"Miyazawa Kenji's Fairy Tales: A Collection of Masterpieces Read for 100 Years: The Cat's Office, Night on the Galactic Railroad, and More" by Miyazawa Kenji (author/writer), Kusaka Akira (illustrator), Ono Yuji (supervisor), Sekai Bunka Publishing

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Published by: Sekai Bunka Publishing Co., Ltd.
B5 variant, 240mm long, 185mm wide, 14mm thick, 430g, 176 pages
Regular price 1,300 yen + tax
ISBN978-4-418-22847-8

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Specification Six stories and one poem by Kenji Miyazawa, including the timeless masterpieces "Night on the Galactic Railroad" and "The Cat's Office"

A collection of children's stories that includes six of Miyazawa Kenji's masterpieces that have been read for nearly 100 years, as well as the poem "Song of the Starry Night."
At the end of the book, there are explanations (with photos) that allow you to learn about each story, as well as the background of Kenji's unfinished masterpiece "Night on the Galactic Railroad."
・Kusaka Akira poetically depicts Kenji's beautiful fairy tales about his life together with the people and nature of Iwate.
- Large softcover makes it easy to read, and all kanji are accompanied by furigana.
・A book that can be enjoyed over and over again throughout one's life, by everyone from elementary and junior high school students to adults.

Kenji Miyazawa contemplated life and death and continued to ask what true happiness was.
His unfinished masterpiece "Night on the Galactic Railroad" (new edition: fourth manuscript), "The Cat's Office" and "The Bear of Mt. Nametoko" are among his works.
A collection of children's stories that includes six of Miyazawa Kenji's masterpieces and one poem, which have been read for about 100 years.
Akira Kusaka presents a variety of fairy tales that weave together the truths of humanity with beautiful, fantastical illustrations.

At the end of the book, there is an explanation of each story and a section titled "Kenji Miyazawa and 'Night on the Galactic Railroad'" (with photos).
All kanji are accompanied by furigana. This is a book that can be enjoyed over and over again by children and adults alike.

table of contents
[Included works]
Cat's Office/The Bear of Nametoko Mountain/Ginkgo Fruit
April of the Mountain Man/Big Dipper of the Crow/Night on the Galactic Railroad (New Edition: Fourth Manuscript)
Song of the Stars [Poem]
* Kenji Miyazawa and "Night on the Galactic Railroad" * Chronology
*Commentary (Yuji Ono/Professor, Graduate School of Education, Joetsu University of Education)

Author Profile
Kenji Miyazawa (author/writer)
(Author)
Born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture in 1896. Graduated from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at Morioka Agricultural and Forestry College. He began writing tanka in his teens, and left behind many poems and children's stories. During his lifetime, he published a collection of poems called "Spring and Ashura" and a collection of children's stories called "The Restaurant of Many Orders." He also founded the Rasu Jijin Association and devoted himself to improving the lives of farmers, but passed away in 1933 at the age of 37 due to acute pneumonia.

Akira Kusaka (illustration)
(picture)
Illustrator and graphic designer. Lives in Osaka Prefecture. Mainly involved in graphic design and book illustrations. Picture book "A BOWL FULL OF PEACE" and illustrations for "Miyazawa Kenji Children's Stories: The Restaurant of Many Orders, Gauche the Cellist, and Other Stories" (by Miyazawa Kenji, Sekai Bunka Publishing) and "Units of the Unmeasurable World" (by Yonezawa Kei, Sogensha). Also active as a member of the picture, sound and words unit "repair". In charge of pictures and trombone.

Yuji Ono (Supervisor)
(Supervision)
Literary scholar. Majored in modern Japanese literature at Kanazawa University Faculty of Literature and Tsukuba University Graduate School of Literature and Language. Served as vice president and professor at Joetsu University of Education, and is currently a professor at Joetsu University of Education Graduate School. Researches novels and fairy tales from the Taisho and Showa periods, such as Ogawa Mimei, Miyazawa Kenji, and Mishima Yukio, and currently serves as a specialist instructor at the Ogawa Mimei Literature Museum and heads the Ogawa Mimei Research Group. His books include "Getting to Know Ogawa Mimei" and "Fairy Tale Theory Miyazawa Kenji - Purification and Purification" (both published by Sokyu Shorin), and many others.

The above information is current at the time of publication.

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