Wakayama Bokusui
Wakayama Bokusui ( Japanese 若 山 牧 水 real name: Wakayama Shigeru ( 若 山 繁 ); born August 24, 1885 in Miyazaki Prefecture ; † September 17, 1928 ) was a Japanese writer.
Wakayama emerged under the influence of Yosano Tekkan as the author of Tankas ( inter alia 別離Betsuri , 1910). On his numerous trips he wrote travel reports in a naturalistic style such as Minakami kikō ( み な か み 紀行 ; 1924). Together with Maeda Yūgure he joined the artist group Shazensō-sha founded by Onoe Saishū .
Works
- "Trees", "Tanka". Translated by Eduard Klopfenstein, in: I'll tell you, beloved trees. Texts from world literature. Ed. Frederico Hindermann, 1984, pp. 420-425, ISBN 3-7175-1672-8
- In the distance, the Fuji, cloudlessly serene. Modern tanka . Selected, translated and with an afterword by Eduard Klopfenstein. Manesse, Munich 2018. ISBN 978-3-7175-2452-6
Individual evidence
- ^ Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-674-00770-0 , pp. 1026 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - French: Japon, dictionnaire et civilization . Translated by Käthe Roth).
- ↑ Mark Jewel: Biographies of modern writers. Maeda Yugure. In: The Japanese Literature Home Page. Retrieved May 1, 2019 .
Web links
- Digital copies of the works at Aozora Bunko (Japanese)
- Wakayama Bokusui website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wakayama, Bokusui |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 若 山 牧 水 (Japanese, writer's name); Wakayama Shigeru (real name); 若 山 繁 (real name, Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miyazaki Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1928 |