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Japanese Emperor Hirohito Awarded Tanka Poet for Year 1932 RARE:
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Japanese Emperor Hirohito Awarded Tanka Poet for Year 1932
Komuro Masanobu 小室昌信 sends New Year\'s greetings to F. M. Trautz and his wife. This card is addressed to 都良宇津先生 (Dr. Trautz - To-Ra-Wu-Tsu-Sen-Sei) and his wife. On the verso, similar text appears, but reading ドクトル都良宇津先生 / using both kanji and katakana for the name Trautz. In addition to their names, Komuro wishes them good health and luck in their research.
Komuro Masanobu of Kyoto appeared in the March 17, 1932 issue of the Nippon Shinbun (Japan Newspaper Company, Brazil, São Paulo), where it was noted that his poem (tanka 短歌) was one of five selected from the general public by Emperor Hirohito for that year (see photo). These selected poems were featured in the New Year\'s Poetry Reading Ceremony, held on January 18, 1932, at the Imperial Palace. The theme for this year was \"The Cock\'s Crow at Dawn\" or \"The Voice of the Dawn Rooster.\"
Tanka by Komuro Masanobu 小室昌信の短歌 (Shirami yuku yofune no mato ni, kikoyu (Minato no machi no niwatori no koe)
An article published in \"Time Magazine\" on February 1, 1932, sheds light on the annual tradition:
\"The greatest New Year\'s honor that can befall a Japanese is to have his poem recited to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Hirohito. Less than ten poems are recited. All must be on the same subject (chosen in advance by the Imperial Household Ministry). All must be in the requisite tanka form of 31 syllables in lines of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables. Each year at least 30,000 Japanese poets strive for the honor. U. S. cable companies are grateful for the fact that Japanese living abroad usually wire their contributions. Those who do not win have another consolation: some may be invited to the Phoenix Hall of the Imperial Palace to hear the tankas composed by members of the Imperial family. This ceremony occurred last week. Subject of this year\'s composition was \"The Cock\'s Crowing at Dawn...\"
Friedrich Max Trautz (1877-1952) was a German Army officer, scholar and Japanologist. He developed a deep interest in Japan and studied Japanese in Berlin, earning the first doctorate in Japanese studies from Friedrich Wilhelm University. He worked at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin and was instrumental in promoting the academic study of Japanese history and culture. In 1926, he became the German director of the Japan Institute in Berlin. He continued his research in Kyoto and became the first director of the German Research Institute in Japan in 1934. His work included documenting traditional Japanese culture and fostering German-Japanese cultural