Haijin Kyokai Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1966) award
Kikuno Inagaki
いながき きくの
inagaki kikuno
Aliases:
若葉 信子 / 露原 桔梗 / 野口 キクノ / 宮島 公子
Pen Names:
Tsuyuhara Kikyo（Stage name used during early acting career (silent films)）,
Nobuko Wakaba（Acting name used during film career at Shochiku Kamata, etc.）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1906-07-26 （Atsugi Town, Aiko District, Kanagawa Prefecture (now Atsugi City), Japan）
- Died
- 1987-10-30 （Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan） age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, tea ceremony instructor, actress
- Active Years
- 1924-1987
- Influenced By
- Hakusuiro Oba, Mantarō Kubota, Atsushi Azumi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama Women's Commercial Supplementary School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Seisoku English School (former) | — | — | — | 在学中に中途退学 | Japan |
Yokohama Women's Commercial Supplementary School
Country:
Japan
Graduated
Seisoku English School (former)
Period:
在学中に中途退学
Country:
Japan
Dropped out (left school to join shingeki theatre troupe)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Haiku Poets Association Prize (6th) | Fuyutō (Winter Waves) | — | Haiku Poets Association | winner |
| 1937 | Tensho (selection prize) | — | — | Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (selected by Hasegawa Kanajo) | selected |
Haiku Poets Association Prize (6th)
1966
Work:
Fuyutō (Winter Waves)
Organization:
Haiku Poets Association
Result:
winner
Tensho (selection prize)
1937
Organization:
Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (selected by Hasegawa Kanajo)
Result:
selected
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kayano Mi (The Nut of the Kayi)
1963 haikuFirst haiku collection; contains lyrical poems with a warm gaze.
natureseasonsdaily life
Fuyutō (Winter Waves)
1966 haikuSecond haiku collection focusing on winter and the sea; awarded the 6th Haiku Poets Association Prize.
winterseaintersection of life and death
After Winter Waves
1970 haikuThird collection compiling poems written after 'Fuyutō'.
winterrecollectioneveryday life
Bibliography
- The Lily of Solomon
- Old Sunshade
- Kayano Mi
- Fuyutō (Winter Waves)
- After Winter Waves
- Early Spring
- Various Gin-Travel Sites - My Recommended Places for Gin-kō
- Resistance to Self-Binding
- Field of Flowers (editor)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical haikurealistic expression with emphasis on seasonality
- Recurring Motifs
- seawintereveryday scenestea ceremony
Legacy
Originally an actress, she later became a noted haiku poet and tea ceremony instructor. A disciple of Mantarō Kubota and others, she was recognized as a successor figure and won the Haiku Poets Association Prize in 1966 for 'Fuyutō', leaving a mark as a mid-20th-century female haiku poet.
Academic Societies
- Haiku Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - Film Center (materials from acting career)
Quotes
-
Might be a life to cast into the winter waves.
Source: Fuyutō (Winter Waves) (1966)
Trivia
- Former actress who performed under the names Nobuko Wakaba and Tsuyuhara Kikyo.
- Won the 6th Haiku Poets Association Prize in 1966.
- Contributor to the haiku magazine 'Shunran'; associated with figures such as Hakusuiro Oba and Mantarō Kubota.
- Married and later divorced actor Keio Miyajima (known during marriage as Kimiko Miyajima).