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Keiko Akamatsu

あかまつ けいこ

Akamatsu Keiko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1931-01-18 （Ōgaki, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Etajima City)）
Died
2012-05-07 age 81
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (formerly Ōgaki) → Yamaguchi Prefecture (after marriage)

Career

Occupations
haiku poet
Active Years
1947-2012
Memberships
Haiku Poets Association
Influenced By
Minakichi Sōu

Education

Hiroshima First Girls' High School (old system)
Country: Japan
Hiroshima Yūhō High School
Country: Japan

Awards

Haiku Poets Association Award
1975
Work: Hakuhaku (Shiraha?)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: 受賞
Yamaguchi Prefecture Selection (Arts and Culture Achievement)
1994
Organization: Yamaguchi Prefecture
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ko Bosatsu

Haiku

A collection of haiku with religious sensibility.

religious sensibilityBuddhist imagery

Hakuhaku

Haiku

One of her representative collections; awarded the Haiku Poets Association Award in 1975.

moonviews on life and deathreligious themes

Ten'i

Haiku

A collection featuring delicate emotions and religious motifs.

cherry blossomsnature perception

Sange

Haiku

A book collecting haiku notable for Buddhist symbols and natural depiction.

Buddhismnature

Getsuyu

Haiku

Contains many haiku themed on the moon and nocturnal scenes.

moonnight

Kairen

Haiku

A collection of haiku expressing emotions related to the sea.

seanostalgia

Haikō

Haiku

A collection including haiku with religious overtones.

religionritual

Bibliography

  • Ko Bosatsu
  • Hakuhaku
  • Ten'i
  • Sange
  • Getsuyu
  • Kairen
  • Haikō
  • Collected Works of Keiko Akamatsu (Self-annotated Modern Haiku Series)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
A lyrical, imaginative haiku style with religious undertonesConcise and symbolic expression
Recurring Motifs
moonseacherry blossomsBuddhist motifs

Legacy

A Japanese female haiku poet known for imaginative, religiously inflected verse. Awarded the Haiku Poets Association Award and recognized by Yamaguchi Prefecture for contributions to arts and culture.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library

Quotes

  • A crane cries, and drop by drop the moon grows gold.
    Source: haiku
  • All awaken in sleep in this world — cherry blossom time.
    Source: haiku

Trivia

  • Has VIAF identifier (VIAF:116763450)
  • Authority records exist in national library databases