Giving people poems / Tanikawa Shuntarō ; translated by William I. Elliott and Kawamura Kazuo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanikawa, Shuntarō, 1931-2024.

Contributor:

Elliott, William I.

Kawamura, Kazuo, 1933-

Series:

Asian poetry in translation. Japan ; #23.

Asian poetry in translation. Japan ; #23

Standardized Title:

Shi o okurō to suru koto wa. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Tanikawa, Shuntarō, 1931-2024--Translations into English.

Tanikawa, Shuntarō.

Tanikawa, Shuntarō, 1931-2024.

Physical Description:

63 pages ; 18 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Fe, N.M. : Tarsier Books ; San Francisco, CA : SARU Press International in association with Katydid Books ; Distributed by University of Hawaiì Press, 2005.

Summary:

Poetry. Asian American Studies. Translated from the Japanese by William I. Elliott and Kawamura Kazuo. In Japan, where even the imperial couple are required to turn off poems as part of their official functions, it is not surprising that thereis a long tradition of purely perfunctory poetry. Nonetheless, Japan's most popular living poet, Tanikawa Shuntaro, has always been known for upsetting the apple carts of Japan's formulaic society. Here he does it again, sacralizing poetry in its purely perfunctory forms as a gift that may be appropriate for any occasion. Lifting occasional poetry to a higher plane, here are poems about hunger and books, the recently constructed longest bridge in Japan, cherry blossoms, two dead friends, Mozart and weeds, making love to various women, various observations on cats, and diving into a swimming pool to wash off the lies of the world

ISBN:

0935086390

OCLC:

61532303