All my writing living in various places
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A Lack Thereof
This is where my life writing belongs. I started writing this blog when I first moved onto a boat on the Thames about ten years ago. This is why it’s called A Lack Thereof - A blog from a boat.
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My Search for Samurai Women
Where I put discoveries I’ve made while researching samurai culture. In particular, featuring stories about women in Japan. This photo is of me and my mum, Akemi Tanaka, author of The Power of Chowa.
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Published Pieces
Places where my writing has been published in indie presses, blogs and zines like The Selkie, York Literary Review and Glasgow Women’s Library. Shout out to my South East London Writers Group!
MY STORY
MY STORY
Rimika Tanaka is a writer and researcher in the performing arts. She currently works at a dance conservatoire in London with the mission to widen access and participation in ballet and contemporary dance. She believes in the transformative power of the performing arts and sees the potential in every person to be creative in their lives.
She studied Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Oxford then did a master’s in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and The Americas at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Through her studies she has cultivated a passion for material culture, post-colonial theory and non-Western ways of thinking.
When she was a little girl, she left Japan and moved to the remote Scottish islands of Orkney – a totally different culture that spoke of similarities via their myths to the folktales of Japan. Living between islands and cultures has become normal for her. She has found that creativity can stem the confusion that comes with floating between worlds.
She is currently writing a book on samurai culture and womanhood. It was a topic her mother Akemi Tanaka had wanted to pursue but sadly she ran out of time. Now that Akemi is one the ancestors, Rimi feels like she is getting to know her mother and feel connected to her samurai heritage in ways she never expected.