Snow on Plum Blossom

Japanese springtime: the motif of countless haikus and soulful pop songs, spectacular kabuki and elegant Noh plays, short stories, and novels. In Japan, spring begins in winter -- with a lot of noise.

2005 / Barbara Entrup / Malte Jaspersen / Radio Berlin-Brandenburg / Kulturradio, Germany

Japanese springtime: the motif of countless haikus and soulful pop songs, spectacular kabuki and elegant Noh plays, short stories, and novels. In Japan, spring begins in winter -- with a lot of noise.

Note! This is a short excerpt of Snow on Plum Blossom, the full-version of which is nearly an hour. It isn't available in English, but you can follow along, easily, with this transcript.


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