Bin Ueda

Ueda Bin ( Jap.上 田 敏; born October 30, 1874 in Tokyo, † July 9, 1916 ) in Tokyo, actually Yanagimura Ueda (上 田 柳 村) was a Japanese poet, critic, translator and reconnaissance. He was a co-editor of Bungakukai Magazine and he was still well-known works of French and English literature, especially the French symbolists, in rhyme into Japanese.

Life

He was born the eldest son of Lehnsvasallen Keiji Ueda (上 田 絅 二) in Tokyo. It was after the completion of literary studies at the Tokyo Imperial University, professor first at the Higher Normal School Tokyo ( later Tokyo University of Education ), and then at his alma mater, together with Natsume Soseki as a successor to Koizumi Yakumo.

Through his creative scientific talent said he got a high reputation. From Koizumi Yakumo his talent to express themselves in English hailed as a talent, as it was just "one of ten thousand " students. He was familiar with many exotic languages ​​and possessed a profound knowledge of classical Japanese literature. In 1908 he traveled to study in Europe ( Paris); after his Rückkerhr to Japan, he was professor at the University of Kyoto. Two years later he accepted a position as advisor to the literary department at the Keio University.

He died suddenly in 1916, at the age of 41 years, from a kidney ailment at his home in Tokyo.

The most significant work is the kaicho on (海潮音, marine noise and sound of the tide ) to see a collection of German, English, French and Italian poems, which he himself wore into Japanese.

Works (selection)

Translations into Japanese

Over the mountains to wander far Tell the people that dwells happiness. Oh, and I went in the other swarms, came back with tear-stained eyes. Over the mountains far, far over there, Tell the people that dwells happiness.

山 の あなた の 空 遠く 「幸 さい はひ」住む と 人 の いふ. 噫 ああ,われひと と 尋 とめゆき て, 涙 さしぐみ,かへりきぬ. 山 の あなた に なほ 遠く 「幸 さい はひ」住む と 人 の いふ.