{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Kyoto Journal - Kyotographie - Sharing Visions - The Heartwork of Kyoto Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/ja","author_name":"david-emrich","author_url":"https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/ja\/author\/david-emrich\/","title":"Kyoto speaks - Kyoto Journal - Kyotographie - Sharing Visions - The Heartwork of Kyoto Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oGcSFO8xrQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/ja\/kyoto-speaks\/\">Kyoto speaks<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/ja\/kyoto-speaks\/embed\/#?secret=oGcSFO8xrQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Kyoto speaks&#8221; &#8212; Kyoto Journal - Kyotographie - Sharing Visions - The Heartwork of Kyoto Journal\" data-secret=\"oGcSFO8xrQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kyotographie-2025.kyotojournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/KJ_bw_02-1.webp","thumbnail_width":2000,"thumbnail_height":1493,"description":"Of the 58&nbsp; Kyoto residents we interviewed in \u201cKyoto Speaks,\u201d nearly every one lamented the way traditional culture was dying out before their very eyes. This was during the \u201cbubble\u201d years, when whole blocks of machiya townhouses were being razed.&nbsp; Among the interviewees was Sogyu\u2014monk, gardner, and drummer\u2014who spoke about the \u2018countercultural scene\u2019 in Kyoto in the 70s. This photo was taken later, in 1988 by American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and&nbsp; shows Sogyu (right), the future head abbot of Daitokuji, Takada Myoho (center), and the legendary poet Sakaki Nanao (left). Ginsberg was in Kyoto to read his acclaimed poem Howl at Kyoto Seibukodo. Many of the American Beat writers [&hellip;]"}