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Hideo Aragaki

あらがき ひでお

Aragaki Hideo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1903-07-19 (Yoshiki District, Gifu Prefecture (now Hida, Gifu))
死没
1989-07-08 85歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
journalist, columnist, essayist, conservationist
活動期間
1926年〜1989年
所属
The Asahi Shimbun, Nature Conservation Society of Japan
所属団体
Nature Conservation Society of Japan

学歴

Former Futa (Hida) Middle School (now Gifu Prefectural Futa High School)
国: Japan
Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics
School of Political Science and Economics
期間: 〜1926(卒業1926年)
卒業年: 1926
国: Japan
Detailed enrollment period unknown

受賞歴

Kikuchi Kan Prize
1956
対象作品: Writing for 'Tensei Jingo' (column)
主催: Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Mild Smile of the People

1950年 Essays / Column collection

A collection of short essays and selections from the Asahi Shimbun column 'Tensei Jingo'. Noted for concise prose, social observation, and gentle satire.

social satirehuman observationessays

Nature — An Eighteen-Year Calendar from 'Tensei Jingo'

1964年 Nature essays

A volume compiling years of column essays on seasons and nature. Reflects the author's view of the natural world and his attachment to his home region.

natureseasonsnostalgia

The River with Killifish

1980年 Essays / Natural observation

An essay collection focusing on familiar creatures and riverside scenes, expressing attention to the natural environment and conservation.

conservationlocalitynaturalistic observation

People, the World, and Flowers

1962年 Essays

An essay collection that gently treats society, people, and nature, recording reflections that expand from fragments of daily life.

everyday lifenaturephilosophy of life

全著作

  • Dialects of North Hida (1932)
  • Footsteps of New Japan (1948)
  • Postwar Studies of People (1948)
  • Studies of Contemporary Figures (1950)
  • A Mild Smile of the People (1950)
  • The Eye of the Newspaper (1951)
  • Untitled Newspaper Columns (1952)
  • The Climate of Public Sentiment (1953)
  • The Four Seasons of Public Sentiment (1957)
  • The Soliloquy of Street Trees (1962)
  • Nature — An Eighteen-Year Calendar from 'Tensei Jingo' (1964)
  • Golf Natural History (1968)
  • The River with Killifish (1980)
  • Hideo Aragaki: The Column — Tensei Jingo Volume (1984)
  • Showa — People, the World, and Flowers (1989)

作風・主題

文体
concise, witty column-style prosecalm, observational essays
頻出モチーフ
natureseasonsnostalgiaeveryday observation

評価・遺産

He became widely known for writing Asahi Shimbun's representative column 'Tensei Jingo' for seventeen and a half years and was a prominent figure in postwar journalism and essay writing. After leaving the paper he devoted himself to nature conservation, serving as president of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan. He left numerous essay collections and edited works, and is recognized in both newspaper culture and conservation.

関連学会

  • Nature Conservation Society of Japan

豆知識

  • He wrote the Asahi Shimbun column 'Tensei Jingo' from November 1945 for seventeen and a half years.
  • He worked as a war correspondent during the Manchurian Incident and was dispatched to cover the coronation of George VI in 1937.
  • After leaving The Asahi Shimbun in 1963 he focused on nature conservation and served as president of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan.