CHIEKO And Other Poems of Takamura Kotaro by Sato, Hiroaki (translator) - 1980

University Press of Hawaii, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Honolulu,: The University Press of Hawaii,, (1980.). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, some underlining in the introduction, but otherwise tight and clean in a very good dustjacket. . First printing. Kotaro Takamura was a renowned sculptor (in his youth he studied art in NY, London and Paris), poet, and translator; his poems for his wife Chieko, published after her death in 1938, which cover the 30 years of their relationship, from courtship, years of loving companionship, to her descent into insanity and death, are unique in Japanese literature and what makes him one of the most widely read poets in Japan. This book includes 26 poems about Chieko in the second section; in addition, the first section "The Journey" includes 58 chronologically arranged poems selected from those written throughout his life, and the final section "A Brief History of Imbelicity" is a complete translation of the 20 autobiographical poems published under that title in 1947.… Read More

University Press of Hawai. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!