Shinkichi Takahashi
Shinkichi Takahashi (高橋 新吉 Takahashi Shinkichi, 1901 – 1987) was a Japanese poet. He was one of the pioneers of Dadaism in Japan.[1] According to Makoto Ueda, he is also the only major Zen poet of modern Japanese literature.[2]
He was born on Shikoku.
His Collected Poems won the Japanese Ministry of Education Prize for Art.[3]
Works
- Dadaist Shinkichi's Poetry 1923[3]
- Triumph of the Sparrow: Zen Poems of Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 2000
- After Images: Zen Poems by Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1972
Notes
- ↑ "Takahashi Shinkichi". Sekai daihyakka jiten (in Japanese). Hitachi Solutions Business. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ↑ Makoto Ueda Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of Literature p.335 Stanford University Press, 1983
- 1 2 Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter edited by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 1977
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