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Giving people poems

Title
Giving people poems / Tanikawa Shuntarō ; translated by William I. Elliott and Kawamura Kazuo.
Author
Tanikawa, Shuntarō, 1931-
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.

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Additional Authors
  • Elliott, William I.
  • Kawamura, Kazuo, 1933-
Description
63 pages; 18 cm.
Summary
"In Japan, where even the imperial couple are required to turn out poems as part of their official functions, it is not surprising that there is a long tradition of occasional poetry. Nonetheless, Japan's most popular living poet, Tanikawa Shuntaro, has always been known for upsetting the apple carts of Japan's ordered, formulaic society. Here he does it again, sacralizing poetry in its purely perfunctory forms as a gift appropriate for any occasion."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Asian poetry in translation. Japan ; #23
Uniform Title
  • Shi o okurō to suru koto wa. English
  • Asian poetry in translation. Japan ; #23.
Alternative Title
Shi o okurō to suru koto wa.
Subject
Contents
Hunger and books -- To the great bridge of Seto -- Giving people poems -- Cherry blossoms -- Spring -- A legacy of silence -- Trees are tempters -- Mozart -- Empty hands -- Eve's room -- Good morning -- Breakfast table duet -- Postcards -- Easy listening -- Calves -- An old woman -- Hatred on the bottom of the swimming pool -- Family -- The genius -- Dog shit -- The old poet -- Another Apollo -- Birth -- A clown -- Assassin -- A ghost -- A fictive hero -- A young girl -- A man of refinement -- A classmate -- A Buddhist priest -- A certificate -- Ma-mi-mu-me-mo Tokyo -- A table poem concerning the multifaceted truth -- Congratulations, Makil -- Scene one, cut one -- Watching a cat -- Watching a cat again -- Watching a cat the third time -- Being watched by a cat -- Water -- A tree -- Fire -- Light -- Earth -- 70 lines for Terayama Shuji -- In praise of being alone -- A wind from times past.
ISBN
0935086390 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2005923762
OCLC
  • ocm61532303
  • SCSB-9478810
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries