Japanese author Ryotaro Shiba came to Canberra in May 1976, exactly fifty years ago, to visit Hisashi Inoue. Photo taken at the old Rex Hotel on Northbourne Ave in Canberra. (From left) Hisashi Inoue, Ryotaro Shiba, and Roger Pulvers. Credit: Roger Pulvers
This interview was originally broadcast on 19 May 2025, marking the 15th anniversary of the death of Hisashi Inoue, one of Japan’s leading playwrights of the Shōwa era. We are rebroadcasting an interview with Sydney-based writer Roger Pulvers, accompanied by a rare photograph taken 50 years ago of Ryotaro Shiba visiting Hisashi Inoue in Canberra.
This interview was originally broadcast on 19 May 2025, marking the 15th anniversary of the death of Hisashi Inoue, one of Japan’s leading playwrights of the Shōwa era. We are rebroadcasting an interview with Sydney-based writer Roger Pulvers, accompanied by a rare photograph taken 50 years ago of Ryotaro Shiba visiting Hisashi Inoue in Canberra.
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