Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1992) award
Harushige Dobashi
どばし はるしげ
Dobashi Harushige
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1909-04-25 （Enzan (Enzan, Koshu), Yamanashi, Japan）
- Died
- 1993-06-20 （Kamakura, Japan） age 84
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Religion
- Zen Buddhism
- Residence History
- Enzan (Koshu), Yamanashi, Japan → San Francisco, United States → Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Novelist, Popular historian/author
- Active Years
- 1930-1993
- Influenced By
- Yasunari Kawabata, Fusao Hayashi, Jun Takami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton High School, San Francisco | — | — | — | 1920s-1930s | United States |
Hamilton High School, San Francisco
Period:
1920s-1930s
Country:
United States
Began writing poetry while living in the U.S.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Japan Poets' Club Prize | Ne (poetry collection; literally "Root") | — | Japan Poets' Club | winner |
Japan Poets' Club Prize
1992
Work:
Ne (poetry collection; literally "Root")
Organization:
Japan Poets' Club
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ne (Root) — poetry collection
1991 Poetry collectionA late-career poetry collection featuring symbolic poems about nature, memory and roots.
NatureMemoryRoots / origins
Takeda Shingen (Stories and Historical Sites)
1966 History / BiographyA popular biography and guide combining narrative and visits to historical sites related to the Sengoku warlord Takeda Shingen.
Sengoku historyWarlord biographiesHistorical site travel
Bibliography
- Hana (poetry) 1953
- Uma (poetry) 1955
- Story (poetry) 1958
- Takeda Shingen (1966; later paperback)
- Takeda Shingen, the Strategist (1967)
- Secrets of Castle Building (1970)
- Ha (poetry) 1971
- Kōyō Gunkan (poetry) 1981
- Ieyasu: The Final Victor (1982)
- Ne (poetry) 1991
- Collected Poems of Harushige Dobashi (1995)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical and symbolic poetryAccessible, narrative style for popular historical writing
- Recurring Motifs
- Nature (flowers, leaves, stems, roots)Samurai and Sengoku historyVisiting historical sites / travel
Legacy
Known both for his poetry and for numerous popular-history books focused on figures such as Takeda Shingen. His works combining narrative history and visits to historical sites made Japanese history accessible to general readers.
Academic Societies
- Japan Poets' Club (associated via award)
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (authority record available)
Trivia
- Began writing poetry while living in San Francisco.
- Won the 25th Japan Poets' Club Prize in 1992 for the poetry collection "Ne".
- His son, Kazuo Kuroi, worked as a film producer and served as president of Kinema Junpo and Kadokawa Films (former).
- Studied Zen; elements of spirituality and encounters with historical sites appear in his work.