Lyric Pieces - Lyric Pieces

Muro Saisei's second collection of poems. Published by Kanjōshisha in 1918 (Taishō 7). The poems contained in this collection were published earlier than his first collection, Ai no Shishu (Poetry of Love), and were published over a period of two or three years from the autumn of 1912, during the early days of Saisei the poet. Parts one and two are mainly lyric poems written in classical language that express the feelings of someone aspiring to become a poet amidst hardship in his hometown of Kanazawa, and include the famous "Small Scary Feelings" ("My Hometown is Far Away and I Think of It") and "Lonely Spring". Part three was written in Tokyo, and contains some spiritual-seeking elements that are reminiscent of Ai no Shishu (Poetry of Love), as well as a mixture of colloquial language.

His close friend, Hagiwara Sakutaro, called this collection of poems the only beautiful collection of lyric short pieces in Japan since Kitahara Hakushu's "Omoide."

[Kunio Torii]

"Muro Saisei Poetry Collection" (Iwanami Bunko/Shincho Bunko)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室生犀星(むろうさいせい)の第二詩集。1918年（大正7）感情詩社より刊行。収められている詩編は第一詩集『愛の詩集』よりも早い時期のもので、1912年秋から2、3年の間に発表された、詩人犀星誕生期の作品である。1部、2部は主として故郷金沢で不遇のうちに詩を志す心情を歌った文語抒情詩で、「ふるさとは遠きにありて思ふもの」という有名な「小景異情」や「寂しき春」などを含む。3部は東京での作で、『愛の詩集』に通ずる求道的なものも現れ、口語調も混じってくる。

　親友萩原朔太郎(はぎわらさくたろう)はこの詩集を、北原白秋(はくしゅう)の『思ひ出』以後における日本唯一の美しい抒情小曲集であるといった。

［鳥居邦朗］

『『室生犀星詩集』（岩波文庫・新潮文庫）』

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