Kenjiro Totsuji 東辻賢治郎
Translator, writer and cartographer. He translates wide-ranging literary writing from English into Japanese, including books by Rebecca Solnit, David Byrne and Robert Macfarlane, and is the author of The Map and Its Doubles (Kodansha, 2024), a book of essays on maps. His interests include the history of architecture and technology, maps and their history, stereotomy, descriptive geometry, travel and cycling.
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Books
- The Map and Its Doubles Kodansha, 2024 (in Japanese).
『地図とその分身たち』A book of essays on maps: what they show, what they leave out, and how they shape the way we see places and ourselves. Moving between the history of cartography, travel and personal memory, it follows the many “doubles” a map produces of the world it describes. Serialized in the literary monthly Gunzo (October 2021 to March 2024) and revised with notes and illustrations for the book.
Translations into Japanese
- Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne. Kajima Institute Publishing, 2026.
デヴィッド・バーン『自転車日記』 - Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination by Robert Macfarlane. Chikumashobo, 2025.
ロバート・マクファーレン『クライミング・マインド 山への情熱の歴史』 - Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle by Jody Rosen. Sayusha, 2024.
ジョディ・ローゼン『自転車 人類を変えた発明の200年』 - The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture by James Stevens Curl. Asakura Publishing, 2024 (co-translation).
『オックスフォード建築辞典』 - Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit. Chikuma Bunko, 2023 (co-translation).
レベッカ・ソルニット『暗闇のなかの希望 増補改訂版』 - Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World by Leslie Kern. Shobunsha, 2022.
レスリー・カーン『フェミニスト・シティ』 - Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit. Sayusha, 2021.
レベッカ・ソルニット『私のいない部屋』 - How Technology Works by DK. Sogensha, 2020.
『テクノロジーのしくみとはたらき図鑑』 - A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit. Sayusha, 2019.
レベッカ・ソルニット『迷うことについて』 - Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit. Sayusha, 2017.
レベッカ・ソルニット『ウォークス 歩くことの精神史』 - Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673–1968 by Harry Francis Mallgrave. Maruzen Publishing, 2016 (co-translation).
H. F. マルグレイヴ『近代建築理論全史1673-1968』