Mitsuharu Kaneko
Mitsuharu Kaneko 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 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.Selected bibliography
Poetry
- Kohro , private edition, Tokyo, 1916
- Sekido no ie , private edition, Tokyo, 1919
- Koganemushi , Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1923
- Dai-furan shoh , unpublished, 1923
- Mizu no ruroh , Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1926
- Fuka shizumu , co-authored with Mori Michiyo, Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1927
- Same , Jinminsha, Tokyo, 1937
- Rakkasan , Nihon mirai-ha hakkosho, Tokyo, 1948
- Ga , Hokutoshoin, Tokyo, 1948
- Onna-tachi e no eregii , Sogensha, Tokyo, 1949
- Oni no ko no uta , Jyuhjiya Shoten, Tokyo, 1949
- Ningen no higeki , Sogensha, Tokyo, 1952
- Hijoh , Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1955
- Collected Poems , Shoshi Yuriika/Shoushinsha, Tokyo, 1960–1971
- He no yoh na uta , Schichosha, Tokyo, 1962
- IL, Keisoshobo, Tokyo, 1965
- Wakaba no uta , Keisoshobo, Tokyo, 1967
- Complete Poems, Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1967
- Aijyo 69 , Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1968
- Hana to akibin , Seigashobo, Tokyo, 1973
Essays
- Marei Ran’in Kikoh , 1940
- Shijin , Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1957, an autobiography
- Dokuro-hai , Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1971
- Nemure pari , Chuo kohron sha, Tokyo, 1973
- Nishi higashi, Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1974
Works in English
