あらすじ
[About the Book]
ーWeaving poetry in an absurd world-
Reality and imagination, consciousness and the unconscious, presence and absence, self and other, light and shadow.
Layer upon layer, these worlds intertwine and take shape in words-in poetry.
This collection brings together poems by Shugo Kawahara, drawn from his previously published works, along with tanka, essays, and literary critiques. It stands as a culmination of his creative journey to date-a single volume that distills years of poetic exploration and thought.
[Editor's Comment]
As you read the poems in this book, you’ll be reminded that the “words” we use so casually each day hold infinite possibilities.
Sometimes they reflect our own hearts; at other times, they open gateways to the unknown.
Please take your time and savor the ever-shifting colors of language that emerge throughout these pages.
［Author Biography］
Hirokazu Nakai
Born in Takefu City (now Echizen City), Fukui Prefecture in 1939.
Doctor of Agriculture (1978). Specialized in “Plant Breeding Science”.
Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1965. In the same year, he entered the Master’s Course of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
In 1969, he moved to the Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, where he worked as a research assistant and then assistant professor before becoming a professor in 1989.
Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, 1995-1999
Vice President, Shizuoka University, 2000-2004
Retired in 2005; Professor Emeritus, Shizuoka University
1979-1982, Dispatch Expert, Genetics and Breeding Group, Joint Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Food and Agriculture Organization (worked part-time in Vienna, Austria and Mymensingh, Bangladesh).
Vice President, Japan Academy of Agronomy, 1998-2001
From 2000-2019, he was the director of Kiyosawa Juku, a place for restoring terraced rice paddies and learning how to grow rice using natural farming methods.
2009-2019, “Mutation Breeding Project Leader, FNCA (Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia)
Director, Shizuoka Eiwa Institute, 2019-2022
Currently, he is a technical advisor to the Institute of Agriculture, Environment and Health. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of the social welfare corporation “Shizuoka Inochi no Denwa” (Telephone for Life). He is a part-time lecturer (in charge of emotional lectures) at Sunpu Gakuen, a middle and high school for boys and girls.
Author of “Rice and the Japanese” (editor) (Shizuoka Shimbun, 1997), “Inochi no Kagayaki: Nogakusha to Yonin (4 person) no Taiwa” (Yasosha, 2006), and others.
