Omokage - Omokage

This is a collection of translated poems by the literary group Shinsei-sha (SSS), which consisted of Mori Ogai and his associates Koganei Kimiko, Ochiai Naobumi, Inoue Michiyasu, and others. It was published in the "Moshiogusa" column in the summer supplement of the magazine Kokumin no Tomo, issued in August 1889 (Meiji 22). When it was included in Ogai's collection of original and translated works, Minawashu (1892), two more poems were added, bringing the total to 19. Poems by poets such as Goethe's "Mignon's Song," which begins with "The lemon trees blossom in the grove, / The golden tangerines ripen on their branches," and Shakespeare's "Oferia's Song," which begins with the 7-5 rhythm of "Which one is your lover / How should I know," solidify romantic sentiments in beautiful words, and had a great influence on young people of the Meiji era, such as Kitamura Tokoku and Shimazaki Toson. The translations are also experimental attempts with a diverse aesthetic background, such as translations into Chinese poetry and attempts to transplant rhythm. This is a groundbreaking collection of translated poems that heralded the beginning of modern lyric poetry.

[Kunihiko Nakajima]

"Takao Kanda and Keiichiro Kobori's Annotated Collection of Modern Japanese Literature 52: Meiji and Taisho Translations of Poetry" (1971, Kadokawa Shoten)

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森鴎外(おうがい)とその周辺にいた小金井喜美子、落合直文(なおぶみ)、井上通泰(みちやす)らの文学グループ新声社（S.S.S.）の手になる訳詩集。1889年（明治22）8月発行の雑誌『国民之友』の夏期付録「藻塩草(もしおぐさ)」欄に発表された。鴎外の創作・翻訳作品集『美奈和(みなわ)集』（1892）に収録のおり、2編追加され全19編となる。「『レモン』の木は花さきくらき林の中に／こがね色したる柑子(かうじ)は枝もたわゝにみのり」と始まるゲーテ「ミニヨンの歌」、「いづれを君が恋人と／わきて知るべきすべやある」と七五調で歌い出されるシェークスピア「オフエリアの歌」をはじめ、レーナウ、ハイネ、バイロンなどの詩は、ロマン的心情をみごとなことばで定着させ、北村透谷(とうこく)、島崎藤村(とうそん)など明治の若者たちに多大な感化を与えた。漢詩に訳したり韻律を移植しようとしたり、その翻訳は多彩な美学を背景にもった実験的な試みともなっている。近代叙情詩の幕開きを告げる画期的な訳詩集である。

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『神田孝夫・小堀桂一郎注釈『日本近代文学大系52　明治大正訳詩集』（1971・角川書店）』

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