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Hashimoto Yoshinori

はしもと よしのり

Hashimoto Yoshinori

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-11-11 （Tokyo, Japan）
Died
2019-04-08 （Tokyo, Japan） age 90
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
tanka poet, secondary school teacher
Active Years
1948-2019
Affiliations
Mahiru-no (tanka group)
Influenced By
Kubota Shōichirō

Education

Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters
First Faculty of Letters / Japanese Literature
Country: Japan
Graduated. Participated in the Waseda University tanka society while a student.

Awards

Japan Kajin Club Award
1995
Work: Mukan
Organization: Japan Kajin Club
Result: winner
Tanka Shiki Grand Prize
2004
Work: Ikko
Organization: Tanka Shiki
Result: winner
Shika Bungakukan Prize
2009
Work: Hibozō
Organization: Poetry and Song Literature Museum
Result: winner
Tanka Newspaper Company Prize
2009
Work: Hibozō
Organization: Tanka Newspaper Company
Result: winner
Tanka Kenkyu (Research) Prize
2015
Work: Waga Uta
Organization: Tanka Kenkyu
Result: winner
Saitō Mokichi Tanka Literature Prize
2017
Work: Ikite Kaeru
Organization: Saitō Mokichi Memorial Organization
Result: winner
Chōkū (Tōkū) Prize
2017
Work: Ikite Kaeru
Organization: Chōkū Prize Committee
Result: winner
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2018
Organization: Cabinet Office (Japan)
Result: decorated

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Chijō no Toi

1984 tanka

An early tanka collection featuring lyrical poems on daily life and nature.

natureeveryday life

Hashimoto Yoshinori Collected Tanka

1987 tanka

A collected tanka volume summarizing his work as a poet.

selfnostalgia

Mukan

1994 tanka

A tanka collection that earned the 1995 Japan Kajin Club Award.

lifethemes of unadorned recognition

Ikko

2003 tanka

A collection emphasizing personal perspective and introspection; includes the prize-winning pieces.

introspectionindividual

Hibozō

2008 tanka

A collection centered on the theme of motherhood; recipient of the Shika Bungakukan Prize.

mothersorrowfamily

Ikite Kaeru

2016 tanka

A late-career collection showing mature poetic vision; winner of the Saitō Mokichi Prize and Chōkū Prize.

agingreturnmemory

Bibliography

  • Chijō no Toi (Tanka Collection)
  • Hashimoto Yoshinori Collected Tanka
  • Mukan (Tanka Collection)
  • Kubota Shōichirō: Life and Tanka
  • Tanka Longing: Criticism and Essays
  • Ikko: Hashimoto Yoshinori Tanka Collection
  • Issho no Sei: Hashimoto Yoshinori Tanka Collection
  • Hibozō (Tanka Collection)
  • Na Wasureso (Tanka Collection)
  • Classical Japanese Grammar Learned from Famous Poems
  • Ikite Kaeru
  • Hijiri Kodachi: Hashimoto Yoshinori Tanka Collection

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalmodern expressions grounded in traditional tanka form
Recurring Motifs
naturemothernostalgiaaging

Health

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    晩年
    Caused decreased respiratory function and ultimately led to respiratory failure.

Legacy

A prominent tanka poet active from the postwar period into his later years. He deepened lyrical themes of motherhood and nature within traditional tanka forms and received multiple major awards.

Archives

  • National Diet Library authority file

Trivia

  • Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in 2018.
  • Graduated from Waseda University's First Faculty of Letters and served as a teacher at Waseda Junior and Senior High School.
  • Died in 2019 at age 90.