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Fusae Fubasami

ふばさみ ふさえ

Fubasami Fusae

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1914-01-23 (Tokyo, Japan)
Died
2014-05-19 (Nakano, Tokyo, Japan (hospital)) age 100
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Haiku poet
Active Years
1934-2014
Influenced By
Riba Kamikawai, Jakkotsu Iida, Yatsuka Ishihara, Tatsuji Miyoshi

Education

Tokyo Prefectural Fifth High Girls' School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji High School)
Country: Japan
Graduated from the former girls' high school (includes attached middle school)

Awards

Gendai Haiku Association Award (12th)
1965
Organization: Gendai Haiku Association
Result: 受賞
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize (7th)
2007
Work: Haiku collection 'Aoi Aitaka' (青愛鷹)
Organization: Haiku Shiki
Result: 受賞
Katsura Nobuko Prize (2nd)
2011
Organization: Katsura Nobuko Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Jakotsu Prize (47th)
2013
Work: Haiku collection 'Hakuku' (白駒)
Organization: Jakotsu Prize Committee
Result: 受賞(史上最高齢受賞)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kise

1966 Haiku

A haiku collection featuring poems focused on nature and seasonal sensibilities.

natureseasonality

Kuzukiri

1974 Haiku

A collection reflecting mature sensibilities, attentive to daily details and seasonal topics.

daily lifeseasons

Tenjō Kikyu

1981 Haiku

A haiku collection that deepens poetic contemplation, blending abstract motifs with views of nature.

contemplationnature

Izutsu

1995 Haiku

A collection including perspectives toward old age, dealing with memory and the passage of time.

memorytime

Toki no Kanata

1997 Haiku

A haiku collection centered on motifs of time, characterized by a tranquil style.

timetranquility

Aoi Aitaka

2007 Haiku

A late-career haiku collection demonstrating matured sensibility; recipient of the Haiku Shiki Grand Prize.

late lifenature

Hakuku

2013 Haiku

A concentrated collection of poems from advanced age; awarded the Jakotsu Prize in 2013, making her the oldest recipient in the award's history.

agingmemory

Bibliography

  • Kise
  • Kuzukiri
  • Tenjō Kikyu
  • Izutsu
  • Toki no Kanata
  • Aoi Aitaka
  • Hakuku
  • My Showa Haiku (co-authored)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise, contemplative style grounded in traditional haikuIn later years, a more introspective and tranquil expression
Recurring Motifs
natureseasonsaging and memory

Health

  • senility / old age
    2014年(終末期)
    Decline in health in final year; died of senility/old age in 2014

Legacy

A prominent female haiku poet active from the postwar period into the 21st century. Longtime head of the haiku magazine 'Aki', recipient of multiple haiku awards; in 2013 she became the oldest recipient of the Jakotsu Prize at age 99.

Academic Societies

  • Gendai Haiku Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library of Japan (holdings)
  • CiNii (bibliographic/research data)

Trivia

  • In 2013 she won the Jakotsu Prize for the haiku collection 'Hakuku', becoming the oldest recipient in the prize's history at age 99.
  • She was a centenarian, passing away at age 100.