Shiki

Songs from a Bamboo Village: Selected Tanka from Takenosato Uta

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A song worth singing

Songs from a Bamboo Village: Selected Tanka from Takenosato Uta
Shiki Masaoka
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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ASIN: 0804820856

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A song worth singing.......2004-10-13

Shiki Masaoka was one of those stars that burned brightly, and burned out fast. Sick for most of his life, Masaoka became one of Japan's most prominent poets at the turn of the century, and his influence on tanka and haiku remains to this day. "Songs From a Bamboo Village" not only displays some of his poetry, but offers insights into his life and work.

Translators Sanford Goldstein and Seishi Shinoda (both professors) open the book with a detailed biography of Shiki -- a passionate poet, whose strong artistic mother encouraged his education. He wasn't just a poet, but also a columnist who used his "A Drop of Chinese Ink" to let his thoughts be known, whether they were thoughts on late 19th-century Japanese poetry, or a comic letter from guardian deity Jizu.

But his ill health both destroyed him and became one source of his inspiration; but it couldn't hold back his determination to revitalize Japanese poetry until his death. Even when he was dying, his sister helped him write. At the end of the book, the translators also offer several pages of translation notes, which offer insights into Masaoka's poetry, the times in which his lived, and the reflections of his life in his work.

Then we are shown some of Masaoka's beautiful tanka poetry -- some is focused on nature, some on emotion, and some are just reflections on little bits of life, such as the tanka that comments on which persimmons are the sweetest. Some even have a humorous bent, such as "Vowing not to return/without performing my duty/I head for the front/my portable brush and ink case/stashed swordlike in my belt!"

Masaoka's writing is minimalistic at times, though often he reflected on the color of a flower or the contents of a bag. However, his poetry serves as an excellent window into his thoughts, whether they were happy, sad, or merely reflections of his own failing body. "This iris flowers/have come out/and before my eyes/is passing/the last spring I will see," he wrote at one point.

More than a mere collection of poetry, "Songs From A Bamboo Village" displays the talents and life of a rare man, whose passion for his art and life were sadly cut short. Beautiful and sad.

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Masaoka Shiki
Masaoka Shiki
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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ASIN: 023111091X

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Here are graceful and timeless poems by one of Japan's greatest modern writers, rendered by a master translator. Masaoka Shiki (1867--1902) is credited with modernizing Japan's two traditional verse forms, haiku and tanka. Born at a time of social and cultural change in Japan, Shiki welcomed the new influences from the West and responded to them by reinvigorating the native haiku and tanka forms. He freed them from outdated conventions, made them viable for artistic expression in modern Japan, and paved the way for the haiku to become one of his nation's most influential cultural exports.

Burton Watson's excellent introduction explores the course of Shiki's life: his poverty-stricken childhood, his early love for literature, his education, and his work as a haiku editor for the newspaper Nippon, and as a correspondent during the Sino-Japanese war. Watson details Shiki's long struggle with tuberculosis and its poignant expression in his poetry. Confined to bed for months before his death, Shiki continued to devote his energies to literary pursuits: writing poems and critical essays, and joining with friends and followers who gathered in his sickroom to discuss literature. He died a few weeks before his thirty-fifth birthday. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Shiki's art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry.

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riot

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riot.......2000-07-18

riot act two has awsome illustrations, eventhoug the manga's cover is definitly not that attractive but the acutal content catches your eye immediately. It has moderate mecha and lot's of action in it. Amazing twist and turns on the plot. there are a few suprises in billy's relationship with axel(and ziggy ^^;) in my opinion the manga is the leetest, and its definitly worth reading.

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One of the Few Good Mangas out There

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Injured in the supernatural clash at the high school, Kamuro and Beniguma recover in the care of Keiko, who is distraught by the kidnapping of her dear friend Misao. Keiko is determined to get some answers fast! With the resurrection of the 88 beasts imminent and close, the now three unlikely allies travel to an old Hani village, where Kamuro is faced with a horrible choice...

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One of the Few Good Mangas out There.......2006-08-23

There seems to be a ridiculous amount of junk in the manga and anime market today. But Kami Kaze is one of the best I've ever seen to date. The artwork is fantastic and the story is serious enough for my tastes. What can I say, this manga satisfies my taste for quality manga. Great artwork, solid plot, and well developed characters add up to a good manga.

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Kami Kaze is a great newcomer in English.

