Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1962) award
Hori Ashio
ほり あしお
Hori Ashio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1916-06-10 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 1993-04-21 age 76
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Osaka, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, company executive, critic
- Active Years
- 1938-1993
- Affiliations
- Gendai Haiku Association (national executive), Gendai Haiku Association (vice chair, Kansai district council), Osaka Haijin Club (vice president), Yomiuri Haidan (judge)
- Influenced By
- Okamoto Keigaku, Itō Shōsetsu, Shimomura Kaita
- Influenced
- Kaneko Tōta, Hayashida Kinueo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Economics | — | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Economics
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Gendai Haiku Association Award | — | — | Gendai Haiku Association | winner |
Gendai Haiku Association Award
1962
Organization:
Gendai Haiku Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hi-zukuri
Haiku collectionA haiku collection showing avant-garde tendencies, mixing images of nature, urban life, and machinery.
natureurban lifemachinery
Kikai
Haiku collectionA collection including poems themed on machinery and urbanization.
machinerymodernization
Yamazugata Suijō
Haiku collectionA collection of haiku focusing on mountains and water scenery.
mountainswaternature
Asazora
Haiku collectionHaiku collection about morning scenes and the passage of time.
seasonalitytimemorning
Kakyaku (Transient Visitor)
Haiku collectionA collection themed around travel and passing landscapes.
traveltransience
Twenty Chapters of Haiku
Critical essaysA critical essays collection discussing theories and criticism of haiku.
haiku theorycriticism
Bibliography
- Hi-zukuri
- Kikai
- Yamazugata Suijō
- Asazora
- Kakyaku (Transient Visitor)
- Twenty Chapters of Haiku
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- avant-garde and experimental haiku expressionconcise and symbolic imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- seasonal feelingcontrast of nature and urbanitymachinery and industrial imagerytravel and movement
Legacy
Regarded as a leading promoter of the avant-garde haiku movement in the Kansai region. As a key member of the Gendai Haiku Association he contributed to haiku magazines and criticism, helping revitalize postwar haiku circles.
Academic Societies
- Gendai Haiku Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (related materials)
- Authority data (VIAF / NDL)
Trivia
- Co-founded the haiku magazine "Jūshichion" (Seventeen Sounds) in 1953.
- Received the 10th Gendai Haiku Association Award in 1962.
- Worked at Osaka Shosen (a shipping firm) and later served as executive director of the Japan Cotton Association.