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Including her survival of Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake, this book is an enthralling account of Dorothy Britton's life, loves and discoveries in an amazingly varied life and career. Bilingual from birth, she found the immense joy of blending in with peoples of different cultures simply by getting the sound right when speaking their languages to the extent that she herself sounds Japanese. While interviewing Talent Education's Shinichi Suzuki, she realized his peerless 'mother tongue method' for learning the violin was ideal for foreign languages too. While composing music for many documentary films introducing Japan to the world, in Empire Photosound's beautiful My Garden Japan she used the ancient instruments of the Imperial Court Orchestra. The film was shown daily at Montreal's EXPO 67 where it garnered a prize. Amusing episodes and stories of fascinating people and relationships abound in the book, as do valuable insights into topics such as the post-war Occupation and its impact on everyday life, the role of women, learning Japanese, marriage customs, food and many other aspects of Japanese culture and society. Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2010 for her highly regarded contributions to bridging two cultures, this long-awaited memoir will be widely welcomed. Here is the remarkable and remarkably frank story of a life lived to the full by the doyenne of British residents in Japan that has benefited so many and touched the lives of countless others.
Contents
Plate section faces page, Preface, List of Plates, 1. Rhythms Are What Divide Us, 2. My Mother, 3. My Father, 4. How Marrying Changes my Father's Life, 5. The Great Kanto Earthquake, 6. Hayama, 7. Mother Contacts Her First Japanese Friend, 8. Royal Friends, 9. The Japanese Language, 10. Winters in Yokohama, 11. Father's Sudden Death, 12. England, 13. Bermuda, 14. Mills College, 1943-1945, London, 1945-1949, 16. Innocence and Ignorance, Back in Japan - 1949, Love and Sex 114, 19. Meeting 'Boy', 20. Society in Japan, 21. Marriage Customs, 22. Washoku and O-furo, 23. My Royal Neighbours, 24. Two Composers, 25. London and Paris, 26. Harps and Angels, 27. Back to Work in Japan, 28. Dreaming of Elephants, 29. Finding the Britton, 30. Sea Shells, 31. The 'Katakana Prison' and Mr Suzuki, 32. Poetry, 33. The Island in Between, 34. Marrying 'Boy' - 1968, 35. The Japanese Crane - Bird of Happiness, 36. Comfort and Solace with TedDorothy Britton's Published Works, Index
