Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, has died. She was 93. Shiraishi was known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music. American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed her “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan.” Shiraishi died of heart failure on June 14, according to Shichosha, a Tokyo publisher of her works.
Kazuko Shiraishi speaks at a park in Tokyo , on Nov. 15, 1996. Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japan ese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, died of heart failure on June 14, according to a Tokyo publisher of her works on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. She was 93. Kazuko Shiraishi reads a poetry in Tokyo on March 11, 2016.
With her trademark long black hair and theatrical delivery, she defied historical stereotypes of the silent, non-assertive Japanese woman.and John Coltrane among her influences. She was a pioneer in performance poetry, featured at poetry festivals around the world. She read her works with theBorn in Vancouver, Canada, she moved back to Japan as a child. While a teen, she joined an avant-garde poetry group.
Rexroth was instrumental in getting Shiraishi’s works translated into English, including collections such as “My Floating Mother, City” in 2009 and “Seasons of Sacred Lust” in 1978. In 1973, Paul Engle invited her to spend a year as a guest writer at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, an experience that broadened her artistic scope and helped her gain her poetic voice.
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