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Akira Naito

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Naito Akira

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1954-08-10 （Higashimagome, Ota, Tokyo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet, Japanese literature scholar, Man'yō scholar, university professor, critic
活動期間
1975年〜
所属
Waseda University (School of Social Sciences), 'Oto' tanka journal / 'Oto' tanka circle, Jodai Literature Society (Executive Director)
所属団体
Jodai Literature Society, Modern Tanka Poets Association (selection committee member)
影響を受けた人物
Chuichi Takekawa

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences (First Faculty of Letters)
Faculty of Letters
学位: 学士
期間: 1973-1977
卒業年: 1977
国: Japan
Undergraduate degree (graduated)
Waseda University Graduate School, Graduate School of Letters
Graduate School of Letters
学位: 修士（文学）
期間: 1978-1985
卒業年: 1985
国: Japan
Left after completing required credits; awarded Master of Arts (Literature)

受賞歴

Arts Encouragement New Artist Award (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
2004
対象作品: Ono to Magatama (Axe and Magatama)
主催: Japan Art Council / MEXT
結果: winner
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize
2004
対象作品: Ono to Magatama (Axe and Magatama)
主催: Terayama Shuji Prize Committee
結果: winner
Tanka Kenkyu Prize
2014
対象作品: "Bridge" (30 poems)
主催: Tanka Kenkyu-sha
結果: winner
Sato Sataro Tanka Prize
2015
対象作品: Koku no Hashi (Bridge of Emptiness)
主催: Sato Sataro Prize Committee
結果: winner
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2015
対象作品: Koku no Hashi (Bridge of Emptiness)
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
結果: winner
Choko Prize
2019
対象作品: Hakumei no Mado (Window of Twilight)
主催: Choko Prize Committee
結果: winner
Japan Tanka Poets' Club Grand Prize
2025
対象作品: Criticism 'The Structure of Lyricism' and poetry collection 'Three Years and a Half' (lifetime achievement)
主催: Japan Tanka Poets' Club
結果: winner
Japan Tanka Poets' Club Criticism Prize
2025
対象作品: The Structure of Lyricism
主催: Japan Tanka Poets' Club
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Ono to Magatama (Axe and Magatama)

2003年 tanka collection

A tanka collection combining classical tone with contemporary sensibilities; includes poems on everyday subjects such as food.

tradition and innovationeveryday lifenature

Koku no Hashi (Bridge of Emptiness)

2015年 tanka collection

A collection that sketches poetic spaces with contemporary sensibility. Awarded multiple prizes including the Sato Sataro Tanka Prize.

emptinessmemorycity and nature

Hakumei no Mado (Window of Twilight)

2018年 tanka collection

A collection themed around twilight and liminal times; recipient of the Choko Prize.

twilightboundariestime

Sannen Ari Han (Three Years and a Half)

2024年 tanka collection

A recent collection summarizing contemporary achievements; central to the Japan Tanka Poets' Club Grand Prize.

recollectiontimehome

The Structure of Lyricism: The Phase of the Lost 'Hometown'

2024年 criticism / scholarly work

A critical study on lyricism, memory, and transformations of the 'hometown' concept; awarded the Japan Tanka Poets' Club Criticism Prize.

lyricismmemorycultural history

全著作

  • Introduction to Japanese Literary History (contributor)
  • Dictionary of Man'yō Ritual Terms (contributor)
  • Masaoka Shiki / Saito Mokichi
  • Kubota Abo - People and Literature
  • The Possibility of Comparative Culture
  • Man'yō Poets and Works (vol.12)
  • Selected Poems of Akira Naito
  • Takaichi Kurohito / Yamabe no Akahito: People and Works
  • Man'yō Studies Vol.25
  • Man'yō Poets and Works (vol.7)
  • Man'yō Language Dictionary (entries)
  • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Tanka (co-editor)
  • The Generation of Songs and the Future of Poetry
  • Clouds of the Sea Border (tanka collection)
  • Sky in a Jar (tanka collection)
  • Oleander and Onion Top (tanka collection)
  • Bridge of Emptiness (tanka collection)
  • Window of Twilight (tanka collection)
  • Akira Naito Collected Poems (2018)
  • Continued Akira Naito Collected Poems (2018)
  • The Man'yō Collection: Antiquity and Modernity (2021)
  • Three Years and a Half (tanka collection) (2024)
  • The Structure of Lyricism: The Phase of the Lost 'Hometown' (2024)

作風・主題

文体
elevated tanka stylemeasured, well-structured prose grounded in classical scholarshipjuxtaposition of tradition and contemporary sensibility
頻出モチーフ
foodhome / hometowntime and memorynature imagery

評価・遺産

A scholar and poet notable for contributions to Man'yō studies, classical waka research, and contemporary tanka. Influential as a teacher at Waseda University and editor of the tanka journal 'Oto'; served as a selector for the Imperial Utakai Hajime and played an active role in public cultural life.

関連学会

  • Jodai Literature Society
  • Modern Tanka Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • Waseda University Researcher Database (profile)

豆知識

  • While at university he launched the doujinshi 'Rokuro' and wrote fiction.
  • He participated in the founding of the tanka journal 'Oto' and serves as its editor-publisher.
  • As a student he formed a soccer team and took part in excavations of kofun (ancient burial mounds).