Hiromi Itō Interview: On the Moon from menstruation Watch Video
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Description: In this video, one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary writers, Hiromi Itō, reads one of her powerful poems on menstruation and explains how ‘menstruation’ in Japanese means ‘lunar rule’, which links the menstrual cycle to the Moon.nn“I’m always watching the Moon and the moonlight. But I didn’t write about it. Maybe because I write about menstruation too much.” In ancient Japan, Itō says, menstruating women were considered dirty and were sent to a different house – a s
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