Heads Bookend Publishing Co. Ltd. Produced several art books as an art editor specializing mainly in contemporary art. Founded Bookend Publishing in 2010. Publishes Biocity, a pioneering environmental magazine inaugurated in 1994, and has released Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan no shiho (Treasures of the Tokyo National Museum) and many other titles on the topics of art and the environment.
Japanese Art Crafts: A Chinese Translator’s View
Fujimoto Yukiko, editor, Heads Bookend Publishing Co. Ltd
This series presents interviews of professionals in diverse fields who view Japanese culture from overseas. The interviewees are people the author has met through her work in publishing. What unknown stories are to be found as we peel back the layers of tradition and culture? Shanghai-based book planner and translator Tang Shi introduces Japanese culture to Chinese audiences. After studying at Hokkaido University, Tang began working for a publisher in Shanghai, where she translated and published Japanese books in Chinese on subjects ranging from literature to art. Now a freelancer, Tang has planned, edited, and translated titles including Hana o tateru (Arranging Flowers; published by Shinchosha/Seika no Kai, 2021) by…
