Strong in the Rain : Selected Poems

by Miyazawa, Kenji

• ISBN13: 9781852247812
• ISBN10: 1852247819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is now widely viewed as Japan's greatest poet of the 20th century. Little known in his lifetime, he died at 37 from tuberculosis. but has since become a much loved children's author whose magical tales have been translated into many languages, adapted for the stage and turned into films and animations. Recognition for his poetry came much later. Strong in the Rain -- the title poem of this selection - is now arguably the most memorized and quoted modern poem in Japan.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Preface to Spring and Ashura	p. 31
Stop Working	p. 33
Love and the Fever	p. 34
Curse of the Lightscape of Spring	p. 35
Scenery and a Music Box	p. 36
Ippongino	p. 38
Departure to a Different Road	p. 39
Jealous of the Dawn	p. 40
Granddaughter of a Celebrated Buddhist Monk	p. 41
Night	p. 43
My Heart Now	p. 44
The Winds Are Calling by the Front Door	p. 45
Speaking with the Eyes	p. 46
Now There Is Nowhere to Turn for Money	p. 47
Am I Destined to Die Today	p. 48
We Lived Together	p. 49
Whatever Anyone Says	p. 50
Politicians	p. 51
If I Cut Through These Woods	p. 52
Early Spring Monologue	p. 54
The Story of the Zashiki Bokko	p. 55
Shouldering the Flowers of the Narcissus	p. 58
Around the Time When the Diluvial Period Ended	p. 59
Reed Cutter	p. 60
In Delirium	p. 61
Today Without Fail I	p. 62
Ambiguous Argument Concerning Spring Clouds	p. 63
Sapporo City	p. 64
Smoke	p. 65
Spring	p. 66
Village Girl	p. 67
A Dwelling	p. 68
Shadow from the Future Zone	p. 69
On the Train	p. 70
The Sun and Taichi	p. 71
Hill Daze	p. 72
Valley	p. 73
Mount Iwate	p. 74
An Impression	p. 75
The Swordsmen's Dance of Haratai	p. 76
Pine Needles	p. 78
The Morning of Last Farewell	p. 79
Burning Desire's Past	p. 81
The Sun Sheds Slivers of Topaz	p. 82
The Tsugaru Strait	p. 83
The Petals of Karma	p. 84
An Icy Joke	p. 85
January on the Iwate Light Railway	p. 86
High Grade Mist	p. 87
Cloud Signal	p. 88
A Report	p. 89
Clearing	p. 90
Romance	p. 91
Strong in the Rain	p. 92
Commentary on the Poems	p. 95
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