Renewable Energy and Nuclear Fusion
The Illusion of the Ideal Energy Source
medium.com/voices-of-th...
– Questioning the Realities of Renewable Energy and Nuclear Fusion
The Illusion of the Ideal Energy Source
medium.com/voices-of-th...
What if Kunio Yanagita spoke on monotheism’s challenges in Japanese life ethics? From ‘itadakimasu’ rituals to harmony and gratitude—transforming life’s burdens into blessings. Dive into the latest article! What’s your take on religion and daily rituals?
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[What if…? Voices of the Lost Authors] Kunio Yanagita on the Japanese View of Life: Its Advanced Ethic and the Challenge of Monotheism
Seen through Harmony and Gratitude
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August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
What if Kunio Yanagita spoke on monotheism’s challenges in Japanese life ethics? From ‘itadakimasu’ rituals to harmony and gratitude—transforming life’s burdens into blessings. Dive into the latest article! What’s your take on religion and daily rituals?
open.substack.com/pub/voicesof...
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Isn’t it strange—to be seen by so many, yet known by none?
Nakahara Chuya would remind us: sometimes the greatest ache is not loneliness, but being misread in the crowd.
Nakahara Chuya would remind us: sometimes the greatest ache is not loneliness, but being misread in the crowd.
May 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Isn’t it strange—to be seen by so many, yet known by none?
Nakahara Chuya would remind us: sometimes the greatest ache is not loneliness, but being misread in the crowd.
Nakahara Chuya would remind us: sometimes the greatest ache is not loneliness, but being misread in the crowd.
I realized what I do is write essays and columns. The “narrator” is a classic author, but the theme is today’s issues or science. I leaned too literary and lost my real audience—modern essay/column readers. Now, I’ll focus on that.
May 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I realized what I do is write essays and columns. The “narrator” is a classic author, but the theme is today’s issues or science. I leaned too literary and lost my real audience—modern essay/column readers. Now, I’ll focus on that.
It’s been three weeks since I started my Patreon, and honestly, not a single person has read my work.
Creating in total silence is tough. Sometimes I wonder if I’m just not good at self-promotion, or if I’m not cut out for social media at all.
Creating in total silence is tough. Sometimes I wonder if I’m just not good at self-promotion, or if I’m not cut out for social media at all.
May 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It’s been three weeks since I started my Patreon, and honestly, not a single person has read my work.
Creating in total silence is tough. Sometimes I wonder if I’m just not good at self-promotion, or if I’m not cut out for social media at all.
Creating in total silence is tough. Sometimes I wonder if I’m just not good at self-promotion, or if I’m not cut out for social media at all.
I haven’t achieved anything yet.
But Dazai, Mishima, and Sōseki
have started speaking.
Not through me.
But around me.
I’m just trying to listen well.
But Dazai, Mishima, and Sōseki
have started speaking.
Not through me.
But around me.
I’m just trying to listen well.
May 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I haven’t achieved anything yet.
But Dazai, Mishima, and Sōseki
have started speaking.
Not through me.
But around me.
I’m just trying to listen well.
But Dazai, Mishima, and Sōseki
have started speaking.
Not through me.
But around me.
I’m just trying to listen well.
If Akutagawa were alive today, he probably wouldn’t follow you back.
May 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If Akutagawa were alive today, he probably wouldn’t follow you back.
“Love yourself,” they say.
But if Dazai Osamu were here,
he might quietly whisper:
“I hate myself.
That’s why I want to be loved.
But surely, that makes me unlovable.”
He didn’t survive by loving himself.
He survived by hiding well.
But if Dazai Osamu were here,
he might quietly whisper:
“I hate myself.
That’s why I want to be loved.
But surely, that makes me unlovable.”
He didn’t survive by loving himself.
He survived by hiding well.
May 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Love yourself,” they say.
But if Dazai Osamu were here,
he might quietly whisper:
“I hate myself.
That’s why I want to be loved.
But surely, that makes me unlovable.”
He didn’t survive by loving himself.
He survived by hiding well.
But if Dazai Osamu were here,
he might quietly whisper:
“I hate myself.
That’s why I want to be loved.
But surely, that makes me unlovable.”
He didn’t survive by loving himself.
He survived by hiding well.
“Change your environment to change yourself.”
“Winners wake up at 5am.”
While society chants these mantras,
Natsume Sōseki once wrote:
“Until you understand yourself, nothing truly begins.”
In an era where confusion travels faster than change,
who still dares to chase the ghost called ‘self’?
“Winners wake up at 5am.”
While society chants these mantras,
Natsume Sōseki once wrote:
“Until you understand yourself, nothing truly begins.”
In an era where confusion travels faster than change,
who still dares to chase the ghost called ‘self’?
May 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“Change your environment to change yourself.”
“Winners wake up at 5am.”
