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Tsunehiko Hoshino

ほしの つねひこ

Hoshino Tsunehiko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-11-19 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, English literature scholar, university professor
Active Years
1959-
Affiliations
Rissho University, College of General Education (former associate professor), Waseda University, Faculty of Law (former professor; professor emeritus)
Memberships
Haiku Association, International Haiku Exchange Association, ‘Ten’ Haiku Group (representative)
Influenced By
Yukei Tada, Nobuhiro Kawasaki

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School
Country: Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Faculty)
Faculty of Letters / Department of English Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: 1955-1959
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Japan
Completed doctoral course, Graduate School of Letters (details of degree unspecified)
Waseda University Graduate School, Graduate School of Letters
Graduate School of Letters
Country: Japan
Completed doctoral coursework; exact degree information unknown

Awards

Haijin-kai Criticism Prize
2002
Work: The World of Haiku and HAIKU
Organization: Haiku Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rendako (Connected Kites)

1986 haiku collection

A collection of haiku that weaves seasonal sensibilities.

seasonsnaturenostalgia

Bakushuu (Barley Sumer)

1992 haiku collection

A haiku collection portraying rural scenes and summer light.

naturerural lifesummer

The World of Haiku and HAIKU

2002 criticism / literary study

A critical overview of haiku history, theory, and the international haiku (haiku/haiku) movement.

haiku theorytranslationinternational exchange

Walking Through the Forest of Verses

2003 criticism / haiku

A book combining essays on verse and elements of a haiku collection.

poeticshaikuprose

Kantan

2003 haiku collection

A haiku collection treating traditional subjects with a contemporary sensibility.

tradition and modernitynaturememory

Haiku / HAIKU: A Poetic Form That Embraces the World

2013 criticism

A study discussing the international spread of haiku and its expressive possibilities.

international haikutheory of expressiontranslation

Kanbare (Clear Cold)

2013 haiku collection

A recent haiku collection depicting winter scenes and tranquil landscapes.

wintertranquilitynature observation

Bibliography

  • Rendako (haiku collection), Nagata Shobo, 1986
  • Bakushuu (haiku collection), Kadokawa, 1992
  • The World of Haiku and HAIKU, Waseda University Press, 2002
  • Walking Through the Forest of Verses, Umesato Shobo, 2003
  • Kantan (haiku collection), Kadokawa, 2003
  • Haiku / HAIKU: A Poetic Form That Embraces the World, Hon'ami Shoten, 2013
  • Kanbare (haiku collection), KADOKAWA, 2013

Translations by Author

  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (translation; E.B. Tylor; co-translator), 1973
  • Selected Haiku of Karuho Takaha (co-translation with A. Pinnington), c2003
  • Joy of the Four Seasons: Famous Poems with English Translations (editor/co-translator), 2009

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise style blending traditional elements with contemporary sensibilitiesclear arguments that incorporate insights from English literary studies into haiku criticism
Recurring Motifs
nature and seasonstravel and memoryeveryday details

Legacy

Regarded as a haiku poet and English literature scholar active from the postwar period to the present; contributed to international haiku exchange and scholarship. Long-serving educator and professor emeritus at Waseda University.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Association
  • International Haiku Exchange Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library (holdings / authority)

Trivia

  • Professor emeritus at Waseda University.
  • Joined the haiku group 'Remon' in 1976 and studied under Yukei Tada.
  • Received the Haiku Association Criticism Prize in 2002 for 'The World of Haiku and HAIKU'.