Fragments on Humanity Minoru Nakamura ■ Fragments on Humanity First printing: February 20, 2002 First edition: February 28, 2002 ■ Author: Minoru Nakamura Publisher: Kazuto Shimizu Published by: Seidosha A5 size, 320 pages Hardcover ⭕ Author Minoru Nakamura (born 1927). Poet and lawyer. His poetry collections include "Ubara Sho" (Takamura Kotaro Prize), "The Landscape of Flying Insects" (Yomiuri Literary Prize), "Fufan Hyoto" (Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize), and "Shinshu Genkasho." His critical works include "Kenji Miyazawa," "Chuya Nakahara - Songs Without Words," and "A Personal Essay on Mokichi Saito." His biography includes "A Fleeting Illusion: The Life of Tetsuro Komai, the Copperplate Engraver" (Yomiuri Literary Prize). ⭕ The Words of Poetry and Song Touch "Society" This collection of essays consists of twelve chapters, including "On Love," "On Fathers," "On Mothers," "On Friendship," "On Youth," and "On Words." First, "On Love." Takuboku Ishikawa was the first to write a poem on the theme of "love." However, the word "love" is difficult for Japanese people to understand, so Takuboku only sang of the word's inherent ambiguity. Kotaro Takamura also sang of "love," but he did not come to know "the suffering that Chieko, his wife, must have had as a living human being." The author writes while quoting related poems and songs. It is concrete and easy to understand. This book fully examines and sometimes unravels the hearts of poetry and song and the positions of the authors, thereby capturing the "sociality" of the words of poetry and song.