Betty B
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594 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Aug
Betty B’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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who recently visited this country.
The next will find me with a purely Japanese party at the Maple Club.
I assist at the court functions, the imperial wedding receptions.
I act as sponsor or go between at Japanese marriage ceremonies.
I see all the ins and outs of Japanese life.
I seem to live in the heart of two distinct civilizations, those of the East and the West, but the East is my spirit's fatherland.
My mind still turns for companionship to the great ones of the past, the heroines of my country's history.
I find no greater pleasure in the old classical drama of the know
With its Buddhist teachings and ideals, its human tragedies of chivalry and of sorrow.
than in all the sensational and spectacular modern drama.
But my greatest happiness is in my home life.
In the companionship of my baby daughter.
In the few short hours that my husband can snatch from his work to devote to me.
If you must write about us, tell people about Yukio.
He is so good and great, I have no wish to be mentioned apart from him.
Mary Crawford Fraser
Note Mr Ozaki's collected works have just been published in Japan.
They include many essays on public and literary topics, original poems, and a translation into Japanese of the life of Lord Beaconsfield.
Madame Ozaki's writings include the Shinto Firewalking, the Hot Water Ordeal, Niko Festival, Singing Insects of Japan, and many articles on travel and folklore.
The Japanese fairy book
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