Romaji Diary and Sad Toys (Books to span the East and West) - Softcover

Takuboku Ishikawa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804814945 ISBN 13: 9780804814942

Publisher: Tuttle Pub, 1985

Synopsis

Japanese poet Usgukawa's (1886-1912) collection of tanka traditional 36-syllable poems was published in English translation by Purdue University Press in 1977 as Sad Toys ; the introduction and notes are revised slightly here. The diary covers from April to June 1909 and is here translated in full for the first time; it portrays a disturbed artist in Japan as it was undergoing radical change during the Meiji era. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912) was the son of a Zen priest. A middle-school dropout, he was raised in rural Shibumi and emigrated to Tokyo as a young man. In Tokyo, he frequented literary circles and began to write poetry and fiction and to support himself as a journalist. He later worked as a substitute teacher and journalist in northern Honshu and Hokkaido before returning to Tokyo. He died, in poverty, from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-seven.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Japanese (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0804814945
• ISBN 13: 9780804814942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280