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Takako Hidaka

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Takako Hidaka

別名: 尭子
ペンネーム: Takako Hidaka (alternate reading/variant)（Alternate kanji rendering sometimes used in publications）

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1945-06-29 （Nakagawa Village, Isumi District, Chiba Prefecture (now Isumi City), Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Chiba Prefecture (Nakagawa Village → Isumi City) → Tokyo (Waseda area — work and teaching activity)

経歴

職業
Tanka poet, Adjunct lecturer, Librarian, Critic / Essayist
活動期間
1974年〜
所属
Editorial committee, tanka magazine 'Karin', Contributor, doujinshi 'Hamo to Suisen'
影響を受けた人物
Akiko Baba, Toshio Mae

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education / Japanese Language and Literature
学位: Bachelor
期間: 1964-1968
卒業年: 1968
国: Japan
Undergraduate thesis on the Tsutsumi Chuunagon Monogatari

受賞歴

Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (nominee)
1980
対象作品: Bokushoku (Evening Hues) — poem/sequence
主催: Tanka Kenkyu-sha
結果: 候補
Japan Kajin Club Prize
2004
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Juu' (Tree Rain)
主催: Japan Kajin Club
結果: 受賞
Kono Aiko Prize
2004
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Juu' (Tree Rain)
主催: Kono Aiko Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Tanka Kenkyu Prize
2007
対象作品: 'Fuyo to Kuzu to' (30 tanka)
主催: Tanka Kenkyu-sha
結果: 受賞
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2008
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Suirenki' (Water Lily Chronicle)
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Field Door (No no Tobira)

1988年 Tanka (poetry collection)

First tanka collection focusing on communion with nature, integration with flora and fauna and local landscapes. In the afterword the author describes it as 'a confirmation of pastoral tales of a paradise-seeking person.'

NatureAnimismLocal landscapePastoral longing

The Stag's Antlers (Oshika no Tsuno no)

1992年 Tanka (poetry collection)

Second collection experimenting with depictions of marital relationships alongside direct natural imagery and subtle everyday sensibilities.

Marital relationshipsNatural descriptionEveryday sensibility

Tamamushi Tales (Tamamushi Zoushi)

1998年 Tanka (poetry collection)

Contains poems regarded as a maturation of early nature-unity themes into a lighter, refined beauty.

MaturationUnity with natureFantastical expression

Tree Rain (Juu)

2003年 Tanka (poetry collection)

Fifth collection; deepened sense of nature and poetic sensibility, awarded the Japan Kajin Club Prize and the Kono Aiko Prize.

NaturePoetic maturity

Water Lily Chronicle (Suirenki)

2008年 Tanka (poetry collection)

Sixth collection demonstrating refined sentiment and nature-themed perception; recipient of the Wakayama Bokusui Prize.

WaterWater liliesBeauty of nature

全著作

  • No no Tobira (Field Door), Gan Shokan, 1988
  • Oshika no Tsuno no, Sunagoya Shobo, 1992
  • Horozuki Moyura, Sunagoya Shobo, 1995
  • Tamamushi Zoushi, Sunagoya Shobo, 1998
  • Takako Hidaka Collected Poems (Gendai Tanka Library), Sunagoya Shobo, 2001
  • Juu (Tree Rain), Hokutosha, 2003
  • Suirenki (Water Lily Chronicle), Tanka Kenkyu-sha, 2008
  • Kumo no To (Tower of Clouds), Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing, 2011
  • Furimuku Hito, Sunagoya Shobo, 2014
  • Sorameno Aki, Nagarami Shobo, 2018
  • Mizuginu-shu, Sunagoya Shobo, 2021
  • Yamagami no Cosmology (Essay collection), Sunagoya Shobo, 1992
  • On Black Hair, and For Women's Songs, Hokutosha, 1999
  • Small Katsuro: Poems, Words, Landscapes, Hon'ami Shoten, 2023

作風・主題

文体
Nature depiction grounded in animistic sensibilityFantastical and pastoral expressionDelicate, light lyrical tone
頻出モチーフ
Nature (plants, animals, water)Sense of belonging to landscapeMarital relationship and everyday lifeIntersection of fantasy and reality

評価・遺産

A contemporary tanka poet noted for rich natural sensibility combined with fantastical elements. Through teaching and critical essays she has influenced younger poets and has received several major tanka prizes.

関連学会

  • The Japan Society of Modern Literature (associated)

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings at National Diet Library (works and reference materials)

引用

  • A confirmation of pastoral tales of a paradise-seeking person
    出典: Afterword of 'No no Tobira' (Field Door) (1988年)

豆知識

  • Married to scholar Shoji Hidaka (professor at Kanagawa University).
  • Began composing tanka after working in a public library.
  • Has served as an adjunct lecturer at Waseda University.