12. Failure and Success

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. Takuboku, Modern Poet 1
4. 2. Takuboku in Tokyo 19
5. 3. Takuboku the Schoolteacher 35
6. 4. Exile to Hokkaidō 45
7. 5. Hakodate and Sapporo 58
8. 6. Takuboku in Otaru 71
9. 7. A Winter in Kushiro 84
10. 8. Poetry or Prose? 102
11. 9. Takuboku Joins the Asahi 121
12. 10. The Romaji Diary 136
13. 11. The Sorrows of Takuboku and Setsuko 153
14. 12. Failure and Success 163
15. 13. Takuboku on Poetry 175
16. 14. The High Treason Trial 187
17. 15. The Last Days 201
18. 16. Takuboku’s Life After Death 214
19. Notes 223
20. Bibliography 261
21. Index 267