Black Eggs: Poems by Kurihara Sadako

by Kurihara Sadako

Book Overview

Kurihara Sadako was born in Hiroshima in 1913, and she was there on August 6, 1945. Already a poet before she experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, she used her poetic talents to describe the blast and its aftermath. In 1946, despite the censorship of the American Occupation, she published Kuroi tamago (Black Eggs), poems from before, during, and immediately after the war. This volume includes a translation of Kuroi tamago from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472038168
• ISBN13: 9780472038169
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"