盛开的樱花林下

by Ango Sakaguchi

樱花盛放之际，漫天樱瓣密如急雨，蛊惑了软弱孤独的灵魂
（书写空寂与哀愁、慨叹颓废与孤独，与太宰治齐名的日本无赖派文学大师——坂口安吾，
对东瀛文化与日式美学的全新演绎 （世间最恐怖的，并非魑魅魍魉，而是欲壑难填的人心）
瑰丽凄美的东瀛怪谈，引人步入怪诞迷离的诡异幻境
典雅而富古典韵味的译文，完美展现原作风貌
我无需思考，因为在我眼中只有美感，而没有人类。——坂口安吾

Genres: Japanese Literature

209 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2016

About the author

From Niigata, Sakaguchi (坂口安吾) was one of a group of young Japanese writers to rise to prominence in the years immediately following Japan's defeat in World War II. In 1946 he wrote his most famous essay, titled "Darakuron" ("On Decadence"), which examined the role of bushido during the war. It is widely argued that he saw postwar Japan as decadent, yet more truthful than a wartime Japan built on illusions like bushido.
Ango was born in 1906, and was the 12th child of 13. He was born in the middle of a Japan perpetually at war. His father was the president of the Niigata Shinbun (Newspaper), a politician, and a poet.
Ango wanted to be a writer at 16. He moved to Tokyo at 17, after hitting a teacher who caught him truanting. His father died from brain cancer the following year, leaving his family in massive debt. At 20, Ango taught for a year as a substitute teacher following secondary school. He became heavily involved in Buddhism and went to University to study Indian philosophy, graduating at the age of 25. Throughout his career as a student, Ango was very vocal in his opinions.
He wrote various works of literature after graduating, receiving praise from writers such as Makino Shin’ichi. His literary career started around the same time as Japan’s expansion into Manchuria. He met his wife to be, Yada Tsuseko, at 27. His mother died when he was 37, in the middle of World War II. He struggled for recognition as a writer for years before finally finding it with “A Personal View of Japanese Culture” in 1942, and again with “On Decadence” in 1946. That same year, the Emperor formally declared himself a human being, not a god. Ango had a child at 48 with his second wife, Kaji Michio. He died from a brain aneurysm at age 48 in 1955.

Reviews

[cey · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Some time went by before he felt something inside himself, faintly warm. And this, he found, was his sadness. Little by little, he began to sense the swelling warmth, wrapped as it was in the coldness of the blossoms and emptiness."

[Shea Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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