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Mitsuharu Kaneko

かねこ みつはる

Kaneko Mitsuharu

ペンネーム: Yasukazu Kaneko（Birth name (later also used the name Yasuwa/Kaneko Yasu)）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1895-12-25 （Koshiji village, Kaito District, Aichi Prefecture (now Tsushima), Japan）
死没
1975-06-30 （Kichijoji-honcho, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan） 79歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
宗教
Christianity 1906年受洗
居住地歴
Aichi Prefecture (Koshiji/Tsushima) → Nagoya (Koichiba / Nishiki) → Kyoto (Kamigyo) → Tokyo (Ginza, Ushigome, Shinjuku, Kichijoji) → Europe (London, Brussels, Paris) → Shanghai → Malay Peninsula, Singapore and various Asian locations

経歴

職業
poet, writer, translator, painter
活動期間
1916年〜1975年
影響を受けた人物
Charles Baudelaire, Walt Whitman, Emile Verhaeren, Western poets (Rimbaud, others)

学歴

Gyosei Junior High School
期間: 1908頃 - 不明
国: Japan
Became interested in literature while at junior high
Waseda University (Higher Preparatory Course)
Literature (preparatory)
期間: 1914 - 1915（中退）
国: Japan
Entered preparatory course; left without graduating
Tokyo School of Fine Arts (Nihonga course)
Nihonga (Japanese painting)
期間: 1915（入学・中退）
国: Japan
Enrolled but soon withdrew
Keio University (Preparatory course)
Faculty of Letters (preparatory)
期間: 1915 - 1916（中退）
国: Japan
Left the preparatory course after illness and interruptions

受賞歴

Yomiuri Literature Prize
1954
対象作品: The Tragedy of Man (Ningen no Higeki)
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs) — Minister of Education Award
1972
対象作品: Fu-ryu Shikai-ki (Windlike Decomposition Record)
主催: Japan Arts Council / Ministry of Education
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Koganemushi

1923年 poetry collection

An early poetry collection containing works from his time in Brussels; shows travel impressions and nature imagery.

travelnatureloneliness

Shark

1935年 poetry collection

One of his representative works containing poems critical of society and politics; uses symbolic language to evade censorship.

anti-authoritarianismcritique of warurban life

Parachute

1948年 poetry collection

Collection including works from wartime and evacuation periods; addresses war, individuality and resistance.

warevacuationresistance

The Tragedy of Man (Ningen no Higeki)

1954年 essay / critique / poetic prose

A critical work reflecting postwar Japan and individual experience. Winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize.

postwarindividual and societytragedy

全著作

  • House of Red Earth
  • Koganemushi
  • Shark
  • Parachute
  • The Tragedy of Man
  • Elegies for Women
  • Poet (autobiography)
  • Malay-Indies Travelogue

作家による翻訳

  • Rimbaud — Selected Poems (translation)
  • Baudelaire — Les Fleurs du mal (complete translation)
  • Verlaine — Flandre (translation)

作風・主題

文体
symbolic and ironic poetic techniqueiconoclastic, critical voicedirect social criticism in essays
頻出モチーフ
sea / sharkstravel and wanderingurban landscapesanti-authoritarianism / resistanceeros and sexuality

健康

  • asthma (bronchial asthma)
    生涯を通じて（特に戦中・晩年に発作あり）
    Affected his productivity at times and contributed to health decline; was a factor in his cause of death
  • cerebral apoplexy (mild stroke)
    1969年（発症）
    Left one arm impaired and required hospitalization

評価・遺産

One of modern Japan's prominent poets. Known for anti-authoritarian and anti-war stance, use of symbolism and irony, and influential translations and essays.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (related materials and holdings)

大衆文化への影響

  • Film 'Love Letter' (based in part on Kaneko Mitsuharu's romantic life)
  • In the 1970s became known among youth as an 'erotic old man' character

引用

  • Children, isn't it truly joyful — that we were born together into this war.
    出典: Poem 'War' (example)

豆知識

  • In later years he appeared on TV and in talks, becoming known among young people as an 'erotic old man'.
  • His grave is at Kamikawa Cemetery in Hachioji.