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The history of literary and artistic production in modern Japan has typically centered on the literature and art of Tokyo, yet cultural activity in the country's regional cities and rural towns was no less vibrant. On Uneven Ground recovers pieces of this neglected history through the figure of Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). While alive, he remained a mostly unknown and unread provincial author whose experiments with narrative fiction, amateur theater, and farmer's art reveal an intense determination to reimagine and remake his native place, in the northeast of Japan, meaningful.
Japanese literature --- Literature and society --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- History and criticism. --- History --- Social aspects --- Miyazawa, Kenji, --- Miyāsāwa, Khēnčhi, --- Kenji, Miyazawa, --- 宮澤賢治, --- 宮沢賢治, --- 宮泽贤治, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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Miyazawa, Kenji, --- J5790.70 --- J5780 --- Japan: Literature -- poetry -- works by individual poets -- modern period, Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa and Heisei (1868- ) --- Japan: Literature -- poetry -- modern style poetry --- Miyāsāwa, Khēnčhi, --- Kenji, Miyazawa, --- 宮澤賢治, --- 宮沢賢治, --- 宮泽贤治, --- Miyazawa, Kenji, - 1896-1933 - Translations into English --- Miyazawa, Kenji, - 1896-1933
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In Miyazawa Kenji and His Illustrators , Helen Kilpatrick examines re-visionings of the literature of one of Japan’s most celebrated authors, Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933). The deeply Buddhist Kenji's imaginative dōwa (children’s tales) are among the most frequently illustrated in Japan today. Numerous internationally renowned artists such as Munakata Shikō, Kim Tschang-Yeul and Lee Ufan have represented his stories in an array of intriguing visual styles, reinvigorating them as picture books for modern audiences. Focusing on some of Kenji’s most famous narratives, the author analyses the ways artists respond to the stories’ metaphysical philosophies, exploring the interaction of literature, art and culture. Miyazawa Kenji and His Illustrators is richly depicted with full colour images of the representations of Kenji’s work, making the book a valuable resource on how illustrations shape story, and how these picture books continue to convey the texts’ witty and ironic messages more deeply than the written word alone.
Illustration of books --- Children's literature, Japanese --- Nature in literature. --- Buddhism in literature. --- Nature in poetry --- Book illustration --- Art --- Books --- Decoration and ornament --- Pictures --- Japanese children's literature --- Japanese literature --- Illustrations. --- Miyazawa, Kenji, --- Miyāsāwa, Khēnčhi, --- Kenji, Miyazawa, --- 宮澤賢治, --- 宮沢賢治, --- 宮泽贤治, --- Criticism and interpretation.
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The 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. Miyazawa Kenji: Selections 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.
POETRY / General. --- Miyazawa, Kenji, --- Miyāsāwa, Khēnčhi, --- Kenji, Miyazawa, --- 宮澤賢治, --- 宮沢賢治, --- 宮泽贤治, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- avant garde. --- buddhism. --- buddhist poets. --- buddhists. --- contemporary poetry. --- early 20th century. --- ecologists. --- english translation. --- global context. --- global literature. --- japanese literature. --- japanese modernism. --- japanese poetry. --- japanese poets. --- lit students. --- lit studies. --- literary criticism. --- literary critics. --- literary movements. --- miyazawa kenji. --- modern literature. --- modernism. --- modernist poetry. --- poems. --- poetry collection. --- translated poetry.
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