“Yellow Dust,” Tokyo, 2009 / Photo by OiMax / Flickr
In this short essay, one of Japan’s early avant-garde writers turns his attention to dust, asking, “Just what kind of game are you playing?…
Kyūsaku Yumeno
December 20, 2018
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