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Satoru Higuchi

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Higuchi Satoru

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1948-01-20 (Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2022-11-24 (Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan) 74歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nagano City (birthplace), Nagano Prefecture, Japan → Tokorozawa (final residence), Saitama Prefecture, Japan

経歴

職業
tanka poet, literary critic, editor
活動期間
1970年〜2022年
所属
Igaku-Shoin, Editorial Department (former editor), The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (Executive Director)
影響を受けた人物
Ōoka Shōhei, Chūya Nakahara, Tominaga Tarō, Fumi Saitō

学歴

Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
学位: 学士
期間: 1966-1970
卒業年: 1970
国: Japan
Became interested in tanka while at university and studied under Fumi Saitō.

受賞歴

Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
1994
対象作品: Ooka Shōhei in 1946
主催: Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Mishima Yukio Prize
1997
対象作品: The Temptation of the Samisen: Notes on the Spiritual History of Modern Japan
主催: Mishima Yukio Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award)
2005
対象作品: Book Battles
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Ooka Shōhei in 1946

1993年 Literary criticism

A study analyzing Ōoka Shōhei's works and historical context around 1946.

Showa literaturepostwar literatureauthor studies

The Temptation of the Samisen: Notes on the Spiritual History of Modern Japan

1996年 Literary criticism

An essay-collection that discusses modern Japanese spiritual history and cultural expression using the samisen as an entry point.

modern Japanese spiritual historyinstruments and culturecultural history

Book Battles

2004年 Literary criticism

A collection of essays on cultural conflicts around books and reading, addressing discourse, power, and reading society.

reading culturebooks studiescultural criticism

A Natural History of Tanka

2007年 Tanka studies / criticism

A book examining tanka form, history, and cultural background from a natural-history style perspective.

tankapoeticsliterary history

Tenmazuka: Tanka Collection by Satoru Higuchi

1988年 Tanka collection

A collection of Satoru Higuchi's tanka poems.

tankapersonal memorytradition and modernity

Tominaga Tarō

1986年 Critical study / biography

A critical study/biographical work on Tominaga Tarō.

author studiesbiographyShowa literature

全著作

  • Tominaga Tarō
  • Tenmazuka: Tanka Collection by Satoru Higuchi
  • Alberto Giacometti
  • The Emergence of Showa Poetry: Fulfilling the 'Three Types of Poetic Instruments'
  • On the Phonology of 'No'
  • Ooka Shōhei in 1946
  • Three Footsteps: Ōoka Shōhei, Tominaga Tarō, Chūya Nakahara
  • The Kingdom of Misunderstanding
  • Chūya Nakahara: Voice of Life
  • The Temptation of the Samisen: Notes on the Spiritual History of Modern Japan
  • On Expressions of Modern Japanese Language: From the Emperor's 'Humanity Declaration' to Yutaka Habatani's 'Death'
  • On River Boats: An Introductory Treatise on Japanese Maritime Literature
  • Hats of the Japanese
  • Fuji Mandala: Mishima Yukio and Takeda Taijun
  • Sōseki Natsume Listening to Glenn Gould
  • On Noise: Relocation as Thought
  • Shores of Song
  • 100 Views of Japan: Yodogawa River Journey
  • Book Battles
  • A Natural History of Tanka
  • Chūya Nakahara: Music of the Celestial Bodies
  • Alternate Accounts of the First Sino-Japanese War: The War as Depicted by Sakutarō Hagiwara
  • Life, Aging, Illness, Death (Dialogue with Yutaka Habatani)
  • Hita Kurenai no Jinsei (coauthored with Fumi Saitō)
  • Shincho Japanese Literature Album 67: Ōoka Shōhei (editor)

作家による翻訳

  • Arthur Symons, 'The Symbolist Movement in Literature' (translated)
  • David Loy, 'The Sphinx and the Rainbow: Brain, Mind, and Visions of the Future' (translated)

作風・主題

文体
A meticulous critical style emphasizing historical contextIncorporates interdisciplinary and comparative cultural perspectives
頻出モチーフ
Showa-era author studiestanka and waka traditionsboats, the sea, and movement

健康

  • pneumonia
    2022年11月
    Died in a care facility in Tokorozawa due to pneumonia

評価・遺産

Known for precise studies of Showa-era poets and writers and for his work on tanka; he left an important mark on Japanese literary criticism and contributed as an editor and public institution official.

豆知識

  • His grandfather, Chōei Higuchi, was an educator at Kaisei schools and had connections with poets such as Mokichi Saitō.
  • His grandmother, Shihoko Higuchi, was a tanka poet in the Araragi school, a disciple of Akahiko Shimaki.
  • He had early exchanges with Fumi Saitō and became interested in tanka while at university.
  • In his youth in Nagano he was devoted to Baroque music.