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Kenji Miyazawa

宮沢賢治 1896-08-27 – 1933-09-21 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, in 1896 as the eldest son of a pawnshop and used-clothing dealer. Graduated from Morioka Higher Agricultural School (now Iwate University Faculty of Agriculture). Deeply devoted to Lotus Sutra Buddhism, he worked as a teacher at Hienuki Agricultural School (later Hanamaki Agricultural School) while organizing the agrarian arts movement "Rasu Chijin Kyōkai". His only works published during his lifetime — the poetry collection "Spring and Asura" (Haru to Shura, 1924) and the children's collection "The Restaurant of Many Orders" (Chūmon no Ōi Ryōriten, 1924) — sold poorly. He died unknown of acute pneumonia in 1933 at age 37. After his death, his brother Kiyoroku and the poet Takamura Kōtarō organized his manuscripts, publishing "Night on the Galactic Railroad" (Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru), "Wind Boy" (Kaze no Matasaburō), "The Nighthawk Star" (Yodaka no Hoshi), "Gauche the Cellist" (Sero-hiki no Gōshu), and "Be Not Defeated by the Rain" (Ame ni mo Makezu), which became postwar bestsellers. He is one of the most important figures of Japanese children's literature, agrarian literature, and modern poetry.

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Selected Works (245 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 雪渡り (Yuki Watari) (1921)
  • 氷河鼠の毛皮 (Hyōga Nezumi no Kegawa) (1923)
  • シグナルとシグナレス (Shigunaru to Shigunaresu) (1923)
  • 『注文の多い料理店』序 (Chūmon no Ōi Ryōri Ten Jo) (1924)
  • かしわばやしの夜 (Kashiwa Bayashi no Yoru) (1924)
  • どんぐりと山猫 (Donguri to Yamaneko) (1924)
  • 山男の四月 (Yamaotoko no Shigatsu) (1924)
  • 月夜のでんしんばしら (Tsukiyo no Den Shin ba Shira) (1924)
  • 水仙月の四日 (Suisen Tsuki no Yon Nichi) (1924)
  • 注文の多い料理店 (The Restaurant of Many Orders) (1924)
  • 烏の北斗七星 (Karasu no Hokutoshichisei) (1924)
  • 狼森と笊森、盗森 (Oinomori to Zarumori Tō Mori) (1924)
  • 鹿踊りのはじまり (Shika Odori no Hajimari) (1924)
  • ざしき童子のはなし (Zashi ki Dōji no Hanashi) (1926)
  • ありときのこ (Ari to Kinoko) (1933)
  • 朝に就ての童話的構図 (Asa ni te no Dōwa Teki Kōzu) (1933)
  • 『春と修羅』補遺 (Haru to Shura Hoi) (—)
  • 『注文の多い料理店』広告文 (Chūmon no Ōi Ryōri Ten Hiro Kokubun) (—)
  • 『注文の多い料理店』新刊案内 (Chūmon no Ōi Ryōri Ten Shinkan Annai) (—)
  • 〔「銀河鉄道の夜」初期形一〕 (Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru Shoki Gata Ichi) (—)
  • 〔あくたうかべる朝の水〕 (Aku ta Ukaberu Asa no Mizu) (—)
  • 〔いざ渡せかし　おいぼれめ〕 (Iza Watase Kashi Oibore Me) (—)
  • 〔かくまでに〕 (Kaku made Ni) (—)
  • 〔くもにつらなるでこぼこがらす〕 (Kumo ni Tsuranaru Dekoboko Gara Su) (—)
  • 〔このみちの醸すがごとく〕 (Kono Michi no Kamosu ga Gotoku) (—)
  • 〔こはドロミット洞窟の〕 (Ko wa Doro Mitto Dōkutsu No) (—)
  • 〔こんにやくの〕 (Kon ni Yaku No) (—)
  • 〔こゝろの影を恐るなと〕 (Ko Ro no Kage o Osoreru na To) (—)
  • 〔せなうち痛み息熱く〕 (Se na Uchi Itami Iki Atsuku) (—)
  • 〔そのかたち収得に似て〕 (Sono Katachi Shūtoku ni Ni Te) (—)

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