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Once and Forever

The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Once and Forever

The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa is one of modern Japan’s most beloved writers, a great poet and a strange and marvelous spinner of tales, whose sly, humorous, enchanting, and enigmatic stories bear a certain resemblance to those of his contemporary Robert Walser. John Bester’s selection and expert translation of Miyazawa’s short fiction reflects its full range from the joyful, innocent “Wildcat and the Acorns,” to the cautionary tale “The Restaurant of Many Orders,” to “The Earthgod and the Fox,” which starts out whimsically before taking a tragic turn. Miyazawa also had a deep connection to Japanese folklore and an intense love of the natural world. In “The Wild Pear,” what seem to be two slight nature sketches succeed in encapsulating some of the cruelty and compensations of life itself.

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New York Review of Books

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1681372614

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9781681372617

Miyazawa Kenji's Ten Japanese Stories for Children

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Miyazawa Kenji's Ten Japanese Stories for Children

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Miyazawa Kenji is perhaps the most widely researched Japanese writer presently, not only by Japanese scholars but also by foreign scholars of Japanese literature worldwide. The relevance and meaning of Kenji's works to the contemporary world have increased manifold over the years and the researchers throughout the world unanimously agree to the truth that his works stand for the betterment and benefit of the mankind as a whole. This universality of his works appeals to the psyche of every human being on this earth, irrespective his/her age, race, gender, language or nationality. Ten of his representative short stories in English translation are introduced in this volume for my young fellow countrymen. Each of these ten stories enwrapped in Indian/Buddhist ideology bears a different colour and style, depicting through animals and birds the intricate human society, agonized by discrimination, infighting, deceit, fraud, muscle power, betrayal, arrogance, life and rebirth, cause and effect and lack of mutual love and concern. In CHILDREN OF THE GINGKO TREE, the true picture of this transient world is depicted through the separation of beloved ones. Nothing is permanent in this world. In THE WILD GOOSE CHILD, the concept of Karma, Cause and Effect, Rebirth and ultimate attainment of Nirvana through penitence are described. In THE EARTH GOD AND THE FOX, a triangular relationship of three characters, namely, the Earth God, the Fox and the beautiful Birch Tree unfolds the selfish, impatient and cruel mentality of man, who has no place in his mind for love, sympathy or fellow feeling towards others. In WILDCAT AND THE ACORNS, the fight among the acorns for superiority is depicted so realistically and vividly that it reflects the true daily life of human beings. In THE LION KING Kenji is narrating how effectively the ruler of the wild kingdom, the lion, maintain the law and order in his domain. This is a classic example of wise and prudent actions by the animals, something which is lacked by the human beings. In THREE FROGS AND A RUBBER SHOE, jealous and wickedness of human mind are depicted through the vicious actions of Bun and Ben frogs. However, one cannot escape from the retribution of his actions. In THE SHELL FIRE, Kenji is depicting the importance of selfless affection and love towards fellow beings. The Shell Fire in our hearts will glow brilliantly only if we have a kind, merciful and loving heart towards others. In THE NIGHTHAWK STAR, the author is depicting the successful life of a meek and weak nighthawk who attained his goal through sheer determination and strong will power, overcoming the social discrimination and willful threat from the mighty hawk. In THE RESTAURANT OF MANY ORDERS, how the greed and wickedness of a man make him selfish and blind towards the suffering of others and lead him to the brink of destruction is narrated. In CHESTNUT TREE AND MONKEY CHAIRS, the fantasy of a young boy, where the boy himself has become the subject for classical deception by the tiny monkies , is narrated.

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132

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Northern Book Centre

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8172111762

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9788172111762

Night on the Galactic Railroad and Other Stories from Ihatov

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Night on the Galactic Railroad and Other Stories from Ihatov

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories that focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice, and faith, which were near and dear to his heart. "The Nighthawk Star" follows a lowly bird as he struggles to transform himself into something greater, a constellation in the night sky; "Signal & Signal-less" depicts a pair of star-crossed train signals who dream of eloping to the moon; and "Night on the Galactic Railroad," Miyazawa's most famous work, tells the story of two boys as they journey upon a train that traverses the Milky Way, learning the true meaning of friendship, happiness, and life itself along the way.

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109

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SCB Distributors

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1935548999

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9781935548997

Miyazawa Kenji

Selections

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Miyazawa Kenji

Selections

By: Kenji Miyazawa

The poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was an early twentieth-century Japanese modernist who today is known worldwide for his poetry and stories as well as his devotion to Buddhism. Miyazawa Kenji: Selections collects a wide range of his poetry and provides an excellent introduction to his life and work. Miyazawa was a teacher of agriculture by profession and largely unknown as a poet until after his death. Since then his work has increasingly attracted a devoted following, especially among ecologists, Buddhists, and the literary avant-garde. This volume includes poems translated by Gary Snyder, who was the first to translate a substantial body of Miyazawa’s work into English. Hiroaki Sato’s own superb translations, many never before published, demonstrate his deep familiarity with Miyazawa’s poetry. His remarkable introduction considers the poet’s significance and suggests ways for contemporary readers to approach his work. It further places developments in Japanese poetry into a global context during the first decades of the twentieth century. In addition the book features a Foreword by the poet Geoffrey O’Brien and essays by Tanikawa Shuntaro, Yoshimasu Gozo, and Michael O’Brien.

