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Ichiro Takeoka

たけおか いちろう

Takeoka Ichirō

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1963-01-01 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
Died
2024-01-01 age 61
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
haiku poet
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
Haiku Poets Association, Taka (haiku society/magazine)
Memberships
Member of the Haiku Poets Association, Contributing member, Taka (Monthly Collection)
Influenced By
Shoko Fujita, Keishu Ogawa

Awards

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1995
Result: 受賞
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1995
Result: 受賞
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2007
Result: 受賞
Contemporary Haiku Criticism Prize (34th)
2014
Work: Settsu Yukihiko: The Duality of His War Poems
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Beehive Machine Gun

2011 Haiku collection

A collection of haiku marked by urban sensibilities and sharp imagery.

natureurban lifeimplications of war poems

First Love of My Hometown

2015 Haiku collection

A volume centered on nostalgia and hometown landscapes.

nostalgianaturefamily

Seedlings of Beasts

2018 Haiku collection

A collection focusing on animals and primal aspects of life.

animalslife and deathnatural observation

Bibliography

  • Beehive Machine Gun (Furansudo, 2011)
  • First Love of My Hometown (Furansudo, 2015)
  • Seedlings of Beasts (Furansudo, 2018)
  • Haiku/essay 'Shinjin Gōitsuron' (Weekly Haiku, 2013)
  • Haiku 'Entei yo nabete jigoku wa koto mo nashi' (Weekly Haiku, 2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise expressions based on meticulous observationhaiku incorporating critical/essayistic perspectives
Recurring Motifs
reflections on war poemsnostalgiaanimals and nature

Legacy

A contemporary haiku poet active since the 1990s, recognized within the Taka haiku circle and recipient of a contemporary haiku criticism prize.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library holdings/authority file

Trivia

  • ISNI: 0000000380088147
  • VIAF: 259192880
  • NDL authority ID: 01240653