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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Mattieu concluded, on Friday, February 27, 2009 5:20
PM :-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT face="Times New Roman">If you can read french, you
should take a look to two publications : Maurice Pinguet, <I>La Mort volontaire
au Japon</I>, and Alain Walter, <I>L'Erotique du Japon classique</I>. They're
not free from what one may call some kind of "japonism", but they will provide
some interesting hints.</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I notice that there are translations of Maurice
Pinguet's <I>La Mort volontaire au Japon</I> into English, German and
Japanese. That's almost as universal as <EM>Madame Butterfly</EM>.
You've got me interested, Mattieu, into what Pinguet meant by 'au'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>