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Hideno Ishibashi

いしばし ひでの

Ishibashi Hideno

Aliases: 旧姓:藪

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1909-02-19 (Nara Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1947-09-26 (Utano Sanatorium, Kyoto, Japan) age 38
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Nara Prefecture, Japan → Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan → Tottori City, Japan → Kyoto, Japan → Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, essayist
Active Years
1929-1947
Affiliations
Haiku magazine 'Tsuru'
Influenced By
Akiko Yosano, Takahama Kyoshi, Riichi Yokomitsu, Hakko Ishida

Education

Bunka Gakuin
Faculty of Letters (Undergraduate) / Literature
Country: Japan
Studied at Bunka Gakuin. Learned tanka from Akiko Yosano during middle division; studied haiku with Takahama Kyoshi while at the college division.

Awards

Chisha Prize (Modern Haiku Association Prize)
1954
Work: Sakura Koku
Organization: Modern Haiku Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sakura Koku: Haiku and Essays

1949 haiku collection

A posthumous collection of haiku and essays spanning roughly ten years of work; published after her death as a memorial volume.

seasonslossnursing and deathwartime scenes

Bibliography

  • Sakura Koku: Haiku and Essays (Sogensha, 1949)
  • Definitive Edition: Hideno Ishibashi Haiku Collection (Fujimi Shobo, 2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise and lyrical style emphasizing traditional use of seasonal words (kigo)
Recurring Motifs
cherry blossomsnursingdeathwartime scenes

Health

  • illness
    戦時中の疎開生活中
    Became ill during wartime evacuation and required treatment; died in a sanatorium in 1947. The illness affected her life and literary output.

Legacy

A leading female haiku poet associated with the magazine 'Tsuru'. Her posthumous collection 'Sakura Koku' is well regarded; photographs and materials are preserved in the Yamamoto Kenkichi archive room in Yame City.

Museums

  • Yamamoto Kenkichi Archive Room (Yame City Library) 2nd floor, Yame City Library, Hommachi, Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Academic Societies

  • Modern Haiku Association

Archives

  • Yame City Library — Yamamoto Kenkichi Archive Room

Quotes

  • Red spider lilies have vanished — on the field's face
    Source: Sakura Koku (1949)

Trivia

  • Her maiden name was Yabu.
  • She was married to haiku critic Kenkichi Yamamoto.
  • Photographs and haiku materials are displayed in the Yamamoto Kenkichi archive room at Yame City Library.