{"product_id":"three-demons-paperback","title":"Three Demons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSanki Saitō\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRyan C. K. Choi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSanki Saitō (1900-1962), born Keichoku Saitō in Tsuyama, Japan, was a pioneering short story writer and poet whose bold, modern haiku challenged the conventions of his time. As a key figure in the New Rising Haiku movement of the 1930s, Sanki redefined the boundaries of haiku by breaking with the strict traditionalists who insisted on \"season words\" and the direct observation of nature. In their place, Sanki and his peers opened haiku to imagined experience, infusing it with radical new perspectives that would forever transform the form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting under the pen name Sanki, meaning \"Three Demons,\" his reputation as a literary maverick grew rapidly. His radical, inventive approach to haiku, however, also made him a target of Japan's militaristic government. In 1940, Sanki was imprisoned as part of the wartime crackdown on dissident artists and writers, and he was officially silenced--banned from writing or publishing his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Demons\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Sanki's most evocative haiku, meticulously curated and beautifully translated by Ryan Choi. Drawing from five of Sanki's collections--\u003cem\u003eFlags\u003c\/em\u003e (1940), \u003cem\u003eNight Peaches\u003c\/em\u003e (1948), \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e (1948), \u003cem\u003eToday \u003c\/em\u003e(1952), and \u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e (1962)--this anthology introduces readers to the revolutionary spirit and emotional depth of a poet who helped redefine one of Japan's most treasured literary traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanki Saitō \u003c\/b\u003e(1900-1962) was a Japanese poet and short story writer, most famous for his modern haiku, which he began writing in his thirties while practicing dentistry, and for which he was briefly imprisoned during the Second World War. He published four collections in his lifetime--\u003cem\u003eFlags\u003c\/em\u003e (1940), \u003cem\u003eNight Peaches\u003c\/em\u003e (1948), \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e (1952), and \u003cem\u003eTransformations\u003c\/em\u003e (1962). \"Sanki\" is a nom de plume that means \"Three Demons.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRyan C. K. Choi\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning composer and musician, writer, and literary translator, whose work has appeared in BOMB, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe White Review, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. His translations have included the works of Jun Tsuji, Shinkichi Takahashi, Sanki Saitō, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755513708832,"sku":"9781960385277","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51d8c9c2543aa71c40fa4ea72cee4280.webp?v=1780061130","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/three-demons-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}