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Mokichi Saitō

斎藤茂吉 1882-5-14 – 1953-2-25 日本語版へ

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Biography

Born in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture. Graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University Medical College, where he specialized in psychiatry, eventually directing the Aoyama Brain Hospital. As a leading poet of the Araragi school of tanka, he published the collections "Red Light" (Shakkō), "New Spirit" (Aratama), "Dewdrops Frost" (Tsuyujimo), "White Peach" (Hakutō), and "White Mountain" (Shiroki Yama). His tanka combined naturalist precision with deep emotional resonance.

Literary Schools / Movements

Tanka poetry

Publication Venues (13 venues)Click to filter works by venue

Selected Works (43 works recorded in Aozora Bunko)

  • 釈迢空に与ふ (Shaku Chōkū ni Azuka Fu) (1918)
  • 玉菜ぐるま (Tamana Guru Ma) (1925)
  • 紙幣鶴 (Shihei Tsuru) (1925)
  • 念珠集 (Nenzu Shū) (1925)
  • 島木赤彦臨終記 (Shimagi Akahiko Rinjū Ki) (1926)
  • 妻 (Tsuma) (1926)
  • 結核症 (Kekkaku Shō) (1926)
  • 仏法僧鳥 (Buppōsō Tori) (1928)
  • 遍路 (Henro) (1928)
  • ヴエスヴイオ山 (Esuio San) (1929)
  • イーサル川 (Īsaru Gawa) (1929)
  • 南京虫日記 (Nankimmushi Nikki) (1929)
  • 日本大地震 (Nippon Dai Jishin) (1929)
  • 日本媼 (Nippon Ōna) (1929)
  • 三筋町界隈 (Misuji Machi Kaiwai) (1937)
  • 雷談義 (Kaminari Dangi) (1937)
  • 最上川 (Mogamigawa) (1938)
  • 愛国歌小観 (Aikoku Uta Shō Kan) (1942)
  • 愛国百人一首に関連して (Aikoku Hyaku Nin Ichi Shu ni Kanren Shi Te) (1942)
  • 愛国百人一首評釈 (Aikoku Hyaku Nin Ichi Shu Hyōshaku) (1942)
  • 北原白秋君を弔ふ (Kitahara Hakushū Kun o Chō Fu) (1942)
  • 焼跡 (Yakeato) (1948)
  • 三年 (San Nen) (1948)
  • 孫 (Mago) (1950)
  • 『さびし』の伝統 (Sabi Shi no Dentō) (—)
  • つゆじも (Tsuyu ji Mo) (—)
  • カフエ・ミネルワ (Kafuemineruwa) (—)
  • ドナウ源流行 (Donau Gen Ryūkō) (—)
  • リギ山上の一夜 (Rigi Sanjō no Ichiya) (—)
  • 万葉秀歌 (Manyō Shūka) (—)

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