Matasaburō of the Wind
風の又三郎
宮沢賢治 · Japanese
On the first day of the school term a strange boy appears in a mountain village classroom, and by the twelfth day he is gone.
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On the first day of the school term a strange boy appears in a mountain village classroom, and by the twelfth day he is gone. The local children decide he must be Matasaburō, the wind spirit of their grandparents' stories, and Miyazawa never quite tells us whether they are wrong. Written in the plain speech of children and full of the weather of northern Japan, it is one of the last works he prepared for publication before his death.
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宮沢賢治
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was a Japanese poet and writer of children's stories. He worked as an agricultural teacher in the impoverished northeast and wrote almost entirely for himself, publishing only two books in his lifetime. Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Restaurant of Many Orders and his poetry were recognised after his death and are now read across Japan.
Matasaburō of the Wind
風の又三郎
宮沢賢治 · Japanese
On the first day of the school term a strange boy appears in a mountain village classroom, and by the twelfth day he is gone.
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どっどど どどうど どどうど どどう 青いくるみも吹きとばせ すっぱいかりんも吹きとばせ どっどど どどうど どどうど どどう 谷川の岸に小さな学校がありました。 教室はたった一つでしたが生徒は三年生がないだけで、あとは一年から六年までみんなありました。運動場もテニスコートのくらいでしたが、すぐうしろは栗の木のあるきれいな草の山でしたし、運動場のすみにはごぼごぼつめたい水を噴く岩穴もあったのです。 さわやかな九月一日の朝でした。青ぞらで風がどうと鳴り、日光は運動場いっぱいでした。黒い雪袴をはいた二人の一年生の子がどてをまわって運動場にはいって来て、まだほかにだれも来ていないのを見て、「ほう、おら一等だぞ。一等だぞ。」とかわるがわる叫びながら大よろこびで門をはいって来たのでしたが、ちょっと教室の中を見ますと、二人ともまるでびっくりして棒立ちになり、それから顔を見合わせてぶるぶるふるえましたが、ひとりはとうとう泣き出してしまいました。というわけは、そのしんとした朝の教室のなかにどこから来たのか、まるで顔も知らないおかしな赤い髪の子供がひとり、いちばん前の机にちゃんとすわっていたのです。そし
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On the first day of the school term a strange boy appears in a mountain village classroom, and by the twelfth day he is gone. The local children decide he must be Matasaburō, the wind spirit of their grandparents' stories, and Miyazawa never quite tells us whether they are wrong. Written in the plain speech of children and full of the weather of northern Japan, it is one of the last works he prepared for publication before his death.
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宮沢賢治
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was a Japanese poet and writer of children's stories. He worked as an agricultural teacher in the impoverished northeast and wrote almost entirely for himself, publishing only two books in his lifetime. Night on the Galactic Railroad, The Restaurant of Many Orders and his poetry were recognised after his death and are now read across Japan.
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