Kenji Miyazawa

Miyazawa Kenji (Japanese宫 沢 贤治; born August 27, 1896 in Hanamaki, Iwate, † September 21, 1933 ) was a Japanese poet, author of children's books and a member of the Kokuchūkai. He is now one of the most popular poets of Japan. Miyazawa wrote his stories to the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism the common people, especially children almost get in his way. In particular, he was inspired by the Lotus Sutra and nationalist interpretation of Nichiren Buddhism, which he regarded as a guide for his personal life.

Life and work

Miyazawa Kenji was born the son of a wealthy pawnbroker on 27 August 1896 in the city of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan. In the year of his birth that region was hit by floods, an earthquake and a tsunami, where many people died.

Miyazawa was a very good student. At age 13 he wrote his first Tanka, which he began publishing in 1916 in local newspapers. In 1918 he graduated from the College of Agriculture and Forestry Morioka (盛 冈 高等 农林 学校, Morioka Kōtō Norin Gakko ) with honors and worked there in the research. This year, he took care of his sick sister temporarily Toshi in Tokyo. From then on, he began to write fairy tales. After his return in 1919 he helped in his parents' business.

In 1920 he completed his research on the geological faculty. He was a member of the National Buddhist Kokuchūkai and began to believe in the Lotus Sutra. In 1921 he went to Tokyo, where he worked in a publishing house and engaged in music. In December, he accepted a position as a teacher of agricultural science at the School of Agriculture Hanamaki (花 巻 农 学校, Hanamaki nōgakkō ).

Miyazawa began in 1922 to write a collection of free-form poems, Haru to Shura (春 と 修羅, Spring and Asura ). His younger sister Toshi died on 27 November 1922. Haru to Shura The collection of poems and a collection of children's stories and fairy tales, Chūmon no Ōi Ryōriten (注文の多い 料理 店, The restaurant with the many orders) he published in 1924 at his own expense.

1926 Miyazawa returned back to his homeland. He lived in the district Shimoneko from Hanamaki and founded the Rasuchijin Society, in which he taught young people in effective agriculture in the intention to make the standard of living of the farmers to increase. Also concerts were held there.

Furthermore Miyazawa wrote poems and published them. Since 1928, they appeared regularly in several, including some major magazines. In 1931, he worked as an engineer in a quarry. He went to Tokyo, there to organize the distribution of coal, but had to return due to health reasons. On 3 November 1931 he wrote the poem Ame ni mo makezu.

Miyazawa Kenji died on September 21, 1933 at the age of 37 years on acute lung inflammation. Many of his works were discovered only after his death and published posthumously.

Major works

The main works Miyazawas apply:

  • Gingatetsudō no Yoru銀河鉄道の夜( Night on the Galactic Railroad ); Ginga tetsudō no Yoru ( Summary based on the anime film )
  • Kaze no Matasaburo風の又三郎
  • Cello Hiki no Goshuセロ弾きのゴーシュ( Gauche the Cellist )
  • Taneyamagahara no Yoru種山 ヶ原 の 夜( The Night of Taneyamagahara )
  • Ame ni mo makezu雨 ニモマケズ(Not Losing to the Rain )

Find out more

Miyazawa was interested in temporarily for Esperanto. In his work, often a fictional world called Ihatov or Ihatovo appears. These he created based on the beloved of him, close to nature remained Iwate Prefecture, in which he lived and which is also called Ihate. The term Miyazawas for his fictional world comes close to an Esperanto version of this name.

Films

Miyazawas penchant for Esperanto was taken in 1985 appeared anime adaptation Ginga tetsudō no Yoru his eponymous 1927 written work, also known as Night on the Galactic Railroad. In it, all signs are written in Esperanto, as well as the written language of the "Cats", as almost all of which figures are shown.

Kenji no Haru ( Ihatov Fantasy: Kenji's Spring) in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Miyazawa his life in the anime Ihatov Gensou was also known as Spring and Chaos (Spring and Chaos ) known filmed. As in Night on the Galactic Railroad, the main characters are drawn as cats here also.

Bibliography

  • Massimo Cimarelli. Miyazawa Kenji - a short biography, Volume Edizioni (2013 ), ebook. ASIN B00E0TE83W.
  • Miyazawa Kenji. The Milky Way Railroad. translated by Joseph Sigrist and D. M. Stroud. Stone Bridge Press (1996). ISBN 1-880656-26-4
  • Miyazawa Kenji. Night of the Milky Way Railroad. M.E. Sharpe (1991). ISBN 0-87332-820-5
  • Miyazawa Kenji. The Restaurant of Many Orders. RIC Publications ( 2006). ISBN 1-74126-019-1
  • Miyazawa Kenji. Miyazawa Kenji Selections. University of California Press (2007). ISBN 0-520-24779-5
  • Miyazawa Kenji. Winds from Afar. Kodansha (1992). ISBN 087011171X
  • Miyazawa Kenji. The dragon and the poet - illustrated version. translated by Massimo Cimarelli, illustrated by Francesca Eleuteri, Volume Edizioni (2013 ), ebook. ISBN 9788897747185
  • Miyazawa Kenji. Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa. translated by John Bester Kodansha International ( 1994). ISBN 4-7700-1780-4
  • Strong, Sarah. " The Reader 's Guide," Kenji Miyazawa In, The Night of the Milky Way Railway. Translated by Sarah Strong. New York: 1991.
  • Strong, Sarah. " The Poetry of Miyazawa Kenji. " Thesis ( Ph.D.), The University of Chicago, 1984.
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