Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子 光晴, Kaneko Mitsuharu, 25 December 1895 – 30 June 1975) was a Japanese poet and painter. He was a recipient of the
Yomiuri Prize.
Biography
Mitsuharu Kaneko was born in
Tsushima, Aichi and attended the private Catholic school
Gyosei Gakuen in Tokyo. He published his first poetry collection Akatsuchi no Ie (Red Clay House) in 1919. He was known as an anti-establishment figure, and during the
Second World War, he deliberately made his son ill, so he would not be drafted. As well as publishing several volumes of poetry, he was also known for his autobiographical works. In 1954, he received the 5th
Yomiuri Prize.[1]
Selected bibliography
Poetry
Kohro (The Censor), private edition, Tokyo, 1916
Sekido no ie (The House of Red Clay), private edition, Tokyo, 1919
Koganemushi (Japanese Beetle), Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1923
Dai-furan shoh (Ode to Great Putrefaction), unpublished, 1923
Mizu no ruroh (Wanderings of Water), Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1926
Fuka shizumu (The Shark Sinks), co-authored with Mori Michiyo, Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1927
Same (Sharks), Jinminsha, Tokyo, 1937
Rakkasan (Parachute), Nihon mirai-ha hakkosho, Tokyo, 1948
Ga (Moth), Hokutoshoin, Tokyo, 1948
Onna-tachi e no eregii (Elegies to Women), Sogensha, Tokyo, 1949
Oni no ko no uta (Songs of a Devil’s Child), Jyuhjiya Shoten, Tokyo, 1949
Ningen no higeki (Human Tragedy), Sogensha, Tokyo, 1952
Hijoh (Merciless), Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1955
Collected Poems (5 volumes), Shoshi Yuriika/Shoushinsha, Tokyo, 1960–1971
He no yoh na uta (Songs Like a Fart), Schichosha, Tokyo, 1962
IL, Keisoshobo, Tokyo, 1965
Wakaba no uta (Songs of Young Leaves), Keisoshobo, Tokyo, 1967
Complete Poems, Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1967
Aijyo 69 (Love 69), Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1968
Hana to akibin (Flowers and Empty Bottles), Seigashobo, Tokyo, 1973
Essays
Marei Ran’in Kikoh (Malay and Dutch East Indies Travelogue), 1940
Shijin (Poet), Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1957, an autobiography
Dokuro-hai (Skull Cup), Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1971
Nemure pari (Go to Sleep, Paris), Chuo kohron sha, Tokyo, 1973
Nishi higashi (West and East), Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1974
Works in English
Opposition in 99 Poems in Translation, New York, Grove Press, 1994
References
^"読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese).
Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 28, 2018.