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Imai Sei

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Imai Sei

ペンネーム: Imai Sei（Haiku pen name (legal name: Kunihiro Imai)）

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性別
男性
生誕
1950-10-12 （Niigata Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Niigata Prefecture (birthplace) → Tottori City (childhood) → Yonago City (grew up) → Yokohama (worked as a teacher)

経歴

職業
haiku poet, screenwriter, teacher, author
活動期間
1964年〜
所属
Kanrai (haiku magazine), Haiku magazine 'Machi' (founder/editor), Japan Screenwriters' Association
所属団体
Japan Screenwriters' Association, Kanrai (contributor/associate)
影響を受けた人物
Kato Shuuson, Baba Ataru
影響を与えた人物
Kitaoji Tsubasa, Shibata Chiaki

学歴

Meiji Gakuin University
Faculty of Economics / Faculty of Letters
国: Japan
Recorded as graduate of Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Letters (no year given in source)

受賞歴

Kanrai Anthology Prize
1981
主催: Kanrai editorial group
結果: winner
Seizan Prize (dōjin prize)
1995
主催: Seizan Prize committee
結果: winner
Haijin Kyokai Criticism Award
2017
対象作品: When Words Become Old — An Essay on Kato Shuuson
主催: Haiku Poets' Association
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hokugen

1984年 haiku collection

A collection of early haiku characterized by seasonal imagery and everyday scenes.

natureseasonseveryday life

Furniture in the Valley

2000年 haiku collection

A volume collecting haiku that interweave urban life and family scenes.

familyurban lifememory

Moon on the Barbell

2007年 haiku collection

A more recent collection featuring wit and modern sensibilities.

bodymoonhumor

350 Selected Excellent Haiku: Travel

1988年 criticism / anthology

A critical anthology selecting and commenting on haiku about travel.

travelappreciationcriticism

Like a Rolling Stone: Drift of a Haiku Boy

2009年 autobiographical novel

An autobiographical novel recounting his youth and journey into haiku.

autobiographycoming of agehaiku

Haiku in Club Activities

2012年 introductory book (junior series)

An introduction to haiku aimed at younger readers and club activities.

educationyouthhaiku introduction

全著作

  • Hokugen
  • Furniture in the Valley
  • Moon on the Barbell
  • 350 Selected Excellent Haiku: Travel
  • Like a Rolling Stone: Drift of a Haiku Boy
  • Haiku in Club Activities

作風・主題

文体
concise, seasonally aware haiku stylepoetic snapshots of everyday liferecent tendency to include wit and modern sensibilities
頻出モチーフ
mothermosquito netstadium / swallowsmoontravel

評価・遺産

Imai Sei is known for haiku that blend seasonal sensitivity and everyday life. Through editing and founding haiku magazines and his critical work he has influenced contemporary haiku circles. He has also expanded his range into screenwriting, working across both haiku and film-related expression.

関連学会

  • Modern Haiku Association
  • Japan Screenwriters' Association

引用

  • Softly I bump into my mother inside the mosquito net
    出典: Representative haiku (collected)

豆知識

  • Legal name is Kunihiro Imai.
  • Grew up in Tottori City until moving to Yonago at age 13.
  • Started composing haiku at age 14.
  • Founded and edited the haiku magazine 'Machi' in 1996.
  • Served as a judge on NHK Haiku in 2017.