Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (1967) award
Atsushi Azumi
あずみ あつし
Azumi Atsushi
Pen Names:
Azumi Atsushi（Earlier byline rendered in hiragana）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-07-01 （Shiba, Tokyo (then Tokyo City)）
- Died
- 1988-07-08 （Tokyo, Japan (buried at Yūtenji, Meguro-ku)） age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (Shiba) → Taira, Fukushima Prefecture (now Iwaki) → Yūtenji, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- Haiku poet, Essayist, Civil servant, Editor
- Active Years
- 1930-1988
- Affiliations
- Editor/Chief of haiku magazine 'Shuntō' (Shuntō), Haiku Poets' Association (co-founder; later president), Institute for Research on Public Enterprise Labor (staff)
- Memberships
- Haiku Poets' Association, Shuntō Haiku Society
- Influenced By
- Fuyasu Fūsei, Kubota Mantarō, Hino Sōjō, Hashida Tōsei
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rikkyo Middle School | — | — | — | 1920s | Japan |
| Postal Officials Training Institute | — | — | — | 1926-1928 | Japan |
Rikkyo Middle School
Period:
1920s
Year of Graduation:
1926
Country:
Japan
Completed secondary education
Postal Officials Training Institute
Period:
1926-1928
Year of Graduation:
1928
Country:
Japan
Completed training course for employment at the Ministry of Communications
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Japan Essayist Club Prize | Shunkashuutō-chō (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Notebook) | — | Japan Essayist Club | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Jakotsu Prize | Haiku collection 'Gozen Gogo' (Morning Afternoon) and others | — | Jakotsu Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Order of the Purple Ribbon | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1985 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (Fourth Class) | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
Japan Essayist Club Prize
1966
Work:
Shunkashuutō-chō (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Notebook)
Organization:
Japan Essayist Club
Result:
受賞
Jakotsu Prize
1972
Work:
Haiku collection 'Gozen Gogo' (Morning Afternoon) and others
Organization:
Jakotsu Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
1972
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (Fourth Class)
1985
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1972) award
Works
Major Works
Gozen Gogo (Morning Afternoon)
1972 Haiku collectionA haiku collection containing lyrical poems that depict the lives and everyday scenes of ordinary people.
Ordinary peopleEveryday lifeSeasonal sensibilities
Shunkashuutō-chō (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Notebook)
1966 Essay collectionAn essay collection of reflections on the four seasons, reflecting a life-oriented perspective combined with haiku sensibility.
SeasonsMemoryUrban life
Mazu shiki Kyōen (The Poor Feast)
1940 Haiku collectionOne of his early collections, characteristic of its lyricism and concise expression among prewar works.
Early worksLyricism
Haiku: 'The ladybug — one soldier, my death not yet' (literal)
Haiku (Representative poem)One of Azumi's representative haiku, condensing a view of urban scenes and human concern.
Fragments of lifeLyricism
Bibliography
- Mazu shiki Kyōen (Kikan Publishing, 1940)
- Mokuba-shū (Getsuyō Publishing, 1941)
- Korek (Shuntōsha, 1954)
- Rekishisshō (Bokuyōsha, 1965)
- Gozen Gogo (Kadokawa, 1972)
- Kakinokizaka Zasshō (Nagata Shobo, 1980)
- Shunkashuutō-chō (Bokuyōsha, 1966)
- Zuihitsu Saijiki (Kadokawa Shinsho, 1956)
- Tokyo Saijiki (Yomiuri Shimbunsha, 1969)
- Azumi Atsushi Kushu (Satsuki Shobō, 1975)
Adaptations
- NHK drama 'Tori Kaeru' - contributed haiku
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical and concise expressionHaiku with a life-oriented, everyday perspectiveBlend of traditional seasonal words and urban/popular sensibility
- Recurring Motifs
- Ordinary peopleFamilySeasons (snow, autumn, etc.)Insects (ladybug)Stations and urban landscapes
Health
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Pneumonia1988年（発症後間もなく）Contracted pneumonia in 1988, which led to his death.
Legacy
Atsushi Azumi left a significant mark on the postwar haiku world through his lyrical, life-oriented haiku, his leadership of the magazine 'Shuntō', and his role in founding the Haiku Poets' Association. His representative poems continue to be appreciated and commemorated with monuments.
Academic Societies
- Haiku Poets' Association
- Japan Essayist Club (award-related)
In Popular Culture
- Contributed haiku to the NHK drama 'Tori Kaeru'
- A haiku monument was erected at his grave in Yūtenji, known also among readers of his essays
Quotes
-
The ladybug — one soldier, my death not yet (literal translation)
Source: Representative haiku (collected haiku)
Trivia
- A haiku monument inscribed with 'てんとむし一兵われの死なざりし' stands at Yūtenji temple grounds.
- Studied tanka in his early years; that lyricism influenced his haiku.
- Long supported the publication and editorship of the magazine 'Shuntō' as its chief.