Abstract

A luxurious collector's edition presenting 17 of Miyazawa Kenji's masterpieces with color illustrations by Akira Kusaka. Eternally incomplete - for all those who explore and live in the present.

◇130th anniversary of Miyazawa Kenji's birth (2026)
◆A luxurious collector's edition that allows you to experience selected Kenji works anew with Akira Kusaka's fantastic and beautiful color illustrations. Hardcover, foil stamping, case, exquisite design by Hideyuki Saito.
◆14 selected masterpieces and 3 poems by Miyazawa Kenji that everyone from children to adults should read in their lifetime are included in one book. ◆Repair production, 3 pieces of music inspired by Kenji's works are specially included at the end of the book. Also includes annotations, chronology, explanations of each story by Yuji Kono, and an afterword. A book that can be enjoyed by people from around 10 years old to seniors. Eternally incomplete - for all those who explore and live in the present without answers.

This is a that presents 17 of Miyazawa Kenji's best works, including "The Restaurant of Many Orders," "The Biography of Gusuko Budori," "Kaze no Matasaburo," "Gauche the Cellist," "Night on the Galactic Railroad," and "Ame ni mo Makezu," with beautiful color illustrations by Akira Kusaka. At the end of the book, there are notes and explanations of each story. All kanji are accompanied by furigana. It is a book that can be enjoyed over and over again by children and adults alike. *Specially includes <3 pieces of music (QR code)> inspired by Kenji's works, produced by repair.

Author’s Information

Kenji Miyazawa / Born in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture in 1896. Graduated from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at Morioka Agricultural and Forestry College. He began writing tanka in his teens, and left behind many poems and fairy tales. During his lifetime, he published a collection of poems called "Spring and Ashura" and a collection of fairy tales called "The Restaurant of Many Orders." He also founded the Rasu Jijin Association and devoted himself to improving the lives of farmers, but passed away in 1933 at the age of 37 due to acute pneumonia.

Akira Kusaka / Illustrator and graphic designer. Lives in Osaka Prefecture. He mainly works on graphic design and book illustrations. His illustrations include "Kenji Miyazawa's Fairy Tales: The Restaurant of Many Orders, Gauche the Cellist, etc.", "Kenji Miyazawa's Fairy Tales: The Cat's Office, Night on the Galactic Railroad, etc.", and "Kenji Miyazawa's Fairy Tales: Undeterred by the Rain, Matasaburo the Wind, etc." (author: Kenji Miyazawa, Sekai Bunka Publishing). He also works with pianist Yuka Taniguchi as part of the picture, sound and words unit "repair". He is in charge of pictures and trombone.

Yuji Ono/A professor at Joetsu University of Education. He studied modern Japanese literature at the Faculty of Letters at Kanazawa University and in the doctoral program at Tsukuba University. He has researched novels and fairy tales from the Taisho and Showa periods, including those by Yukio Mishima, Kenji Miyazawa and Mimei Ogawa. His books include "Douwaron Miyazawa Kenji - Purification and Cleansing" and "Familiar with Mimei Ogawa" (both published by Sokyu Shorin), and many others.