Doi Bansui

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Doi Bansui ( Japanese 土井 晩 翠 , actually Tsuchii Rinkichi ( 土井 林吉 ), also Tsuchii Bansui ; * December 5, 1871 in Sendai ; † October 19, 1952 ibid) was a Japanese poet and translator.

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Doi Bansui studied English literature at the Imperial University of Tokyo with Lafcadio Hearn and was one of the editors of the college magazine Teikoku Bungaku , in which he also published his own poems. After completing his studies, he worked as a professor of English language and literature at Tōhoku University in his hometown.

He emerged as a translator of works from the English, Latin and Greek languages. His most important works were the translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad . He also published several collections of poems, including Tenchi ujō , Banshō and Bansui shishū . His poem Kōjō no Tsuki in the setting by Taki Rentarō became popular .

In 1950 Doi was awarded the Order of Culture .

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Commons : Bansui Doi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • S. Noma (Ed.): Doi Bansui . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 290.