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Miyazawa Kenji 宮沢賢治

poet · children's writer · Iwate, Japan · 1896–1933

He gave up teaching at an agricultural school to live among farmers. "Unbeaten by the Rain" was found in a notebook after his death.

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1924

The phenomenon called "I" is a single blue illumination of a presupposed organic alternating-current lamp.

わたくしといふ現象は 仮定された有機交流電燈の ひとつの青い照明です

Spring and Asura (Haru to shura), preface

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November 3, 1931

Unbeaten by the rain, unbeaten by the wind, unbeaten by snow or the heat of summer, with a sturdy body, without greed, never angry, always quietly smiling

雨ニモマケズ 風ニモマケズ 雪ニモ夏ノ暑サニモマケヌ 丈夫ナカラダヲモチ 慾ハナク 決シテ瞋ラズ イツモシヅカニワラッテヰル

"Unbeaten by the Rain" (Ame ni mo makezu), written in a notebook

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