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Kineo Fukuda

ふくだ きねお

Fukuda Kineo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-08-25 （Iino Village, Nakakoma District, Yamanashi Prefecture (now Iino, Minami-Alps City), Japan）
Died
2005-04-25 （Hospital in Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi, Japan） age 78
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, critic, author
Active Years
1947-2005
Affiliations
Editorial member, magazine "Unmo", Member, magazine "Hakuro"
Influenced By
Jakotsu Iida, Ryuta Iida, Naoto Hirose

Awards

Sanro Prize (5th)
1969
Organization: Sanro Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
Noguchi Prize (25th)
2002
Organization: Noguchi Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
Jakotsu Prize (38th)
2004
Work: Haiku collection "Kusajiri"
Organization: Jakotsu Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Warabi (Straw Fire)

1971 haiku

First haiku collection. Contains weighty works rooted in local landscape and climate.

natureregional landscapeseasons

Aosemi (Green Cicada)

1974 haiku

An early collection emphasizing natural description and lyricism.

seasonalitynature

Shirane Sanroku (Foothills of Mount Shirane)

1982 haiku

A collection rooted in mountain landscapes and regional character, exploring unity of nature and humanity.

mountainsregional characterhuman nature

Yama no Kaze (Mountain Wind)

1987 haiku

A collection thematically focused on mountain life and regional climate.

mountainsdaily life

Bonchi no Hi (Basin Lights)

1992 haiku

Contains works observing the basin landscape and people's lives.

regionalityeveryday life

Kusajiri

2003 haiku

A late-period collection; recipient of the 2004 Jakotsu Prize.

old agenatureremembrance

Shi no Tenohira (Palm of the Master)

2005 haiku / essays

Contains haiku and essays reflecting on mentors and fellow haiku poets.

mentorshipreminiscence

Complete Haiku Collection of Kineo Fukuda

2018 haiku collected works

Collected complete haiku, published posthumously.

complete worksretrospective

Bibliography

  • Warabi (1971)
  • Aosemi (1974)
  • Shirane Sanroku (1982)
  • Yama no Kaze (1987)
  • Bonchi no Hi (1992)
  • Kineo Fukuda Haiku Collection (1994)
  • Kusajiri (2003)
  • Shi no Tenohira (2005)
  • Complete Haiku Collection of Kineo Fukuda (2018)
  • Essays "People and Works: Jakotsu Iida" (co-authored, 1973)
  • Essay collection "Ryuta Iida" (1985)
  • Haiku Appreciation "Ryuta Haiku 365 Days" (1991)
  • Introductory Course "Learning Haiku Through the Skin" (1999)
  • Haiku Appreciation "Unforgettable Famous Haiku" (2004)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
weighty sense of regional landscape and elevated tonemeticulous haiku grounded in natural description
Recurring Motifs
mountainsregional landscapeseasonsnature

Health

  • stomach cancer
    2004
    Underwent surgery in 2004 and entered home recuperation; affected his ability to work.
  • heart failure
    2005-04
    Died of heart failure in April 2005.

Legacy

Regarded as a haiku poet who established a weighty and elevated style rooted in regional landscapes. Contributed to the postwar haiku world as a member of magazines such as Unmo and Hakuro, and received recognition in later life including the Jakotsu Prize.

Academic Societies

  • Modern Haiku Association

Archives

  • Authority databases such as the National Diet Library

Quotes

  • Unity of nature, regional landscape and human nature
    Source: Kojima Ken, commentary on "Shirane Sanroku" (1998)

Trivia

  • His eldest son, Shuji Fukuda, served as president of Taiheiyo Cement.
  • Winning the Jakotsu Prize for the collection "Kusajiri" was an event in his late career.