Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1960) award
Kyoko Inaba
いなば きょうこ
Inaba Kyoko
Aliases:
大竹京子
Pen Names:
Kyoko Otake（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1933-06-01 （Konan, Aichi, Japan）
- Died
- 2016-11-19 age 83
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, elementary school teacher, children's story writer, tanka selector
- Active Years
- 1952-2016
- Affiliations
- Chubu Tanka-kai (Tanka magazine "Tanka"), Contributor/member of the doujin magazine "Douwa", Tanka magazine "Saro (Sakufu)"
- Influenced By
- Junichi Yoda, Makoto Ohno, Fumi Aoi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefectural Hoku-O High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Aichi Prefectural Hoku-O High School
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Kadokawa Tanka Award | Chiisaki Utage (A Small Banquet) | — | Kadokawa Publishing | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Contemporary Women's Tanka Award | Enju no Kasa | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize | Shirohotaru (White Firefly) | — | Tanka Kenkyu-sha | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Shika Bungakukan Prize | Tsubaki no Yakata (The Camellia House) | — | Poetry and Poetics Museum | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Maekawa Samio Prize | Tsubaki no Yakata (The Camellia House) | — | — | 受賞 |
Kadokawa Tanka Award
1960
Work:
Chiisaki Utage (A Small Banquet)
Organization:
Kadokawa Publishing
Result:
受賞
Contemporary Women's Tanka Award
1981
Work:
Enju no Kasa
Result:
受賞
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
1990
Work:
Shirohotaru (White Firefly)
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu-sha
Result:
受賞
Shika Bungakukan Prize
2006
Work:
Tsubaki no Yakata (The Camellia House)
Organization:
Poetry and Poetics Museum
Result:
受賞
Maekawa Samio Prize
2006
Work:
Tsubaki no Yakata (The Camellia House)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1990) award
Maekawa Samio Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (2006) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2006) tanka
Works
Major Works
The Glass Cage
1961 tanka collectionAn early tanka collection with fairy-tale qualities; notable for dreamlike, delicate lyrical voice reflecting youthful imagination.
girlhoodfantasynaturesolitude
Enju no Kasa
1981 tanka collectionA mid-career collection reflecting a shift toward deeper contemplation of life's sorrows; praised for its quiet, penetrating gaze.
lifesorrowremembrance
The Camellia House
2005 tanka collectionA late-career collection characterized by mature reflections on feeling and memory; recipient of multiple literary awards.
memoryold agenature
Like a Flower: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
2006 tanka collectionA collection surveying many years of work, including numerous milestone poems.
seasonsrecollectionwomanhood
Bibliography
- The Glass Cage
- Hiiragi no Mon
- Enju no Kasa
- Ouka no Owari: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Collected Works of Kyoko Inaba
- Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Koubaisaka: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Autumn Koto: Collected Poems
- Kurenai wo Kumu: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Heaven's Camellia: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Feast: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- More Than the Wind: Selected Poems by Kyoko Inaba
- The Camellia House: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Like a Flower: Kyoko Inaba Collected Poems
- Never Forget: Collected Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalfairy-tale elementsquiet, contemplative gaze
- Recurring Motifs
- camelliacherry blossomsbanquet/feastfirefly
Legacy
Kyoko Inaba transitioned from early works with fairy-tale imagination to mature poetry probing life's sorrows. She won several awards including the Kadokawa Tanka Award and served as a selector for regional tanka publications.
Trivia
- Birth name was Kyoko Otake.
- She wrote children's stories early in her career; that experience influenced her early tanka.
- Won the Kadokawa Tanka Award in 1960 for "Chiisaki Utage".