I read James T. Kloppenberg ‘Reading Obama’ (Translated by Jun Furuya and Katsuro Nakano / Iwanamishoten.) Obamas policy is base on the traditional American democracy. The rose is wet with rain.
I read Munetetsu Tei ‘Seizatonihonjin’ (Kodansha.) You can see the history of japanese-style sitting and it’s both good and bad aspects. The mukuge is flower-arranged