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Takuboku Ishikawa

石川啄木 1886-02-20 – 1912-04-13 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Shibutami village, Iwate Prefecture, as Ishikawa Hajime. Dropped out of Morioka Middle School. After working as a newspaper reporter in Hakodate, Otaru, and Kushiro, he moved to Tokyo. His tanka collections "A Handful of Sand" (Ichiaku no Suna) and "Sad Toys" (Kanashiki Gangu), as well as his essay "The Current Situation of the Age of Stagnation" (Jidai Heisoku no Genjō), made him one of the most influential modernist tanka poets. He died young of tuberculosis at 26.

Literary Schools / Movements

Tanka poetry

Publication Venues (6 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (66 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 渋民村より (Shibutami Mura Yori) (1904)
  • 閑天地 (Kantenchi) (1905)
  • 葬列 (Sōretsu) (1906)
  • 雲間寸観 (Kumoma Sun Kan) (1907)
  • 漂泊 (Hyōhaku) (1907)
  • 火星の芝居 (Kasei no Shibai) (1908)
  • 鳥影 (Tori Kage) (1908)
  • 赤痢 (Sekiri) (1909)
  • 消息 (Shōsoku) (1909)
  • 足跡 (Ashiato) (1909)
  • 予の地方雑誌に対する意見 (No Chihō Zasshi nitaisuru Iken) (1909)
  • 氷屋の旗 (Kōri Ya no Hata) (1909)
  • 一日中の楽しき時刻 (Ichi Nichi Chū no Tanoshiki Jikoku) (1909)
  • 葉書 (Hagaki) (1909)
  • 弓町より (Yumi Machi Yori) (1909)
  • 道 (Michi) (1910)
  • 硝子窓 (Garasu Mado) (1910)
  • 我が最近の興味 (Waga Saikin no Kyōmi) (1910)
  • NAKIWARAI を読む (NAKIWARAI o Yomu) (1910)
  • 女郎買の歌 (Jorō Gai no Uta) (1910)
  • 吉井君の歌 (Yoshī Kun no Uta) (1910)
  • 一利己主義者と友人との対話 (Ichi Riko Shugi Sha to Yūjin to no Taiwa) (1910)
  • 田園の思慕 (Denen no Shibo) (1910)
  • 一握の砂 (Ichi Nigi no Suna) (1910)
  • 歌のいろ／＼ (Uta no Iro) (1910)
  • 無題 (Mudai) (1911)
  • 郁雨に与ふ (Ikū ni Azuka Fu) (1911)
  • 悲しき玩具 (Kanashiki Omocha) (1912)
  • 所謂今度の事 (Tokoro Ī Kondo no Koto) (1957)
  • A LETTER FROM PRISON (A LETTER FROM PRISON) (—)

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