晶子曼陀羅 (講談社文芸文庫 さE 1)
Akiko Mandala is a biographical novel by Haruo Sato. It portrays the poetic and emotional relationships among Akiko Yosano, Tekkan Yosano, and Tomiko Yamakawa through Sato's deep sympathy with the Myojo school. The work layers the fervor of modern tanka with the shadows of human attachment.
Work Information
The poetry and love of Akiko, Tekkan, and Tomiko intersect like a mandala of modern tanka.
Akiko Mandala is a novel by Haruo Sato, published by Dai-Nippon Yubenkai Kodansha in 1954. It depicts the relationships among Akiko Yosano, Tekkan Yosano, and Tomiko Yamakawa as a history of modern tanka and love. The Kodansha Bungei Bunko edition, published on November 2, 1993, has ISBN 9784061962484 and ISBN10 4061962485; for a Japanese print book, the ISBN10 can also be used as the ASIN. That edition also includes Futa Nasake, written after Akiko Mandala and further reflecting on the three figures' love through Tekkan's long poem.
Review Summaries
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The work is presented as a notable retelling of the world of Akiko and her circle, figures who shaped Sato's youth. It is valued not only for biographical material but for rendering the poets' inner lives and forms of love as literature.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 講談社
- Published
- 1993-11-01
- Pages
- 324 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784061962484
- ISBN-10
- 4061962485
- Price
- 740 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/文芸作品/日本文学
第6回（1954年） 讀賣文学賞小説賞受賞
Reviews
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「ふたなさけ」が付いていたのは良かった。
小説の始まりは、唐の白楽天の「長恨歌」からで、関心を持った。その後、与謝野鉄幹・晶子・登美子の三角関係になり、佐藤春夫は、三人の短歌から、この小説を書き上げた点、興味深かった。若くして亡くなってしまう登美子が哀れであった。日が昇りゆく晶子に比して、鉄幹が沈みゆく夕日のようであり、対照的だった。小説の後、佐藤春夫の「ふたなさけ」が付いていたのが良かったと思う。
Related Literary Awards
- Noma Literary Award Edition 7 (1954) ・nominee