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Yoshio Hashimoto

はしもと よしお

Hashimoto Yoshio

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-07-21 (Kiritappu, Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, dermatologist
Active Years
1983-
Affiliations
Yukihana Haiku Group, Modern Haiku Association, Haijin Association
Memberships
Modern Haiku Association, Haijin Association

Education

Asahikawa Medical University
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Medicine
Period: 1979-1983
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Japan

Awards

Haikukai Award (5th)
2003
Work: Yabukusushi (50 haiku)
Organization: Haikukai (Haiku World)
Result: winner
Samejima Prize (26th)
2005
Work: Haiku collection 'Hakumen'
Organization: Samejima Prize Committee
Result: winner
Kami Haiku Grand Prize (Sweden Prize)
2005
Work: Haiku collection 'Hakumen'
Organization: Kami Haiku Grand Prize Committee
Result: winner
North Hokkaido Modern Haiku Association Prize (7th)
2005
Work: Haiku collection 'Hakumen'
Organization: North Hokkaido Modern Haiku Association
Result: winner
Hokkaido Shimbun Haiku Award (35th)
2020
Work: Haiku collection 'Senpukuki' (Incubation Period)
Organization: Hokkaido Shimbun
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Haiku collection 'Hakumen'

2005 haiku collection

A collection of haiku that delicately captures snow, nature, and human expressions. The collection won multiple haiku prizes after publication.

natureseasonshuman depiction

Haiku collection 'Senpukuki' ('Incubation Period')

2020 haiku collection

A recent collection of haiku featuring quiet lyricism and subtleties of existence; it received the Hokkaido Shimbun Haiku Award.

lifesilenceobservations of everyday life

Appreciation of Haiku on Life

2023 criticism / appreciation

A work compiling appreciations of notable haiku. It analyzes haiku through the theme of 'life'.

appreciationhaiku theoryview of life

Bibliography

  • Haiku collection 'Hakumen'. Bungaku no Mori, 2005
  • Haiku collection 'Senpukuki'. Shoshi Ars, 2020
  • 'Appreciation of Haiku on Life'. Shoshi Ars, 2023

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, observation-based languageexpressions that value the details of nature and everyday life
Recurring Motifs
snowpassage of seasonssubtleties of life

Legacy

Balancing a medical career with haiku activity, he has been recognized in the contemporary haiku world based in Hokkaido. Through multiple awards and leading a haiku group, he has contributed to regional haiku culture.

Academic Societies

  • Modern Haiku Association

Trivia

  • Although his primary profession is a dermatologist, he also composes haiku and leads a haiku group.
  • Serves as a haiku selector for Hokkaido Shimbun's 'Sunday Literature' column.