Shinkichi Takahashi Explained
was a Japanese poet. He was one of the pioneers of Dadaism in Japan.[1] According to Makoto Ueda, he is also the only major Zen poet of modern Japanese literature.[2]
He was born on Shikoku.
His Collected Poems won the Japanese Ministry of Education Prize for Art.[3]
Works
- Dadaist Shinkichi's Poetry 1923
- Triumph of the Sparrow: Zen Poems of Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 2000
- After Images: Zen Poems by Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1972
- Book: Seascape . (verse)
- Spanish translation: En la quietud del mundo. Translated by José Luis Fernández Castillo and Kyoko Mizoguchi. Madrid, Pre-textos, 2018.
Notes and References
- Web site: Takahashi Shinkichi. Sekai daihyakka jiten. Hitachi Solutions Business. 3 May 2014. Japanese.
- Makoto Ueda Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of Literature p.335 Stanford University Press, 1983
- Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter edited by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 1977
