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Tetsu Hayashi

はやし てつ

Hayashi Tetsu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-03-04 (Qingdao, Shandong, China)
Died
2008-03-20 age 82
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Qingdao, Shandong, China → Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan → Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan → Hiroshima, Japan

Career

Occupations
Haiku poet, Physician (otorhinolaryngologist)
Active Years
1950-2008
Influenced By
Kin'ichi Sawaki

Education

Kanazawa Medical College, Medical School (old system)
Medical School (specialized) / Medicine
Period: 不詳
Country: Japan
Completed the old-system medical school program

Awards

Haiku Poets Association Prize
2000
Work: Hika
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kakyō

Haiku

A haiku collection emphasizing objective depiction; gathers poems that sharply capture natural and everyday objects.

natureeveryday lifeobjective depiction

Chokuro

Haiku

A collection marked by direct expression; notable for keen observational poems.

observationconcise expression

Gunjo

Haiku

A collection focusing on color and landscape depiction, repeatedly invoking the image of ultramarine.

landscapecolor

Hika

Haiku

One of his representative works and the collection that won the 40th Haiku Poets Association Prize; gathers poems capturing everyday details.

everyday lifenatureephemeral moments

Bibliography

  • Kakyō
  • Chokuro
  • Gunjo
  • Hika

Style & Themes

Literary Style
objective depictionconcise and clear expression
Recurring Motifs
scorching summerhorsesautumn eveningsthe eyes of living things

Health

  • colorectal cancer
    2008
    Died of colorectal cancer in 2008. Affected the final period of his creative activity.

Legacy

A Kanazawa-born haiku poet who established an objective, concrete style. Founded and edited the magazine "Kiji", influencing regional and later haiku activities. Awarded the Haiku Poets Association Prize for the collection "Hika".

Quotes

  • Scorching summer — each living thing has two eyes.
    Source: haiku collection
  • Soon — the horse's face appears in the autumn dusk.
    Source: haiku collection

Trivia

  • Real name was Tetsuo.
  • Born in Qingdao, Shandong; raised in Kanazawa.
  • Graduated from the medical school of Kanazawa Medical College and worked as an otorhinolaryngologist.
  • Founded and edited the haiku magazine "Kiji" in 1985.