Romaji Diary and Sad Toys (Tuttle Classics) [Paperback]

Takuboku Ishikawa (Author), Sanford Goldstein (Editor, Translator), Seishi Shinoda (Editor, Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2000

The novella Romaji Diary represents the first instance of a Japanese writer using romaji (roman script) to tell stories in a way that could not betold in kana or kanji. Sad Toys is a collection of 194 Tanka, the traditional 31- syllable poems that are evocative of Japan's misty past and its tentative steps into the wider world.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

About the Author

Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912) was the son of a Zen priest. A middle-school dropout, he was raised in rural Shibumi and emigrated to Tokyo as a young man. In Tokyo, he frequented literary circles and began to write poetry and fiction and to support himself as a journalist. He later worked as a substitute teacher and journalist in northern Honshu and Hokkaido before returning to Tokyo. He died, in poverty, from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-seven.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804832536
• ISBN-13: 978-0804832533
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,967,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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