Pages: 32
Size: 30.5 x 0.9 x 20.7 cm
ISBN-10: 4905530261
ISBN-13: 978-4905530268

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Publisher: Ima-Jin sha
1st edition: 2015.11.03
2nd edition: 2014.02.16, 3rd edition: 2014.08.08, 4th edition: 2015.05.25, 5th edition: 2016.08.27、6th edition: 2018.05.02, 7th edition: 2020.02, 8th edition: 2025.05.30

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Award (1)
Orion Shobo Picture Book Grand Prix December 2013, This month's Eh-ha! Picture Book of the Month

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Selection (1)
Japan Library Association

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Poet Arthur Binard offers a fresh, entirely new perspective in his English translation of Miyazawa Kenji’s Ame ni mo Makezu. The book features vivid illustrations by world-renowned animator Yamamura Koji.

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Review/Press
»BookuMeter / »Booklo　
»The World of Kenji Miyazawa as Seen Through the Eyes by Maya Kumon, ""Kisetsufu" No. 119 (Summer 2014)
"Recommended New Picture Books by Yukiko Hiromatsu" – "MOE" (April Issue, March 3, 2014)
"Reading Kenji’s 'Ame ni mo Makezu' in English: A Translation by Arthur Binard" – "Asahi Junior High School Weekly" (February 23, 2014)
"A Poem Containing Kenji’s Hopes: Lessons Using an English-Translated Picture Book" – "Asahi Elementary School Newspaper" (February 17, 2014)
»NHK Radio "Asa Ichiban" – Keiko Ochiai’s Picture Book Time (February 23, 2014)
»Night on the Galactic Railroad's Kenji Miyazawa Poem Illustrated, Translated (Anime News Network 2014.02.12)　
»80th Anniversary of the Discovery of Miyazawa Kenji’s “Ame ni mo Makezu” Notebook: Original Manuscript Exhibition Held (Da Vinci News, 2014.02.07)
E-Tele "NHK Tanka" (February 2, 2014)
"Illustration" magazine, March 2014 issue (February 2014)
»Orion Shobo Picture Book Grand Prix – December 2013: This Month’s "Ta-da!" Picture Book: Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't (2013.12)
Publication of an English-translated picture book of Kenji Miyazawa’s "Ame ni mo Makezu" (Not Defeated by the Rain) – Asahi Shimbun Digital (Asahi Shimbun morning edition, Tokyo, Jan. 13, 2014)
Taking Kenji’s poetry to the world: "Rain won't stop me" – an English translation of "Ame ni mo Makezu" accompanied by illustrations (Yomiuri Shimbun, Tama regional edition, Jan. 7, 2014)
»Featured New Release: Ame ni mo Makezu / Rain Won't (Da Vinci, January 2014 issue; December 31, 2013)
»Picture Books, Reading Books, New Releases Ame ni mo Makezu / Rain Won't by Crayon House – Takea Iwama (Tokyo Shimbun, December 6, 2013)
»"Hu Si Wang" (Iwate Nichinichi Shimbun, front-page column, November 28, 2013)
Original Art Exhibition: Marking the Publication of a Picture Book Illustrated by Yamamura Koji — Kunitachi/Tokyo (Mainichi Shimbun, Nov. 5, 2013)
Illustrations for Poems by Kenji Miyazawa: Exhibition of Original Art from Koji Yamamura’s Picture Book — Hon-Yomiuri-do : YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct. 30, 2013)

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Exhibition (8)
"Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" – Original Art Exhibition by Koji Yamamura, Kofu City Library Exhibition Room, Oct 7–19, 2014
"Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" – Original Art Exhibition at the 21st Tokyo International Book Fair, July 2–5, 2014, Tokyo Big Sight (Imjinsha booth); includes a book-signing event with Koji Yamamura on July 2, 2014 »Site
30th Anniversary Exhibition: "Green Earth – The Future of This Planet" – Konoha Gallery, Kanda, Tokyo, May 12–24, 2014 »Site
"Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" – Exhibition of Original Art by Koji Yamamura @ Haruhiko Kindaichi Memorial Library, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, March 14–26, 2014 »Site
Yamamura Koji "Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" Publication Commemorative Original Art Exhibition – February 11–18, 2014, at Kinokuniya Forum (4th floor, Kinokuniya Shinjuku Main Store) »Site
Orion Shobo, Norte Branch: "Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" – Exhibition of Reproduced Original Artworks (Tachikawa, January 2014)
Koji Yamamura "Amenimo Makezu / Rain Won't" Original Art Exhibition – January 2–15, 2014 – Crayon House Tokyo, 1st Floor, Children’s Books Section »Site
Koji Yamamura Picture Book Original Art Exhibition, Gallery Biblio, Oct 31 – Nov 5, 2013 »Site

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