Overview<\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kawada_poster.png\")
The book cover image is the collection “Kawada Seiichi shish\u016b” whose beautifully bound is made by Kusano Shinpei. It was published in a limited edition of 100 copies by Sh\u014dshinsha.<\/p><\/div>\n
Not many people can have heard of the poet Kawada Seiichi<\/b>. He was born in 1911 in the town of Nioch\u014d in the Mitoyo District of Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku, and later studied in the preparatory course of the Waseda University No. 2 High School If you are a member of this university, he is one of your senpai. Kawada spent his youth alongside writers such as Tamura Taijir\u014d (1911-1983), Inoue Tomoichir\u014d (1909-1997), and Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) who\u2014though they may not be much read anymore\u2014were active in the postwar years. Kawada published many poems in the magazine Aish\u014d and was recognized as a genius during his own lifetime, but he fell victim to tuberculosis and died in 1934, aged only 22.<\/p>\n
His closest friend Tamura assumed responsibility for Kawada\u2019s surviving manuscripts, and with the editorial help of Inoue and the poet Kusano Shinpei (1903-1988), in 1940 the collection Kawada Seiichi shish\u016b<\/b> was published. This remains Kawada\u2019s only printed collection of poems. During the editing process, Tamura, who had already been conscripted, corresponded with Inoue, who was still in Tokyo. Thereafter, both Tamura and Inoue were swallowed up by the chaos of the period. This collection is thus not only the fruit of Kawada\u2019s poetic compositions, but also a memorial to the youth of a man whose life was cut short by war and tuberculosis<\/b>.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1efad1b5aa917a846fa5b3fc11367269-610x793.png\")
<\/p>\n
In this exhibition, we display surviving manuscripts by Kawada and his friends, as well as materials by other young people who were active in literary circles at the same time. We must be cautious about juxtaposing the era in which Kawada and his friends lived with our contemporary age. Yet when we stand before the exhibition materials, we cannot help but feel the passion with which these unknown young people devoted themselves to activities they cared about at a time when the future was so radically uncertain<\/b>. Perhaps when we do what we really want to do, the currents of the time are unimportant. Quite by chance, this exhibition coincides with graduation and entrance ceremonies. We shall be delighted if it provides you with some encouragement to pursue your own path.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Date\/Venue<\/h3>\n
Venue\uff1a<\/b>Exhibition Room (Center for Scholarly Information, 2nd Floor)
\nDate\uff1a<\/b>Mar. 23 (Thu) – Apr. 28 (Fri) 2023
\nOpening hours\uff1a<\/b>10:00am – 6:00pm<\/p>\n\n- Admission free<\/li>\n
- Closed on Sundays (except Mar. 26 or Apr. 2)<\/li>\n
- Closing at 5:00pm on Mar. 25, 26 and Apr. 2<\/li>\n
- Visitors without a library card can enter, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note<\/h3>\n
For preventing COVID-19, read “Important notice regarding the exhibition”<\/a> in advance<\/b> when visiting.
\n<\/a><\/p>\nList of Exhibits<\/h3>\n
manuscripts,\u00a0epistles, a diary, magazines, poetry collection “Kawada Seiich Shisyu”\u00a0<\/i>
\nYou can get a free-of-charge booklet containing a brief chronology of Seiichi Kawada and a list of his works at the exhibition room.<\/i>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n
\u300c\u6cb3\u7530\u8aa0\u4e00\u306e\u8a69\u3068\u751f\u6daf\u3001\u304a\u3088\u3073\u305d\u306e\u8a69\u96c6\u6210\u7acb\u3068\u907a\u7a3f\u985e\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066<\/a>\u300d\uff08Bulletin of the Waseda University Library, 69\uff09
\n<\/a><\/p>\nVirtual Museum<\/h3>\n
The book cover image is the collection “Kawada Seiichi shish\u016b” whose beautifully bound is made by Kusano Shinpei. It was published in a limited edition of 100 copies by Sh\u014dshinsha.<\/p><\/div>\n
Not many people can have heard of the poet Kawada Seiichi<\/b>. He was born in 1911 in the town of Nioch\u014d in the Mitoyo District of Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku, and later studied in the preparatory course of the Waseda University No. 2 High School If you are a member of this university, he is one of your senpai. Kawada spent his youth alongside writers such as Tamura Taijir\u014d (1911-1983), Inoue Tomoichir\u014d (1909-1997), and Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) who\u2014though they may not be much read anymore\u2014were active in the postwar years. Kawada published many poems in the magazine Aish\u014d and was recognized as a genius during his own lifetime, but he fell victim to tuberculosis and died in 1934, aged only 22.<\/p>\n
His closest friend Tamura assumed responsibility for Kawada\u2019s surviving manuscripts, and with the editorial help of Inoue and the poet Kusano Shinpei (1903-1988), in 1940 the collection Kawada Seiichi shish\u016b<\/b> was published. This remains Kawada\u2019s only printed collection of poems. During the editing process, Tamura, who had already been conscripted, corresponded with Inoue, who was still in Tokyo. Thereafter, both Tamura and Inoue were swallowed up by the chaos of the period. This collection is thus not only the fruit of Kawada\u2019s poetic compositions, but also a memorial to the youth of a man whose life was cut short by war and tuberculosis<\/b>.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In this exhibition, we display surviving manuscripts by Kawada and his friends, as well as materials by other young people who were active in literary circles at the same time. We must be cautious about juxtaposing the era in which Kawada and his friends lived with our contemporary age. Yet when we stand before the exhibition materials, we cannot help but feel the passion with which these unknown young people devoted themselves to activities they cared about at a time when the future was so radically uncertain<\/b>. Perhaps when we do what we really want to do, the currents of the time are unimportant. Quite by chance, this exhibition coincides with graduation and entrance ceremonies. We shall be delighted if it provides you with some encouragement to pursue your own path.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Date\/Venue<\/h3>\n
Venue\uff1a<\/b>Exhibition Room (Center for Scholarly Information, 2nd Floor) For preventing COVID-19, read “Important notice regarding the exhibition”<\/a> in advance<\/b> when visiting. manuscripts,\u00a0epistles, a diary, magazines, poetry collection “Kawada Seiich Shisyu”\u00a0<\/i> \u300c\u6cb3\u7530\u8aa0\u4e00\u306e\u8a69\u3068\u751f\u6daf\u3001\u304a\u3088\u3073\u305d\u306e\u8a69\u96c6\u6210\u7acb\u3068\u907a\u7a3f\u985e\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066<\/a>\u300d\uff08Bulletin of the Waseda University Library, 69\uff09
\nDate\uff1a<\/b>Mar. 23 (Thu) – Apr. 28 (Fri) 2023
\nOpening hours\uff1a<\/b>10:00am – 6:00pm<\/p>\n\n
Note<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nList of Exhibits<\/h3>\n
\nYou can get a free-of-charge booklet containing a brief chronology of Seiichi Kawada and a list of his works at the exhibition room.<\/i>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nRelated articles<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\nVirtual Museum<\/h3>\n