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274

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Univ of California Press

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0520939581

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9780520939585

Kenji Miyazawa's Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories

The Manga Edition

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Kenji Miyazawa's Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories

The Manga Edition

By: Kenji Miyazawa

In the transcendent stories of Miyazawa, Earth teems with magic and wonder." —Publishers Weekly "A marvelous writer who deserves to be much better known in English." —Kirkus This charming manga collection presents three modern fables by one of Japan's most gifted authors, the poet and short story writer Kenji Miyazawa. Miyazawa is beloved in Japan, and increasingly abroad, for his masterful storytelling, poetic imagery, and powerful evocation of both the shadow and light of human nature. His world of sentient stars and enchanted forests, presented here in manga form, will appeal to imaginative readers of all ages. The Restaurant of Many Orders follows a pair of confident, self-centered young men on a hunting expedition. After entering a mysterious restaurant, the men are given peculiar orders such as to rub cream on their bodies — until they finally realize they themselves are about to become dinner for lurking beasts! The Wildcat and the Acorns is the story of a young boy invited to attend a trial where a wildcat presides over golden acorns disputing which acorn is the best one The Twin Stars brings to life the heavenly constellations, whose musical performances keep the stars twinkling at night. In the daytime, however, the harmony falls apart as the constellations squabble among themselves

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196

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462925006

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9781462925001

Night of the Milky Way Railway

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Night of the Milky Way Railway

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Giovanni and his friend Campanella, who is dead from drowning, travel on a celestial railway which is a ferry of souls journeying to the afterlife.

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204

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M.E. Sharpe

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0873328205

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9780873328203

The Boy of the Winds

By: Miyazawa Kenji,Roger Pulvers

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The Boy of the Winds

By: Miyazawa Kenji,Roger Pulvers

MIYAZAWA KENJI remains not only Japan's most popular and beloved writer of stories for children and adults but a prescient voice for this century on how we can survive and prevail over the most challenging conditions that we face on this planet. Roger Pulvers writes in his Introduction ... "Kenji's message is: It is easy to exclude others who are 'different' from your circle, but if you exclude others, you exclude yourself, because you are inextricably linked to them; it is easy to be unkind to others, but if you are unkind to others, you are unkind to yourself; it is very easy to kill, but if you kill another person, the person who dies within is yourself." "Destroy nature in any or all of its qualities and we destroy human goodness, compassion and love. No Japanese understood this more profoundly than Miyazawa Kenji, and the people of the world need to know that." In this new collection, acclaimed author, translator and film director Roger Pulvers presents, in masterful translations, some of Miyazawa Kenji's most well-known stories. In "The Boy of the Winds" the wind arrives in a village in the form of a boy, Matasaburo, bringing, with great compassion, a warning over the abuse of nature by humans. In "The Bears on Mt. Nametoko," the fate of the king of the mountains, Kojuro, becomes that of the bears he hunts. And in the exquisitely poignant "Barefeet of Light" two young brothers face the cruelest hardships ... and the message Kenji gives us is always one of devotion and love. In addition, there are stories here by other well-known Japanese authors, the final one being the beautiful tribute to the importance of water in our lives, Inoue Hisashi's "The Water Letters." All translations come with commentary that puts the works in their historical and social context. The Japan Times has written of an earlier anthology of his works translated by Roger Pulvers: "The reader can clearly feel Miyazawa's values and hopes for humanity across time....

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270

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1913891208

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9781913891206

Jews in the Japanese Mind

The History and Uses of a Cultural Stereotype

By: David G. Goodman,Masanori Miyazawa

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Jews in the Japanese Mind

The History and Uses of a Cultural Stereotype

By: David G. Goodman,Masanori Miyazawa

Why are the Japanese fascinated with the Jews? By showing that the modern attitude is the result of a process of accretion begun 200 years ago, this book describes the development behind Japanese ideas of Jews and how these images are reflected in their modern intellectual life

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438

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Lexington Books

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0739101676

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9780739101674

Death and Funeral Practices in Japan

By: Hannah Gould,Aki Miyazawa,Shinya Yamada

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Death and Funeral Practices in Japan

By: Hannah Gould,Aki Miyazawa,Shinya Yamada

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the past, present, and future direction of death rituals and deathcare systems within Japan. As Japan heads toward a precarious future shaped by its super-ageing society, secularisation, and economic stagnation, the socioreligious structures that once organised death and funeral practice are becoming increasingly unstable. In their place, new social structures, technologies, and rituals for the farewell of the dead, handling of cremains, and commemoration of the ancestors have begun to emerge. The work is informed by the authors’ extensive research within Japan’s funeral, cemetery, and memorialisation sectors and the latest Japanese data sources and academic publications, many of which are not currently available in English. Providing readily accessible and contextualising information, this book will be an essential reference for graduate students and academics, as well as international policymakers and deathcare practitioners.

