Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1975) award
Kenichi Adachi
あだち けんいち
adachi kenichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1913-06-29 （Kanda, Tokyo City, Japan (now Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan)）
- Died
- 1985-08-14 （Japan） age 72
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (birth) → Kobe (childhood/raised) → Osaka (worked) → Kobe (professor/residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Essayist, University Professor, Newspaper Journalist, Editor
- Active Years
- 1934-1985
- Affiliations
- Shin-Osaka Newspaper Company (head of arts section, head of social section, etc.), MBS (program planning and appearances), Osaka University of Arts (Professor), Kobe Women's University (Professor), Taishu Bungaku Kenkyukai (Popular Literature Research Association, editorial committee)
- Memberships
- Suzuya Society (Founding/member No. 1), Taishu Bungaku Kenkyukai (Editorial committee)
- Influenced By
- Motoori Norinaga
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kogakkan University | — | Department of National and Chinese Studies | — | 1934-1938 | Japan |
Kogakkan University
Department of National and Chinese Studies
Period:
1934-1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
Japan
Contributed to poetry and tanka magazines during his studies.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Arts Selection (Minister of Education Award) | Yachimata (Yachimata/Yachimata — title often given as "Yachimata"; representative biography) | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Selection) | winner |
| 1982 | Japan Essayists Club Award | Kojetsuki (Nijimetsuki / Nijimetsu-ki) | — | Japan Essayists Club | winner |
| 1984 | Japan Poets Club Award | Zakka (Miscellaneous Songs/Poems) | — | Japan Poets Club | winner |
Arts Selection (Minister of Education Award)
1975
Work:
Yachimata (Yachimata/Yachimata — title often given as "Yachimata"; representative biography)
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Selection)
Result:
winner
Japan Essayists Club Award
1982
Work:
Kojetsuki (Nijimetsuki / Nijimetsu-ki)
Organization:
Japan Essayists Club
Result:
winner
Japan Poets Club Award
1984
Work:
Zakka (Miscellaneous Songs/Poems)
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1982) award
Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1984) award
Works
Major Works
Yachimata
1974 Biographical fiction / Critical biographyA biographical work depicting the blind kokugaku scholar Motoori Haruniwa; a major work exploring the weight of scholarship and life.
Kokugaku (national studies)BiographyBlindnessModern intellectual history of Japan
Nijimetsuki
1982 EssaysA collection of essays weaving postwar memories and everyday fragments from the author's distinctive perspective.
MemoryEveryday lifePostwar
Zakka
1983 PoetryA poetry collection including tanka and lyrical poems, demonstrating the breadth of his poetic work.
TankaPoetryObservations on human life
Bibliography
- Norinaga and Two Women (1943)
- Evening Meteor (1958)
- Journey to Seek Stones (1962)
- Yachimata (1974)
- Planting Strawberries at Dusk (1981)
- Nijimetsuki (1982)
- Zakka (1983)
- Life's Crossroads (1985)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Biographical and descriptive proseClear, observational essay styleGentle tone in children's poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Inner lives of historical figuresKansai locale and charactersMemory and nostalgia
Legacy
Contributed to the promotion of Motoori Norinaga's scholarship, acclaimed for biographical literature and children's poetry activities, and served as a university professor educating later generations.
Academic Societies
- Suzuya Society
- Taishu Bungaku Kenkyukai (Popular Literature Research Association)
Archives
- Kobe Literature Museum (related materials)
- National Diet Library (catalog of works)
Trivia
- Lost his father soon after birth and was raised by grandparents; after their deaths he was taken in by his maternal uncle.
- His representative work 'Yachimata' is acclaimed as a major biographical literary work depicting the blind kokugaku scholar Motoori Haruniwa.
- Involved in the founding and editing of the children's poetry magazine 'Kirin', making children's poetry a lifelong pursuit.