Rofū Miki
Japanese writer (1889–1964)
Rofū Miki
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Native name |
木操操
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Born |
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1889-06-23
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June 23, 1889
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Tatsuno |
Died | December 29, 1964 (1964-12-29) (aged 75) |
Occupation | Writer, poet |
Language | Japanese |
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Waseda University , Keiō University |
Notable awards | Order of the Holy Sepulchre , Japanese Medal of Honor , Order of the Sacred Treasure |
Masao Miki ( Japanese : 三木 操 , Hepburn : Miki Masao ) [2] (23 June 1889 – 29 December 1964), better known by his pen name Rofū Miki ( 三木 露風 , Miki Rofū ) , was a Japanese poet, children's book author and essayist. [1] He is considered a significant representative of Japanese symbolism. [3]
Life
Miki was born in Tatsuno in Hyōgo Prefecture in 1889, the oldest son of Setsujirō Miki and Kata Midorikawa (1869–1962). [4] Midorikawa married at 15, and was a nurse and a significant figure in the women's movement of the Meiji period . [2] [5] He had one brother, Tsutomu. [2] After the divorce of his parents in 1895 when he was 5 years old, Miki grew up with his grandfather, who was the first mayor of Tatsuno. [2] He attended elementary and middle school in Tatsuno and wrote poems, haiku and tankas as a student.
At the age of 17, he published his first collection of poems, and at 20 his poetry collection Haien , which received attention at the time for its free verse. [6] Miki was regarded as an early talent and he gained attention along with Hakushū Kitahara , to whom he has been compared in style and stature. [7]
He studied literature at Waseda University and Keiō University . [8] Around 1918, he joined Miekichi Suzuki 's recently founded children's literature magazine Akai tori ( 赤い鳥 , "Red Bird"), to which he contributed work, participating in the magazine's new movement to create high-quality, beautiful and emotional children's verses and songs, called dōyō . [9]
Three years later he published a collection of verses for children named Shinjushima ( 真珠島 , "Pearl Island"), which included the poem " Akatombo " ( 赤とんぼ , Akatonbo , "Red Dragonfly") , which Kosaku Yamada set to music in 1927. [10] In 1989, "Akatombo" was voted Japan's favorite song in a survey by the NHK show "Japanese Songs, Hometown Songs". [2] A large wall-sized monument to the song, with memorial plaques, stands in Miki's home town, Tatsuno. [11]
From 1916 to 1924 Miki worked in Kamiiso, Hokkaido (modern day Hokuto ) in a Trappist monastery as a teacher of literature. [8] During this time, he was baptized in 1922 and joined the Catholic faith. His faith is reflected in the essays Shūdōin seikatsu ( 修道院生活 ) and Nihon katorikkukyōshi ( 日本カトリック教史 , History of Catholicism in Japan ).
In 1927, he was awarded the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem by the Vatican. [1] In 1963 he was awarded the Japanese Medal of Honor with a purple ribbon.
On 21 December 1964, Miki was hit by a taxi and taken to hospital with head injuries. [2] He died of a brain haemorrhage eight days later at the age of 75. Kosaku Yamada, who wrote the music to Akatombo, died on the same day one year later. [2] He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1965. [12] Since 1985, his hometown has been hosting a competition for children's songs, giving a prize named after him ( 三木露風賞 , Miki Rofū-shō). [13]
Works (selected)
Poetry
- 1908 Yameru Bara ( The Sick Rose ) [14]
- 1909 Haien ( 廃園 , translated as The Ruined Garden [6] or Abandoned Garden [8] )
- 1910 Sabishiki akebono ( 寂しき曙 )
- 1913 Rofūshū ( 露風集 )
- 1915 Ryōshin ( 良心 )
- 1920 Sei to ai ( 生と恋 )
- 1921 Shinjushima ( 真珠島 , Pearl Island )
- 1922 Shinkō no akebono ( Dawn of Faith [1] ) ( 信仰の曙 )
- 1926 Kami to hito ( Gods and Men [1] ) ( 神と人 )
- 1926 Torapisuto kashū ( トラピスト歌集 ) – anthology
Essays
- 1925 Shūdōin sappitsu ( 修道院雑筆 )
- 1926 Shūdōin seikatsu ( 修道院生活 )
- 1928 Waga ayumeru michi ( 我が歩める道 )
- 1929 Nihon katorikkukyōshi ( 日本カトリツク教史 , History of Catholicism in Japan [1] )
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia . Harvard University Press. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5 . Retrieved 20 February 2017 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pulvers, Roger (27 December 2009). "Decade's end abuzz and a-flutter with wist for a warm poetic past" . Japan Times . Retrieved 23 February 2017 .
- ↑ Stephen Henry Gill; C. Andrew Gerstle (1999). Rediscovering Basho: A 300th Anniversary Celebration . Global Oriental. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-1-901903-15-7 .
- ↑ 家森 長治郎 (Chojiro Iemori) (1968). "三木露風研究(1)竜野時代 (A Research on Rofu Miki PT. I the Tatsuno Period)" (PDF) . Department of the Japanese Literature, Nara University of Education (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-26 . Retrieved 20 February 2017 .
- ↑ "碧川道夫" . Kotobank (in Japanese) . Retrieved 20 February 2017 .
- 1 2 Angles, Jeffrey (2011). Writing the Love of Boys: Origins of Bishōnen Culture in Modernist Japanese Literature . University of Minnesota Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8166-6969-1 .
- ↑ Kirkup, James (1996). Burning Giraffes . University of Salzburg. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-3-7052-0962-6 .
- 1 2 3 Miller, J. Scott (2009). The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater . Scarecrow Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1-4617-3188-7 . Retrieved 20 February 2017 .
- ↑ Matsue, Jennifer Milioto (2015). Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan . Routledge. pp. 111–114. ISBN 9781317649540 .
- ↑ Tsurumi, Shunsuke (2009). A Cultural History of Postwar Japan 1945–1960 (Hardback) (English ed.). Routledge. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-7103-0259-5 . Retrieved 19 February 2017 .
- ↑ 达耳闻 (January 10, 2017). "你的晚霞里有没有红蜻蜓" . Jianshu.com (in Chinese) . Retrieved February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ "三木 露風 ミキ ロフウ" . Kotobank (in Japanese) . Retrieved 25 February 2017 .
- ↑ "三木露風賞作品集" . たつの市音楽協会 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 21 February 2017 . Retrieved 20 February 2017 .
- ↑ Goto, Yumiko (1 April 2006). "Individuality and Expression: The Shirakaba Group's Reception of Blake's Visual Art in Japan" . In Clark, Steve; Suzuki, Masahi (eds.). The Reception of Blake in the Orient . A&C Black. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1-4411-4343-3 .
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