Tsujii Takashi

Tsujii Takashi, 辻井喬, (March 30, 1927 - ) is a Japanese author and poet, and the pen name of Tsutsumi Seiji,堤清二, a major business leader.

Tsujii is the son of Yasujiro Tsutsumi, founder of the Seibu Railway company and a long-serving member, and eventually speaker, of Japan's House of Representatives. He was born in Tokyo and, after receiving his degree in economics from the University of Tokyo in 1951, began work as a secretary to his father. He took on a series of executive roles, culminating in corporate leadership, including serving as chairman of the Saison group of companies, whose brands include Seibu Department Stores, Seiyū supermarket, Wave (a music shop), Parco (shopping complex), Muji(a variety store) and Loft (a variety store).His fortune was more than 70 billion dollars in 1987.

In addition to his business career, Tsujii has also had a notable career as writer and poet under his pen name, and has served as Director of International PEN Club, Japan. His work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, and Russian.

Prizes

 * 1994 Tanizaki Prize for Niji no misaki (Rainbow Cape, 虹の岬)
 * 2004 Noma Literary Prize Chichi no shozo (Portrait of My Father)

English translations

 * A spring like any other : a novel, translated by Beth Cary. Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1992. ISBN 4-7700-1550-X.
 * Disappearance of the butterfly, translated by Robert Brady & Susanne Akemi Wegmüller. Santa Fe: Katydid Books; Honolulu, HI: Distributed by University of Hawaii Press, 1994. ISBN 0-942668-43-X.

Selected works

 * Hōkō no kisetsu no naka de, 1969.
 * Shi doku henreki, 1975.
 * Tsujii Takashi shishū, 1975.
 * Kemonomichi wa kurai, 1977.
 * Hako matawa shingō e no koshitsu, 1978.
 * Shinʾya no dokusho, Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1982.
 * Itsumo to onaji haru (いつも と 同じ 春), Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1983.
 * Fuan no shūhen (不安 の 周辺), Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1985.
 * Shōwa no shūen : 20-seiki shogainen no hōkai to mirai (昭和 の 終焉 : 20世紀 諸概念 の 崩壊 と 未来), Tōkyō : Toreviru : Hatsubai Riburo Pōto, 1986.
 * Anʾya henreki (暗夜 遍歴), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1987.
 * Yōnaki hito no (ようなき 人 の), Tōkyō : Shichōsha, 1989.
 * Yoshimoto Takaaki "itsutsu no taiwa" (吉本 隆明 「五つ の 対話」), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 1990.
 * Kokkyō no owari : yo no owari no tame no yonshō (国境 の 終り : 世 の 終り の ため の 四章), Tōkyō : Fukutake Shoten, 1990.
 * Niji no misaki (虹 の 岬), Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, 1994.
 * Koigokoro (恋心), Tōkyō : Sakuhinsha, 1995.
 * Dentō no sōzōryoku (伝統 の 創造力), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten, 2001.
 * Chichi no shozo (Portrait of My Father), Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2004.

堤清二 Цудзии, Такаси