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Hiroaki Sato has been writing for The Japan Times since 2000. It's not to be beat. I'm showcasing here an article two years old this month, but being the US military and expenditures, it remains timely.
On the Spring Equinox Longhouse will issue a two booklet set of Hiroaki Sato's translations of Miyazawa Kenji. He has been called by Gary Snyder, "perhaps the finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English."
Selected Works
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Shikishi. Poems of Princess Shikishi. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Bluefish, 1973
Translated by Hiroaki Sato.Ten Japanese Poets. Hanover, New Hampshire: Granite, 1973.
Minoru, Yoshika. Lilac Garden. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Poems of a Penisist. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Miyazawa, Kenji. Spring and Asura. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Winter Haiku: 25 Haiku by Mutsuo Takahashi. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Manchester, NH: First Haiku Press, 1980.
Takamura, K Mtar M. Chieko and Other Poems of Takamura K Mtar M.
Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii, 1980
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry. Edited and translated by Hiroaki Sato and Burton Watson. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1981.
Winner of the American PEN translation prize in 1983.
Sato, Hiroaki. One Hundred Frogs: From Renga to Haiku to English. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1983.
Yagyu, Munenori. Sword and the Mind. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1986
Haiku in English: A Poetic Form Expands. Tokyo, Japan: Simul Press, 1987.
That First Time: Six Renga on Love, and Other Poems. Laurinburg, NC: St. Andrews Press, 1988.
Miyazawa, Kenji. Future of Ice: Poems and Stories of a Japanese Buddhist. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Sleeping Sinning Falling. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. City Lights Books, 1992
Takamura, Kotaro. A Brief History of Imbecility: Poetry and Prose of Takamura Kotaro. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii, 1992
Ozaki, Hosai. Right under the big sky, I don't wear a hat: the haiku and prose of Hosai Ozaki. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1993
Shikishi. String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii Press, 1993
Sato, Hiroaki. One Hundred Frogs. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1995.
Sato, Hiroaki. Legends of the Samurai. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1995.
Matsuo, Basho. Basho's Narrow road: spring & autumn passages. Translated from the Japanese, with annotations by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1996
Saiko, Ema: Breeze through Bamboo: Selected Kanshi of Ema Saiko. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Columbia University Press, 1997. (Winner of the 1999 Japan United States Friendship Commission Japanese Literary Translation Prize)
Mishima, Yukio. Silk and Insight. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1998.
Hagiwara, Sakutaro. Howling at the Moon and Blue. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Green Integer, 2001
Taneda, Santoka. Grass and Tree Cairn. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2002
Mishima, Yukio. My Friend Hitler: and Other Plays. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Columbia University Press, 2002
Yagyu, Munenori. The Sword and the Mind: The Classic Japanese Treatise on Swordsmanship and Tactics. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Fall River Press, 2004.
Sato, Hiroaki. Erotic Haiku. Yohan Shuppan, 2005
Miyazawa, Kenji. Miyazawa Kenji: Selections. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. University of California, 2007
Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2007.
Inose, Naoki w/ Hiroaki Sato. Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima. Stone Bridge Press.
Sato, Hiroaki. Snow in a Silver Bowl: A Quest for the World of Yugen. Red Moon Press, 2013.
Translated by Hiroaki Sato.Ten Japanese Poets. Hanover, New Hampshire: Granite, 1973.
Minoru, Yoshika. Lilac Garden. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Poems of a Penisist. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Miyazawa, Kenji. Spring and Asura. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Chicago Review, 1975
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Winter Haiku: 25 Haiku by Mutsuo Takahashi. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Manchester, NH: First Haiku Press, 1980.
Takamura, K Mtar M. Chieko and Other Poems of Takamura K Mtar M.
Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii, 1980
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry. Edited and translated by Hiroaki Sato and Burton Watson. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1981.
Winner of the American PEN translation prize in 1983.
Sato, Hiroaki. One Hundred Frogs: From Renga to Haiku to English. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1983.
Yagyu, Munenori. Sword and the Mind. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1986
Haiku in English: A Poetic Form Expands. Tokyo, Japan: Simul Press, 1987.
That First Time: Six Renga on Love, and Other Poems. Laurinburg, NC: St. Andrews Press, 1988.
Miyazawa, Kenji. Future of Ice: Poems and Stories of a Japanese Buddhist. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989
Takahashi, Mutsuo. Sleeping Sinning Falling. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. City Lights Books, 1992
Takamura, Kotaro. A Brief History of Imbecility: Poetry and Prose of Takamura Kotaro. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii, 1992
Ozaki, Hosai. Right under the big sky, I don't wear a hat: the haiku and prose of Hosai Ozaki. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1993
Shikishi. String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. University of Hawaii Press, 1993
Sato, Hiroaki. One Hundred Frogs. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1995.
Sato, Hiroaki. Legends of the Samurai. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1995.
Matsuo, Basho. Basho's Narrow road: spring & autumn passages. Translated from the Japanese, with annotations by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 1996
Saiko, Ema: Breeze through Bamboo: Selected Kanshi of Ema Saiko. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Columbia University Press, 1997. (Winner of the 1999 Japan United States Friendship Commission Japanese Literary Translation Prize)
Mishima, Yukio. Silk and Insight. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1998.
Hagiwara, Sakutaro. Howling at the Moon and Blue. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Green Integer, 2001
Taneda, Santoka. Grass and Tree Cairn. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2002
Mishima, Yukio. My Friend Hitler: and Other Plays. Translated by Hiroaki Sato. Columbia University Press, 2002
Yagyu, Munenori. The Sword and the Mind: The Classic Japanese Treatise on Swordsmanship and Tactics. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. Fall River Press, 2004.
Sato, Hiroaki. Erotic Haiku. Yohan Shuppan, 2005
Miyazawa, Kenji. Miyazawa Kenji: Selections. Translated from the Japanese by Hiroaki Sato. University of California, 2007
Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese Women Poets: An Anthology. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2007.
Inose, Naoki w/ Hiroaki Sato. Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima. Stone Bridge Press.
Sato, Hiroaki. Snow in a Silver Bowl: A Quest for the World of Yugen. Red Moon Press, 2013.
