Ryuko Kawaji
Ryuko Kawaji (川路 柳虹, Kawaji Ryūkō, 1 October 1888 - 9 June 1959) was the pen-name of Kawaki Makoto, a Japanese poet and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
His Dharma name was Onyōin Metsuyo Chitoku Ryūkō Daikoji (温容院滅与知徳柳虹大居士).
Biography[edit]
Kawaji was born in Tokyo, and was a graduate of the Japanese Painting School of the Tokyo School of the Arts (present day Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). However, rather than to pursue a career as an artist, he chose to become a writer of free verse poetry instead. His poetry was influential, as it was among the first to be written in the modern Japanese language.[1][2]
He won the Japan Art Academy literary award in 1957 for his anthology Nami ("Waves").
He was co-author of "Histoire de la Littérature Japonaise", written in collaboration with K. Matsuo and Alfred Smoular (Paris, 1935). His grave is at the Tama Reien outside of Tokyo.
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References[edit]
- ^ Kamei, Shunsuke (1976). "Japanese Reception of American Literature until World War II". Comparative Literature Studies. 13 (2): 143–159. JSTOR 40241811.
- ^ Mehl, Scott (2015). "The Beginnings of Japanese Free-Verse Poetry and the Dynamics of Cultural Change". Japan Review (28): 103–132. JSTOR 43684118.
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