Howling at the Moon - Tsuki ni Hoeru

Japanese: 月に吠える - つきにほえる
Howling at the Moon - Tsuki ni Hoeru

Hagiwara Sakutaro's first collection of poems. Published in 1917 (Taisho 6) by Kanjōshisha and Hakujitsusha Publishing. Contains 56 poems published between 1914 and 1917 ("Love and Compassion" and "A Person Who Loves Love" were deleted due to concerns about the corruption of morals). The significance of this collection lies in the way it expresses a world captured by "abnormal nerves" like "a razor deeply drenched in melancholy perfume" (Kitahara Hakushu), "using modern language with complete freedom" (Saijo Yaso). "Two pine-clad cats, / On the roof on a troubled night, / From the tips of their stiff tails, / A thread-like crescent moon fades. / 'Oh, good evening,' / 'Oh, good evening, oh, good evening, oh, good evening,' / 'Oh, the master of this house is sick.'" ("Cat"). The first half is filled with tension, while the second half is relaxed, similar to his second collection of poems, "Blue Cat."

[Tadao Kubo]

"Appreciation of Contemporary Japanese Literature 12: Hagiwara Sakutarō" (1981, Kadokawa Shoten)"Hagiwara Sakutarō Poetry Collection" (Iwanami Bunko)

[Reference item] | Sakutaro Hagiwara

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

萩原朔太郎(はぎわらさくたろう)の第一詩集。1917年(大正6)感情詩社・白日社出版部共刊。1914年から17年にかけて発表の詩から56編を収録(『愛憐(あいれん)』『恋を恋する人』は風俗壊乱のかどで削除)。「憂鬱(ゆううつ)な香水に深く涵(ひた)した剃刀(かみそり)」(北原白秋(はくしゅう))のような「異常な神経」がとらえた世界を「現代語をあくまで自由自在に駆使」(西条八十(さいじょうやそ))して表現したところに、この詩集の意義がある。「まつくろけの猫が二疋(ひき)、/なやましいよるの屋根のうへで、/ぴんとたてた尻尾(しっぽ)のさきから、/糸のやうなみかづきがかすんでゐる。/『おわあ、こんばんは』/『おわあ、こんばんは』/『おぎやあ、おぎやあ、おぎやあ』/『おわああ、ここの家の主人は病気です』」(『猫』)。前半は緊張感がみなぎり、後半は弛緩(しかん)的で、第二詩集『青猫(あおねこ)』に近い。

[久保忠夫]

『『鑑賞日本現代文学12 萩原朔太郎』(1981・角川書店)』『『萩原朔太郎詩集』(岩波文庫)』

[参照項目] | 萩原朔太郎

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