03387nam 2200625 450 991046594490332120200520144314.00-231-54223-210.7312/keen17972(CKB)3710000000841803(EBL)4588593(SSID)ssj0001646442(PQKBManifestationID)16417295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646442(PQKBWorkID)14928069(PQKB)11013996(MiAaPQ)EBC4588593(DE-B1597)479857(OCoLC)979588109(DE-B1597)9780231542234(Au-PeEL)EBL4588593(CaPaEBR)ebr11253669(CaONFJC)MIL959734(OCoLC)958387769(EXLCZ)99371000000084180320160229h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe first modern Japanese the life of Ishikawa Takuboku /Donald KeeneNew York :Columbia University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (289 p.)Asia perspectives: history, society, and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-17972-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Takuboku, modern poet -- Takuboku in Tokyo -- Takuboku the schoolteacher -- Exile to Hokkaido -- Hakodate and Sapporo -- Takuboku in Otaru -- A winter in Kushiro -- A poet once again -- Takuboku joins the Asahi -- The Romaji diary -- The sorrow of Takuboku and Setsuko -- Failure and success -- Takuboku on poetry -- The high treason trial -- The last days -- Takuboku's life after death.Many books in Japanese have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912). Although he died at the age of twenty-six and wrote many of his best-known poems in the space of a few years, his name is familiar to every literate Japanese. Takuboku's early death added to the sad romance of the unhappy poet, but there has been no satisfactory biography of his life or career, even in Japanese, and only a small part of his writings have been translated. His mature poetry was based on the work of no predecessor, and he left no disciples. Takuboku stands unique.Takuboku's most popular poems, especially those with a humorous overlay, are often read and memorized, but his diaries and letters, though less familiar, contain rich and vivid glimpses of the poet's thoughts and experiences. They reflect the outlook of an unconstrained man who at times behaved in a startling or even shocking manner. Despite his misdemeanors, Takuboku is regarded as a national poet, all but a saint to his admirers, especially in the regions of Japan where he lived. His refusal to conform to the Japan of the time drove him in striking directions and ranked him as the first poet of the new Japan.Asia perspectives.Poets, Japanese20th centuryBiographyElectronic books.Poets, Japanese895.61/4BKeene Donald479439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465944903321The first modern Japanese2456527UNINA