While society chants these mantras,
Natsume Sōseki once wrote:
“Until you understand yourself, nothing truly begins.”
In an era where confusion travels faster than change,
who still dares to chase the ghost called ‘self’?
“Winners wake up at 5am.”
While society chants these mantras,
Natsume Sōseki once wrote:
“Until you understand yourself, nothing truly begins.”
In an era where confusion travels faster than change,
who still dares to chase the ghost called ‘self’?
【Voices of the Lost Authors】
If Atsushi Nakajima Spoke About AI-Generated Art
“Can a soul be simulated, or only performed?”
A fictional monologue in the voice of Atsushi Nakajima, wandering the twilight between the question of what creates and the haunting doubt of who suffers.
If Atsushi Nakajima Spoke About AI-Generated Art
“Can a soul be simulated, or only performed?”
A fictional monologue in the voice of Atsushi Nakajima, wandering the twilight between the question of what creates and the haunting doubt of who suffers.
May 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
【Voices of the Lost Authors】
If Atsushi Nakajima Spoke About AI-Generated Art
“Can a soul be simulated, or only performed?”
A fictional monologue in the voice of Atsushi Nakajima, wandering the twilight between the question of what creates and the haunting doubt of who suffers.
If Atsushi Nakajima Spoke About AI-Generated Art
“Can a soul be simulated, or only performed?”
A fictional monologue in the voice of Atsushi Nakajima, wandering the twilight between the question of what creates and the haunting doubt of who suffers.
What makes Masuji Ibuse so brilliant is the poison hidden in stillness.
He writes so quietly, so plainly — yet his words cling to you long after you’ve turned the page.
He doesn’t describe emotions. He paints landscapes, and somehow, you feel everything.
If Akutagawa is light, Ibuse is shadow.
He writes so quietly, so plainly — yet his words cling to you long after you’ve turned the page.
He doesn’t describe emotions. He paints landscapes, and somehow, you feel everything.
If Akutagawa is light, Ibuse is shadow.
May 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What makes Masuji Ibuse so brilliant is the poison hidden in stillness.
He writes so quietly, so plainly — yet his words cling to you long after you’ve turned the page.
He doesn’t describe emotions. He paints landscapes, and somehow, you feel everything.
If Akutagawa is light, Ibuse is shadow.
He writes so quietly, so plainly — yet his words cling to you long after you’ve turned the page.
He doesn’t describe emotions. He paints landscapes, and somehow, you feel everything.
If Akutagawa is light, Ibuse is shadow.
I love Shibusawa Tatsuhiko because he draws the reader into a labyrinth of knowledge.
Beauty and heresy, eros and myth, death and transformation—
Is there any other reading experience that pulls you in not with righteousness, but with sheer strangeness?
Beauty and heresy, eros and myth, death and transformation—
Is there any other reading experience that pulls you in not with righteousness, but with sheer strangeness?
May 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I love Shibusawa Tatsuhiko because he draws the reader into a labyrinth of knowledge.
Beauty and heresy, eros and myth, death and transformation—
Is there any other reading experience that pulls you in not with righteousness, but with sheer strangeness?
Beauty and heresy, eros and myth, death and transformation—
Is there any other reading experience that pulls you in not with righteousness, but with sheer strangeness?
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Tatsuhiko Shibusawa on Space Debris ― The Dream of Celestial Ruins
A fictional monologue in the voice of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa,
exploring space debris through the lens of erotic decay, celestial vanity, and technological residue.
A fictional monologue in the voice of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa,
exploring space debris through the lens of erotic decay, celestial vanity, and technological residue.
May 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Tatsuhiko Shibusawa on Space Debris ― The Dream of Celestial Ruins
A fictional monologue in the voice of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa,
exploring space debris through the lens of erotic decay, celestial vanity, and technological residue.
A fictional monologue in the voice of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa,
exploring space debris through the lens of erotic decay, celestial vanity, and technological residue.
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Riichi Yokomitsu on CRISPR-Cas9 ― Symmetry of the Spliced
May 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Riichi Yokomitsu on CRISPR-Cas9 ― Symmetry of the Spliced
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Ryūnosuke Akutagawa on Sapiens ― We Believed, Therefore We Became
May 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
【Voices of the Lost Authors】Ryūnosuke Akutagawa on Sapiens ― We Believed, Therefore We Became
The old illuminates the new
May 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The old illuminates the new
What if Osamu Dazai encountered self-help books?
For him, it wouldn’t be “transformation,” but quiet negotiation.
A fictional monologue inspired by Showa literature
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Osamu Dazai Spoke About 10 Ways to Improve Yourself medium.com/voices-of-th...
#Osamudazai
For him, it wouldn’t be “transformation,” but quiet negotiation.
