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1 Embracing Ugly Feelings : Living with the Cold of the Soul Masako Fukui , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , April no. 72 2021; (p. 132-138) 'THE FIRST TIME I was hospitalised, my mother visited me in the dank psychiatric ward bearing a three-tiered lacquer bento box packed with handmade delicacies. I told her I couldn’t eat. She began to sob, and in between wet gulps, confessed that my severe depression was her fault – the cause must be the frequent soap enemas she had inflicted on me as a baby, she explained. I began to cry then too. We hugged each other. We might even have shared a subversive giggle. Later that day, I informed the psychiatrist that I’d had a cathartic breakthrough, hoping that he’d release me from the horror of the locked ward, its floors reeking of spilt urine, the walls stained with other people’s anguish.' (Introduction)
1 The Creation of Nikkei Australia : Rediscovering the Japanese Diaspora in Australia Masako Fukui , Mayu Kanamori , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , vol. 41 no. 3 2017; (p. 388-396)

'Japanese people first settled in Australia in the late nineteenth century, yet the history of Japanese Australians remains mostly unknown. In fact, many contemporary people of Japanese heritage often feel alienated from their own ethnic history, even actively rejecting any connection to the Japanese diaspora. This article examines the reasons behind this phenomenon and how the group Nikkei Australia grew out of a need to explore these issues of ambivalent identity. Nikkei Australia is group of researchers and individuals with an interest in rediscovering and retelling Japanese Australian diasporic stories. Drawing on personal narratives and reflections, this article charts the inception of Nikkei Australia and the group's academic, artistic and cultural activities to date, as well as the issues and ideas that inform and frame the group's tasks ahead.'

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1 When Blossoms Fall Masako Fukui , 2014 single work novella
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Summer no. 46 2014; (p. 187-224)
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