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Life is Short, Art is Long

Masaoka Shiki: His Life and Works
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Now available to today's readers in an enhanced new edition with photographs, this acclaimed work offers a complete portrait of the life and the far-reaching influence of the man many Japanese critics refer to as "the father of modern haiku." Beichman puts Shiki's brief, energetic life, his personality, and his fertile work--including haiku, tanka, and diaries--into fascinating context. As the earliest to write haiku that were modern in both theme and subject, Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) is a prominent figure in modern Japanese literature. Born one year before the Meiji Restoration, he was in many ways a transitional figure, with his writings standing midway between the pre-modern and modern periods and his character and life shaped by both. Janine Beichman takes care in this elucidating work not to overemphasize Shiki's popular image as a haiku poet, and informs readers about other important yet little-known aspects of Shiki's work. Includes translations acclaimed for their sensitivity, as well as understandable literary analysis.

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Life is Short, Art is Long.......2006-05-28

This excellent book achieves a fine balance between literary biography and literary analysis, and between critical scholarship and literary sensibility. Actually, it's not so much a balance as an incredible fusion. Masaoka Shiki certainly deserves such treatment; he is a major figure in Japanese literature, and (as Beichman explains) a good deal of the credit for the fact that haiku and tanka are regarded as "poetry" and this poetry a type of "literature" at all goes to him and his efforts.

Each of the five chapters has a distinct focus. The first is a general biography contextualizing the chapters that follow. Masaoka is known as the father of modern haiku and as the haiku's reviver, and so chapter two focuses on this important facet of his literary career. However, Beichman convincingly argues that Masaoka saw his work on haiku only as part as a larger endeavor, and so the next chapters discuss his tanka poems, his prose essays, and his diaries (with an interesting comparison and contrast between his private diary and the diaries he crafted for publication).

The analysis is nuanced and critically astute. I was really interested in her discussion of how haiku and tanka were conceptualized before Masaoka. I had come across a number of his critical remarks in other books, and they always seemed commonplace or obvious. After reading this book I gained a much clearer idea of what he saw himself as working against, and these remarks then came to make sense as original critical interventions. Her translations of his poems and prose pieces make their literary qualities come alive in a fresh way, and she has a knack for unpacking their significance and layers of meanings and associations in ways that are intriguing rather than overbearing. I don't always agree with her conclusions; his final three death haiku strike me more as expressions of stoic resignation in the face of the inevitable than of the transcendence characteristic of Buddhist enlightenment (and I'm usually the first to go rooting around for Buddhist themes in literature), but she always argues her case well. And throughout the book her fascination and affection for this short-lived man of letters and his art shines through, informing and enriching her literary analysis.

In short, this is first-rate work. Anyone interested in modern poetry, in haiku and tanka, or in Japanese literature in general should give this fine book a look.

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Don't pass this one up!

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Don't pass this one up!.......2007-06-03

Anyone who enjoys drawing Manga, wants to improve their skill at inking, or break into the field professionally would like this book. There are informative interviews with three well-established Manga artists- Yasuhiro Nightow, Oh! Great, and Satoshi Shiki. There are also inking tutorials and advice for toning and correcting. The authors have included a "four week, professional level pen training" chapter to help you work on pen skills, and there is a special appendix with a suvey of 71 manga artists and the tools they use. I have many manga drawing books, and I am most impressed with this one. It is a "grown-up" approach to the artform.

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Breath taking art, and compelling story

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One of the most wonderful manga you'll ever read........2003-06-19

A breathtaking, amazing manga. Its pure detail will leave you stunned and waiting for more first in a series of two so far, it has inspireing depth and detail. Rated 13 and up. Large amounts of fanservice and bishojo and bishounen characters. An action/sci-fi manga. Billy the kid, an outlaw, goes to an ancient temple to find a book rumored to show old technological advances. There upon finding the book, he awakens Axel, a beautiful 13-year old girl who has been sworn to protect the magical book named "Riot". As Billy escapse and is shot by Axel, his blood his spilled all over the book Riot. The book itself makes a blood pact with Billy and promises to keep Billy alive if Billy becomes the new gaurdian of Riot, giving Billy amazing regenerative powers over his wounds. Follow Billy, Axel, and other soon-to-be revealed friends and enenies as good and evil fights over control of Riot.

Breath taking art, and compelling story.......1999-08-24

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