Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1989) award
Fujiko Ishikawa
いしかわ ふじこ
Ishikawa Fujiko
Pen Names:
Fujiko Ishikawa（Name used for published tanka collections）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1933-11-22 （Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Died
- 2020-06-25 age 86
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fujisawa, Kanagawa (birthplace) → Foot of Mount Sanbe, Shimane (settlement) → Kibichuo-cho, Okayama (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, dairy farmer
- Active Years
- 1950-2020
- Influenced By
- Sasaki Nobutsuna
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | Faculty of Agriculture | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Faculty of Agriculture
Country:
Japan
While a student she won recognition for tanka submissions
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Prize (Second place) | — | — | — | second place |
| 1977 | Gendai Tanka Female Poets' Prize | Bokka (Pastoral) | — | — | winner |
| 1989 | Tanka Kenkyu Prize | Hatoko (30 poems) | — | — | winner |
| 2009 | Choko (Dakoku) Prize | Yukiai no Sora | — | Kadokawa Cultural Foundation | winner |
| 2009 | Maekawa Samio Prize | Yukiai no Sora | — | — | winner |
| 2009 | Okayama Arts and Culture Award Grand Prix | — | — | Prefecture of Okayama | winner |
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Prize (Second place)
1954
Result:
second place
Gendai Tanka Female Poets' Prize
1977
Work:
Bokka (Pastoral)
Result:
winner
Tanka Kenkyu Prize
1989
Work:
Hatoko (30 poems)
Result:
winner
Choko (Dakoku) Prize
2009
Work:
Yukiai no Sora
Organization:
Kadokawa Cultural Foundation
Result:
winner
Maekawa Samio Prize
2009
Work:
Yukiai no Sora
Result:
winner
Okayama Arts and Culture Award Grand Prix
2009
Organization:
Prefecture of Okayama
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Chōkū Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2009) award
Maekawa Samio Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2009) award
Works
Major Works
Bokka (Pastoral)
1976 tanka collectionA tanka collection portraying farm life, childrearing, and communion with plants and animals in a plain, direct style. Known as the author's debut collection.
rural lifemotherhoodnatureflora and fauna
No no Mayu
1980 tanka collectionA mid-career collection focusing on nature and domestic life.
natureeveryday life
Hatoko
1989 tanka collectionHatoko is a 30-poem collection that was critically acclaimed and award-winning.
character portraitsfamily
Yukiai no Sora
2008 tanka collectionA late-career collection demonstrating maturity in life-centered tanka; it received multiple awards.
old agenaturerecollection
Bibliography
- Bokka. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (1976)
- No no Mayu. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (1980)
- Toriike. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (1989)
- Hatoko. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (1989)
- Sakura Kuu. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (1993)
- Suishouka: Fujiko Ishikawa Collected Tanka. Tanka Shinbunsha (1996)
- Takadani: Fujiko Ishikawa Collected Tanka. Tanka Shinbunsha (2000)
- Fujiko Ishikawa Collected Tanka. Kokubunsha (2000)
- Yukiai no Sora. Tanka collection. Fushiki Shoin (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- plain, direct life-centered tankastraightforward depiction of rural life and childrearing
- Recurring Motifs
- farm workflora and faunamotherhoodseasonal change
Health
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heart failure2020年（死去時）She died of heart failure around June 2020. Although she had been active for many years, her final year of activity was 2020.
Legacy
A tanka poet who studied agriculture and worked as a dairy farmer while producing plain, life-centered poems. Valued for her perspective as a woman studying agriculture and as a farmer, she received several major tanka awards.
Quotes
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In the pond where the water-lily’s conical buds float, I splash, washing my hoe.
Source: Bokka (1976) -
I carry no fresh love-songs; when weary I lean on you.
Source: Bokka (1976)
Trivia
- Known as one of the few women studying agriculture at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in her era.
- Her life raising five sons and two daughters while working on a pioneering dairy farm strongly influenced her poetic work.