Romaji Diary and Sad Toys by Takuboku Ishikawa

Romaji Diary and Sad Toys

Takuboku Ishikawa

279 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

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The novella Romaji Diary represents the first instance of a Japanese writer using Romaji - roman script - to relate stories in non-kana or kanji format. Sad Toys is a collection of 194 Tanka, the traditional 31-syllable poems that evoke Japan's mi...

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