2020 Volume 102 Pages 55-70
From the late 1960s, Terayama Shūji edited the literary column in the test-preparation magazines Ko-3 Course and Ko-1 Course, a job that also served as inspiration for his own creative work. His book of poetry criticism, Sengoshi (Postwar Poetry, 1965), was based on his experiences with this literary column, and work submitted to the column became the basis for the Tenjō Sajiki theater troupe's production Sho wo Suteyo, Machi e Deyo (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, 1968). In this paper, while referring to Terayama's theories of poetry and artistic creation, I present an intrinsic analysis of what actually happened in this column, which provided a creative space for the submitting writers. The act of writing in this column enabled these young writers to relativize their own environment, and to create their own original space while actually on the move. I also show that spaces for creation like this literary column were directly connected to the “streets” young people “rallied in” during the 1960s.
