In this Book
- The Modern Japanese Prose Poem: An Anthology of Six Poets
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Though the prose poem came into existence as a principally French literary genre in the nineteenth century, it occupies a place of considerable importance in twentieth-century Japanese poetry. This selection of poems is the first anthology of this genre and, in effect, the first appearance of this kind of poetry in English.
Originally published in 1980.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- pp. 3-58
- MIYOSHI TATSUJI
- The Village
- p. 62
- The Garden
- p. 71
- Enfance Finie
- p. 75
- The Pheasant
- p. 76
- Among the Branches
- pp. 77-78
- ANZAI FUYUE
- Midwinter Writing
- p. 81
- The Garden
- p. 82
- Birthday Again
- p. 84
- The Thrush
- p. 90
- Barren Fig Tree
- p. 91
- TAMURA RYIJICHI
- The Golden Illusion
- p. 99
- Premonition
- p. 102
- Winter Music
- pp. 105-106
- YOSHIOKA MINORU
- Confession
- p. 111
- The Island
- p. 112
- Winter Painting
- p. 114
- Recuperation
- p. 119
- The Lovely Journey
- p. 120
- Yoshioka's "The Island": An Interpretation
- pp. 121-124
- TANIKAWA SHUNTARO
- Inaccessibility of the Glass
- pp. 129-130
- Persistency of Apple
- pp. 132-133
- Conditions for Growth
- p. 134
- A Personal View of Gray
- p. 135
- Details for the End of the World
- pp. 137-138
- INOUE YASUSHI
- In the Mountains
- p. 142
- Weasel Slash
- p. 143
- A Departure
- p. 147
- The Olive Forest
- p. 149
- The Arctic Ocean
- p. 150
- The River Indus
- p. 152
- River Light
- p. 154
- The Beginning of Autumn
- p. 155
- Green Leaves
- p. 157
- One Month, One Day
- p. 159
- The Ancient Capital
- p. 162
- Old Man in a Turban
- p. 163
- The Evening Sun
- p. 164
- A Light Rain in Autumn
- p. 165
- Biographies
- pp. 167-181
- Original Titles of the Translated Poems
- pp. 182-184