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In the second part of our series on Woolf in Japan, Karina visits Etc bookshop, a feminist bookshop in Tokyo. There, she speaks to the bookshop's founder, Akiko Matsuo, who believes Woolf's work is inspiring a whole community of Japanese feminists. Karina also speaks to the novelist and translator Aoko Matsuda, who discusses what it means to 'think back through our mothers' if we are women. Her book 'Eko no Mori' is partly inspired by Mrs Dalloway.

You can find more about Etc books and Aoko Matsuda below:
https://www.instagram.com/etc.books_bookshop/

https://www.instagram.com/matsudaoko/

The episode was funded by The Daiwa Foundation. The translator and co-producer was Aki Katyama.

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