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153

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Taylor & Francis

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1040119220

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9781040119228

Milky Way Railroad

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Milky Way Railroad

By: Kenji Miyazawa

A tender, timeless fable about afterlife from Japan's best-loved children's writer.

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146

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Stone Bridge Press

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1933330406

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9781933330402

Floating Stone

21 Thoughts of Kenji Miyazawa

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Floating Stone

21 Thoughts of Kenji Miyazawa

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Kenji Miyazawa was born in Iwate, japan in 1896 and died in 1933. He was a devoted Buddhist, poet, author, musician, painter, teacher, biologist, geologist, and farming consultant who prescribed fertilizers for local farmers even on his death bed with tuberculosis. The area was hit by record earthquakes and tsunamis on March 11th, 2011. However, such natural disasters also occurred in the years of his birth and death. -- from introduction.

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Irie Books

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1617203769

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9781617203763

Night of the Milky Way Railway

By: Kenji Miyazawa

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Night of the Milky Way Railway

By: Kenji Miyazawa

Giovanni and his friend Campanella, who is dead from drowning, travel on a celestial railway which is a ferry of souls journeying to the afterlife.

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204

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M.E. Sharpe

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0873328205

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9780873328203

The Night Hawk Star

By: Kenji Miyazawa,Helen Smith

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The Night Hawk Star

By: Kenji Miyazawa,Helen Smith

Children's story about a bird who is laughed at by others because he is different. Adapted by Helen Smith from the original by Kenji Miyazawa, and illustrated by the winner of the 1987 Children's Book Council Picture Book of the Year Award.

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0091825741

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9780091825744

Kenju's Forest

By: Helen Smith,Junko Morimoto,Kenji Miyazawa

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Kenju's Forest

By: Helen Smith,Junko Morimoto,Kenji Miyazawa

Although he is laughed at by the villagers, a young boy creates a special legacy that is enjoyed by future generations.

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Angus & Robertson

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0207177007

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9780207177002

The Night Hawk Star

By: Junko Morimoto,Kenji Miyazawa

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The Night Hawk Star

By: Junko Morimoto,Kenji Miyazawa

This is the story of Night Hawk thought to be the plainest and most awkward bird to stand on two feet.

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0091827310

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9780091827311

Ms. Marvel (2014) 3

Cotta

By: Miyazawa Kenji,G. Willow Wilson,Takeshi Miyazawa

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Ms. Marvel (2014) 3

Cotta

By: Miyazawa Kenji,G. Willow Wilson,Takeshi Miyazawa

A Jersey City l’amore è nell’aria, è San Valentino! E se a Kamala Khan non è concesso di andare al ballo della scuola, Ms. Marvel può fare tutto quello che vuole! Be’, più o meno – sembra che la nuova eroina rovinerà la festa nel tentativo di catturare il peggior imbroglione di Asgard! Sì, una storia speciale per San Valentino con la partecipazione del ciarlatano preferito dell’Universo Marvel: Loki! E quando un misterioso sconosciuto arriva a Jersey City, Ms. Marvel deve fare i conti con… una cotta! Perché il nuovo tizio è molto, molto carino. Ma cosa sono questi sentimenti, Kamala Khan? Preparatevi per drammi! Intrighi! Amori! Cose prese a pugni! Tutto questo e ancora di più! La serie acclamata dai fan e celebrata dalla critica continua, e Kamala Khan dimostra perché è la migliore (e la più adorabile) super eroina che ci sia!

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114

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Panini S.p.A.

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8891225681

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9788891225689

Book's by Miyazawa Kenji

Once and Forever

Once and Forever

Miyazawa Kenji's Ten Japanese Stories for Children

Miyazawa Kenji's Ten Japanese Stories for Children

Night on the Galactic Railroad and Other Stories from Ihatov

Night on the Galactic Railroad and Other Stories from Ihatov

Miyazawa Kenji

Miyazawa Kenji

Kenji Miyazawa's Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories

Kenji Miyazawa's Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories

Night of the Milky Way Railway

Night of the Milky Way Railway

The Boy of the Winds

The Boy of the Winds

Jews in the Japanese Mind

Jews in the Japanese Mind

Death and Funeral Practices in Japan

Death and Funeral Practices in Japan

Milky Way Railroad

Milky Way Railroad

Floating Stone

Floating Stone

Night of the Milky Way Railway

Night of the Milky Way Railway

The Night Hawk Star

The Night Hawk Star

Kenju's Forest

Kenju's Forest

The Night Hawk Star

The Night Hawk Star

Ms. Marvel (2014) 3

Ms. Marvel (2014) 3

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