Kinoshita Rigen
Kinoshita Rigen ( Japanese 木 下 利 玄 , real name: Kinoshita Toshiharu with the same spelling; * January 1, 1886 in Okayama Prefecture ; † February 15, 1925 ) was a Japanese poet.
Life
Kinoshita began writing tankas under the guidance of Sasaki Nobutsuna when he was young . With Arishima Takeo , Shiga Naoya and Mushanokōji Saneatsu , he founded the literary magazine Shirakaba ("White Birch") in 1910 . His most famous collections of poetry were Kōgyoku ( 紅玉 ; 1919) and Ichiro ( 一路 ; 1924).
literature
- Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 524 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- Ferris Wheel. 101 Modern and Contemporary Tanka . Cheng & Tsui, 2006, ISBN 978-0-88727-494-7 , pp. 115 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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| SURNAME | Kinoshita, Rigen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 木 下 利 玄 (Japanese); Kinoshita Toshiharu (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Okayama Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1925 |