Motojirō Kajii

Motojirō Kajii 梶井 基次郎
Motojirō di taman rumah saudaranya di Distrik Kawabe, Hyōgo (Januari 1931)
Lahir	(1901-02-17)17 Februari 1901 Nishi-ku, Osaka, Jepang
Meninggal	24 Maret 1932(1932-03-24) (umur 31) Oji-cho, Sumiyoshi-ku (kini:Abeno-ku), Osaka
Makam	Minami-ku (kini:Chūō-ku), Osaka
Pekerjaan	Penulis
Bahasa	Jepang
Almamater	Universitas Tokyo (mengundurkan diri)
Periode	1925 – 1932
Genre	Cerpen, puisi prosa
Aliran sastra	(I-Novel[1])
Karya terkenal	Lemon (1925) In a Castle Town (1925) Winter Days (1927) Flies of Winter (1928) Beneath the Cherry Trees (1928) The Scroll of Darkness (1930) The Easygoing Patient (1932)

Motojirō Kajii (梶井 基次郎code: ja is deprecated , Kajii Motojirō, juga Motojirou Kajii, 17 Februari 1901 – 24 Maret 1932) adalah seorang penulis Jepang pada awal zaman Shōwa yang dikenal karena membuat cerpen-cerpen puitis. Kajii meninggalkan adi-adikarya seperti Remon (檸檬code: ja is deprecated , "Lemon"), "Shiro no aru machi nite" (城のある町にてcode: ja is deprecated , "In a Castle Town"). Fuyu no hi (冬の日code: ja is deprecated , "Winter Days") dan Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (櫻の樹の下にはcode: ja is deprecated , "Beneath the Cherry Trees"). Karya-karya puitisnya dipuji oleh para penulis sejawat yang meliputi Yasunari Kawabata dan Yukio Mishima.^[2]

Sumber

• Kajii, Motojiro (stories); Kodoma de Larroche, Christine (translation, introduction). 1996. Le citron : nouvelles (second partial French translation of Remon). Picquier poche. Arles, France: P. Picquier. ISBN 978-2-87730-277-7: pp. 7–22 (short biography). [First printed as: Kajii, Motojiro (stories); Kodoma de Larroche, Christine (translation, introduction). 1987. Les cercles d'un regard : le monde de Kajii Motojirô (first partial French translation of Remon). Bibliothèque de l'Institut des hautes études japonaises. Paris, France: Maisonneuve et Larose. ISBN 978-2-7068-0932-3.]
• Matsuoka, Tatsuya. 2005. "An Encounter with Kajii Motojiro" (English version of his Japanese notice^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}). JLLP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project). Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Literature Publishing and Promotion Center (Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan). Internet page (snapshot at WebCite).

Catatan akhir

Rujukan umum

• A complete list of stories by Kajii (with literal English and Romaji titles) at Griffe – World's Literature
• J'Lit | Authors : Motojiro Kajii | Books from Japan
• Matsusaka Castle Ruins, "The scenery which Kajii Motojiro loved"^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]} – the basis for "In a Castle Town"
• Audiobook in Japanese (mp3)
• Motojiro Kajii's grave

Terjemahan yang tersedia di daring (termasuk terjemahan amatir)

• Karya oleh/tentang Motojirō Kajii di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Karya Motojirō Kajii di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
• "An Inner Landscape" (tr. Tony Gonzalez)
• "Beneath the Cherry Trees" (tr. Morgan Giles)
• "Blue Sky" (tr. Morgan Giles)
• "Caress" (tr. Ursula Owen)
• "The Feeling on the Bluff" text and annotated Word format (tr. Ursula Owen)
• "Lemon" plus a comment (tr. C Seu)
• "A Musical Derangement" (tr. Stephen Wechselblatt) in New Orleans Review (Summer/Fall 1983 Issue)
• "Under the Cherry Blossoms" (tr. Bonnie Huie) at The Brooklyn Rail

Ulasan

• A short English review of the French partial edition of Remon in Bohème Magazine (July 2004)