Masaaki Tachihara — Wikipedia

Masaaki Tachihara ( Masaaki Tachihara ^? , January 6, 1926 – August 12, 1980 ) is the name of the pen of a novelist, essayist, essayist, poet and Japanese literary critic of Korean origin from the Shōwa era.

Tachihara was born in 1926 in the city of Andong, province of Gyeongsangbuk-Do in Korea (then occupied by Japan), of Korean parents. His father is a member of the former Korean aristocracy and an army officer in the service of the Joseon dynasty, who became Zen priest after the Japanese annexation of Korea. He commits suicide when Tachihara is five years old.

Four years after the death of his father in 1931, Tachihara moved with his mother to Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. His Korean name is Kim Yun Kyu (金 胤奎: 김윤규), but he changes his name for that of Nomura shintarō ( Kotaro Nomura ^? ) When his mother marries a Japanese. Later, he recorded his name Kanai masaaki As part of politics sōshi-kaimei , but after his own marriage (with a Japanese), he changes his name again to YONEMOTO MASAKI ( Masaaki Yonemoto ^? ) . He was naturalized in Japan in 1947.

He is a student at Waseda University in Tokyo, and first enrolled in the Faculty of Law. However, he turned to the literature department, motivated by the novels of Yasunari Kawabata and the literary criticism of Hideo Kobayashi.

Tachihara is strongly attracted by medieval Japanese culture, in particular the Noh theater and the traditional Japanese gardens, and its novels are modeled by the aesthetics of the Treatise FUSHI KAIDEN from Zeami. Tachihara is interested in ceramic collections, particularly many pieces from Dybastie Yi. It is only after his death that his Korean ethnic origin is widely known ^{[ first ]} .

They are in it (“Fall wheat”), Tachihara’s first novel, is published in the literary magazine BUNGEI KENKYUKAI . He is well received by literary criticism, which leads him to decide to become a professional writer. In 1958, he published Tanin no jiyu (“The freedom of others”) in the magazine Gunzo , followed by TAKIGI NOH («Firelight No»), Tsurugi-ga-saki («CAP TSURUGI») et Urushi No hana (“Lacquer flower”).

He won the 55 ^{It is} Edition of the Naoki Prize for his novel SHIROI KESHO (“Pavot Blanc”, 1965). He refuses the Akutagawa Prize twice because he believes that the award would harm his reputation as a serious literature author ^{[ 2 ]} .

One of his books, Wind and Stone , was translated into English by Stephen W. Kohl.

Tachihara resides in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture from 1950 until his death of esophagus cancer. Before dying, he officially changed his name to TACHIHARA MASAKI . I am The tombing if you truu au zuisen-ji to kamakura.

• Kushū ( Barley autumn )
• Tanin NO JIYū ( Freedom of others ), 1958
• Takigi ( Salary )
• Tsurugi-ga-saki ( Kenkagasaki )
• SHIROI KESHI ( White 罌 罌 罌 罌 罌 )
• Fuyu NO TABI ( Winter trip )
• NATSU NO HIKARI ( Summer light )
• Kinuta ( Kinuna )
• Fuyu NO KATAMI NI ( In the winter kata )

• Michiko Wilson , Masaaki Tachihara et Stephen W. Kohl « Cliff’s Edge and Other Stories by tachihara masaaki, Stephen W. KOHL », Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese , Association of Teachers of Japanese, vol. 20, n ^O 1, April 1986 , p. 120–124 (DOI  10,2307/489534 , JSTOR  489534 )
• Kaneko, masao. SOKYU TO KYOSEI: TACHIHARA MASAKI, YAMAKAWA MASAO, KAIKO TAKESHI NO BUNGAKU . SHISEIDO (1999). (ISBN  4795279837 )
• Tachihara, miki. KAZE NO YO NI, HIKARI NO YO NI: CHICHI TACHIHARA MASAKI . KADOKAWA SHOTEN (1985). (ISBN  4-04-883184-4 )