{"product_id":"miyazawa-kenji-selections-volume-5-paperback","title":"Miyazawa Kenji: Selections Volume 5 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenji Miyazawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHiroaki Sato\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHiroaki Sato\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was an early twentieth-century Japanese modernist who today is known worldwide for his poetry and stories as well as his devotion to Buddhism. \u003ci\u003eMiyazawa Kenji: Selections\u003c\/i\u003e collects a wide range of his poetry and provides an excellent introduction to his life and work. Miyazawa was a teacher of agriculture by profession and largely unknown as a poet until after his death. Since then his work has increasingly attracted a devoted following, especially among ecologists, Buddhists, and the literary avant-garde. This volume includes poems translated by Gary Snyder, who was the first to translate a substantial body of Miyazawa's work into English. Hiroaki Sato's own superb translations, many never before published, demonstrate his deep familiarity with Miyazawa's poetry. His remarkable introduction considers the poet's significance and suggests ways for contemporary readers to approach his work. It further places developments in Japanese poetry into a global context during the first decades of the twentieth century. In addition the book features a Foreword by the poet Geoffrey O'Brien and essays by Tanikawa Shuntaro, Yoshimasu Gozo, and Michael O'Brien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most thoughtful, comprehensive, and skillful anthology of Miyazawa's works ever made available in English.--J. Thomas Rimer, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTraditional Japanese Arts and Culture: An Illustrated Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How wonderful to have Miyazawa's work that emerged at a time when Japanese literature was undergoing a sea change. Thanks to Sato's insightful direction, this volume of poetry includes the life and the literary contexts. This is a significant contribution to the Millennium project!\"--Kimiko Hahn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Narrow Road to the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiyazawa Kenji \u003c\/b\u003e(1896-1933) was one of Japan's most important experimental poets. His first book of poems, \u003ci\u003eSpring and Asura, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1924. \u003cb\u003eHiroaki Sato \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator and essayist living in New York. He writes a monthly column for the \u003ci\u003eJapan Times. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.24 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453377822898,"sku":"9780520247796","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5aa3cac4c0edbf9ed5340a6e17de446a.webp?v=1778828972","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/miyazawa-kenji-selections-volume-5-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}