| Author: | Minear, Richard H. | Place: | New York |
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| Publisher: | Center for International Training and Education | Year: | 1994 |
Minear, Richard H.. Through Japanese Eyes . New York, Center for International Training and Education, 1994.
Literature, History and Social Sciences
Tracing Japanese history since the 17th century, the author introduces the reality of Japanese society through Japanese eyes. The chapter, “Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” contains Sankichi Toge and Sadako Kurihara's poems translated by the author. In the chapter entitled “The Japan That Can Say No,” he compares the ideas of two Japanese, Shintaro lshihara, a statesman, and Sadako Kurihara, a poet in Hiroshima. 17世紀から現代までの日本史をたどりながら、日本人の目から見た日本社会の現実を紹介している。「広島と長崎」の章で、峠三吉と栗原貞子の詩を筆者の訳詩で紹介。「ノーといえる日本」の章で、政治家石原慎太郎と詩人栗原貞子の思想を対比している。