Tain Yuan

デンゲン

Visiting Professor

area of expertise: Contemporary Japanese poetry (Research and translation with a focus on Shuntaro Tanikawa)

Main subjects

Comparative Culture of Japan and China, Japan in the World

Research Themes and Keywords

Japanese modern poetry, haiku

Final academic background/degree

Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Research Majoring in Japanese Literature / PhD (Literature)

Major achievements

Tahara (editor/translator) (2022) Selected Poems of Shuntaro Tanikawa (Volumes 1 and 2), Taiwan Cooperative Press.
Tahara (2021) Haiku of the 100 Generations, Poem Peace Publishing.
Tahara (translation) (2019) "Selected Haiku by Matsuo Basho" Shanghai Literature Press.
Tahara (translator) (2018) Kaneko Misuzu Complete Works, Chushin Publishing.
Tahara (2010) On Tanikawa Shuntaro, Iwanami Shoten.
Tahara (ed.) (2010) Selected Poems of Shuntaro Tanikawa, Volumes 1-4, Shueisha Bunko.

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extracurricular activities

Research at the New Poetry School of Peking University, Organizer of the Kitakyushu Poets Conference

Social contribution activities

Tokyo "Kawada Cup" Sino-Japanese Reading Support

message

After feeling the charm of modern Japanese poetry and contemporary poetry from other countries, let's enjoy the universality and mystery hidden in modern poetry together.