Metaphor is a potent literary technique. Long before social media emoji, fruits have been used suggestively in poetry. Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902) penned this repeating line to suggest different ages: ...

Tokyo 1943: Italian anthropologist Fosco Maraini and painter Topazia Alliata refused to sign allegiance to Mussolini's government. They were sent to a prison camp in Nagoya with their three ...