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Tsutomu Mizukami (水上勉, Mizukami Tsutomu, 8 March 1919 – 8 September 2004), also known as Tsutomu Minakami, was a Japanese writer of novels, biographies, and plays. Mizukami's major works include The Temple of the Wild Geese, Kiga kaikyō and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen.
Bamboo Dolls of Echizen (Japanese: 越前竹人形, Hepburn: Echizen take ningyo) is a novella by Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami first published in 1963.
The Temple of the Wild Geese (Japanese: 雁の寺, Hepburn: Gan no tera) is an autobiographical novella by Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami first published in 1961. It received the Naoki Prize the same year.
KEY POINTS. A unique work of art that examines the mysterious murder of a priest at a temple in Kyoto ("The Temple of the Wild Geese") SYNOPSIS. The ineffable secrets that people live with - tales that portray the beauty, poverty, and cruelty of Japan in bygone.
Two elaborate tales written in the early 1960s by the Japanese author Tsutomu Mizukami (1919-2004) explore volcanic oedipal urges lurking just below the surface of unlikely love triangles. In The Temple of the Wild Geese, set at a Zen Buddhist monastery in the mountains, Jinen, an unhappy, disfigured and lonely orphaned novice, develops a ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Tsutomu Minakami, Dennis Washburn (Translator) 3.96. 78 ratings16 reviews. The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him.
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Mar 1, 2008 · The Temple of the Wild Geese, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a shocking climax.
- Tsutomu Minakami, Tsutomu Mizukami
