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	* [[Tirukkural translations]]		* [[Tirukkural translations]]
	* [[Tirukkural translations into Japanese]]		* [[Tirukkural translations into Japanese]]

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{{short description|Japanese engineer and translator}}
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| birth_date = 1921
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
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| nationality = Japanese
| known_for = Translating [[Tirukkural]] into Japanese
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{{Nihongo|'''Shuzo Matsunaga'''|松永脩蔵|lead=yes}} (born 1921)<ref>[http://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00121922 松永, 脩蔵, 1921-]</ref> is a Japanese engineer best known for translating the [[Tirukkural|Kural]] into [[Japanese language|Japanese]] from its English version.

==Biography==
Shuzo first read a translation of a few couplets of the Kural in the 1970s and developed an interest in reading more of it. He wrote to his [[Pen pal|pen-friend]] Shekar in [[Omalur]], [[Salem, India|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]] about his interest, and Shekar's father S. M. Muthu, who is an avid lover of Tamil literature, sent Shuzo a copy of [[George Uglow Pope|G. U. Pope's]] English translation of the Kural.<ref name="Hindu_ScholarPassesAway">{{cite news
| last = Saqaf
| first = Syed Muthahar
| title = Tamil scholar passes away
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Salem
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 31 March 2016
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tamil-scholar-passes-away/article8415656.ece
| access-date = 4 January 2018}}</ref> Shuzo soon began translating the entire work into Japanese and completed it in 1980, for which he corresponded with Muthu seeking clarifications about the ancient work in 50-odd letters.<ref name="Hindu_FriendshipWithstoodTime">{{cite news
| last = Kannadasan
| first = Akila
| title = Friendship that has withstood time
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Coimbatore
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 24 June 2012
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/friendship-that-has-withstood-time/article3564823.ece
| access-date = 4 January 2018}}</ref>

In 1981, his another penpal, C. Thanaraj,{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} arranged for Shuzo's maiden trip to [[India]] to attend the [[World Tamil Conference|fifth World Classical Tamil Conference]] to be held in [[Madurai]], where Shuzo presented his research essay on the Kural.<ref name="MM_IndianOnJapanStamp">{{cite journal
| last = Bhaskar
| first = Sailendra
| title = The Indian on a Japanese stamp
| journal = Madras Musings
| volume = XXVI
| issue = 03
| date = May 16–31, 2016
| url = http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-26-no-3/the-indian-on-a-japanese-stamp/
| access-date = 4 January 2018}}</ref> Upon Muthu's request, Shuzo also translated poet [[Subramania Bharati|Bharathiar's]] ''Kuyil Paatu'' into Japanese, which won an award and cash prize from the [[Thanjavur]] [[Tamil University]]. Shuzo also translated ''[[Manimekalai]]'', ''[[Naaladiyar]]'', ''[[Panchatantra|Panchathanthira Kathaigal]]'' and ''Voice of Vallalar'' into Japanese.<ref name="Hindu_FriendshipWithstoodTime"/>

Shuzo also authored a book titled ''My India As Seen Through Letters'', explaining his experience with the Indian culture all through the correspondence with Muthu.<ref name="Hindu_FriendshipWithstoodTime"/><ref name="MM_IndianOnJapanStamp"/>

==Opinions and quotes==
Shuzo opines about the Kural text thus:
{{cquote|The most interesting characteristic of the Kural-love songs is the independence of the body of a person. Heart, face, soul, eyes, hands, forehead, or even the pallid complexion of the face shows their character uncontrollable by the person himself. Such an expression rouses deeper and deeper emotions. Towards the end of the Kural love songs, we can see a vivid love quarrel between husband and wife caused by the sneeze of the husband. This description is so fresh and animated that I feel as if I were watching a home frama on TV.<br><br>The Kural is the core of the spirit of the Tamil people. And the most remarkable point is that it is threaded through with "Love to the others."<ref name="GloryOfTK">{{cite book
| last = Rajaram
| first = M.
| title = Glory of Thirukkural
| publisher = International Institute of Tamil Studies
| edition = 1
| date = 2015
| location = Chennai
| pages = 58
| isbn = 978-93-85165-95-5
}}</ref>}}

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Japan|Tamils|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into Japanese]]
* [[List of translators]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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