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Discovering the Lotus on This Shore: A Reading of Kenji Miyazawa's "Okhotsk Elegy"
Dharma World
  • Jon P. Holt, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Subjects
  • Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) -- Criticism and interpretation,
  • Japan -- Literary collections
Disciplines
Abstract

Miyazawa wrote stories and poems in order to help others understand, venerate, and propagate the Lotus. In doing so, he created works that are both very Japanese and very worldly.

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Published with permission from Dharma World. Originally published in Dharma World Vol. 43, and available online at: http://www.rk-world.org/dharmaworld/dk_home.aspx

Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17679
Citation Information
Holt, Jon. "Discovering the Lotus on This Shore: A Reading of Kenji Miyazawa's 'Okhotsk Elegy'." Dharma World Vol. 43 (Tokyo: 2016). 25-29.