A fictional monologue inspired by Showa literature
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Osamu Dazai Spoke About 10 Ways to Improve Yourself medium.com/voices-of-th...
#Osamudazai
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Osamu Dazai Spoke About 10 Ways to Improve Yourself
“It’s Not Transformation. It’s a Quiet Negotiation with Myself.”
medium.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What if Osamu Dazai encountered self-help books?
For him, it wouldn’t be “transformation,” but quiet negotiation.
A fictional monologue inspired by Showa literature
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Osamu Dazai Spoke About 10 Ways to Improve Yourself medium.com/voices-of-th...
#Osamudazai
For him, it wouldn’t be “transformation,” but quiet negotiation.
A fictional monologue inspired by Showa literature
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Osamu Dazai Spoke About 10 Ways to Improve Yourself medium.com/voices-of-th...
#Osamudazai
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If Natsume Sōseki Spoke About 10 Ways to Live Without Wearing Yourself Down
“Progress is a form of discomfort.”
Read it here → www.patreon.com/posts/voices...
If Natsume Sōseki Spoke About 10 Ways to Live Without Wearing Yourself Down
“Progress is a form of discomfort.”
Read it here → www.patreon.com/posts/voices...
[Voices of the Lost Authors] If Natsume Sōseki Spoke About 10 Ways to Live Without Wearing Yourself Down | Voices of the Lost Authors
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May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New from “Voices of the Lost Authors”
If Natsume Sōseki Spoke About 10 Ways to Live Without Wearing Yourself Down
“Progress is a form of discomfort.”
Read it here → www.patreon.com/posts/voices...
If Natsume Sōseki Spoke About 10 Ways to Live Without Wearing Yourself Down
“Progress is a form of discomfort.”
Read it here → www.patreon.com/posts/voices...
What would Dazai, Mishima, or Sōseki say if they were alive today?
I started a publication to explore that very question.
“Voices of the Lost Authors” is now live on Medium.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
I started a publication to explore that very question.
“Voices of the Lost Authors” is now live on Medium.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What would Dazai, Mishima, or Sōseki say if they were alive today?
I started a publication to explore that very question.
“Voices of the Lost Authors” is now live on Medium.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
I started a publication to explore that very question.
“Voices of the Lost Authors” is now live on Medium.
medium.com/voices-of-th...
New from the series Voices of the Lost Authors
If Yasunari Kawabata spoke about digital loneliness—
a fragile silence, masked as connection.
Reflective, minimal, and quietly devastating.
Read the full piece: medium.com/@sprout6729/...
#Kawabata #DigitalLoneliness #AI #VoicesOfTheLostAuthors
If Yasunari Kawabata spoke about digital loneliness—
a fragile silence, masked as connection.
Reflective, minimal, and quietly devastating.
Read the full piece: medium.com/@sprout6729/...
#Kawabata #DigitalLoneliness #AI #VoicesOfTheLostAuthors
［Voices of the Lost Authors］If Yasunari Kawabata Spoke About Digital Loneliness – A Silence…
A fictional monologue in the voice of Yasunari Kawabata, reflecting on digital loneliness and the quiet disappearance of beauty.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New from the series Voices of the Lost Authors
If Yasunari Kawabata spoke about digital loneliness—
a fragile silence, masked as connection.
Reflective, minimal, and quietly devastating.
Read the full piece: medium.com/@sprout6729/...
#Kawabata #DigitalLoneliness #AI #VoicesOfTheLostAuthors
If Yasunari Kawabata spoke about digital loneliness—
a fragile silence, masked as connection.
Reflective, minimal, and quietly devastating.
Read the full piece: medium.com/@sprout6729/...
#Kawabata #DigitalLoneliness #AI #VoicesOfTheLostAuthors
Voices of the Lost Authors continues:
If Natsume Soseki spoke about digital loneliness,
he wouldn’t rage, nor lament—
he would quietly observe:
“Solitude, when mistaken for connection, deepens the silence.”
Read A Solitude Mistaken for Connection on Medium:
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If Natsume Soseki spoke about digital loneliness,
he wouldn’t rage, nor lament—
he would quietly observe:
“Solitude, when mistaken for connection, deepens the silence.”
Read A Solitude Mistaken for Connection on Medium:
medium.com/@sprout6729/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Voices of the Lost Authors continues:
If Natsume Soseki spoke about digital loneliness,
he wouldn’t rage, nor lament—
he would quietly observe:
“Solitude, when mistaken for connection, deepens the silence.”
Read A Solitude Mistaken for Connection on Medium:
medium.com/@sprout6729/...
If Natsume Soseki spoke about digital loneliness,
he wouldn’t rage, nor lament—
he would quietly observe:
“Solitude, when mistaken for connection, deepens the silence.”
Read A Solitude Mistaken for Connection on Medium:
medium.com/@sprout6729/...