H Award
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1969) award
Rin Ishigaki
いしがき りん
Ishigaki Rin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1920-02-21 （Akasaka, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture (now Minato-ku, Tokyo), Japan）
- Died
- 2004-12-26 （Suginami, Tokyo, Japan (Yokufukai Hospital)） age 84
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Akasaka, Tokyo (birth–1945) → Ota Ward, Tokyo (began living alone: 1970) → Suginami, Tokyo (later years)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Bank clerk, Lyricist
- Active Years
- 1951-2004
- Affiliations
- Danso (poetry magazine), Ginga-kei (poetry magazine), Rekitei (poetry group/journal)
- Influenced By
- Masao Fukuda
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akasaka Higher Elementary School | — | Elementary Division | — | 1926-1934 | Japan |
Akasaka Higher Elementary School
Elementary Division
Period:
1926-1934
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
Japan
After graduating from the higher elementary school she joined Japan Industrial Bank as an office trainee.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | H-shi Prize | Hyousatsu nado (House Nameplates, etc.) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Tamura Toshiko Prize | Gendai Shi Bunko 46: Rin Ishigaki Poetry Collection | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Chikyū (Earth) Prize (4th) | Ryaku-reki (Brief Biography) | — | Chikyu (Earth) magazine | 受賞 |
H-shi Prize
1969
Work:
Hyousatsu nado (House Nameplates, etc.)
Result:
受賞
Tamura Toshiko Prize
1972
Work:
Gendai Shi Bunko 46: Rin Ishigaki Poetry Collection
Result:
受賞
Chikyū (Earth) Prize (4th)
1979
Work:
Ryaku-reki (Brief Biography)
Organization:
Chikyu (Earth) magazine
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Tamura Toshiko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1972) award
Works
Major Works
Pots, Pans and the Burning Fire That Are Before Me
1959 Poetry collectionA representative collection that calmly observes daily household chores and the female perspective.
householdwomenlaboreveryday life
Hyousatsu nado (House Nameplates, etc.)
1968 Poetry collectionA collection including the title poem 'Hyousatsu' that questions people and society through familiar objects.
familiar objectssocietyidentity
Ryaku-reki (Brief Biography)
1979 Poetry collectionA collection depicting postwar life and personal memories.
memorypostwarfamily
Yasashii Kotoba (Kind Words)
1984 Poetry collectionA collection that portrays the gentleness and pains of daily life in a soft voice.
kindnesseveryday lifehuman relationships
Bibliography
- Pots, Pans and the Burning Fire That Are Before Me (1959)
- Hyousatsu nado (1968)
- Gendai Shi Bunko 46: Rin Ishigaki Poetry Collection (1971)
- Ryaku-reki (1979)
- Yasashii Kotoba (1984)
- Chain of Humor (1973, Essay collection)
- Holding My Hand to the Flame (1980, Essay collection)
- Drums of the Night (1988, Essay collection)
- Carrying the Sky (1997, Selected Poems)
- Rin Ishigaki Poetry Collection (1998, Selected Poems)
- Let's Walk with Poetry 6: In a Corner of the Universe (2004, Selected Poems)
- Lemon and the Mouse (2008)
Adaptations
- 'Kono yo no naka ni aru' (lyrics; NHK National School Music Competition compulsory song, 1999)
- Included in school textbooks (poems published in multiple grades' Japanese language textbooks)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Plain, everyday-language narrationSubtle humor and quiet observation
- Recurring Motifs
- pots/kitchen/domestic choresfemale perspectivememory and familypostwar life
Health
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Lumbar disc herniation1958（入院・手術4回）Hospitalized and underwent multiple surgeries; impacted health and daily life and influenced her perspective in writing.
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Heart failure2004（死因）Died of heart failure in 2004.
Legacy
Rin Ishigaki is known for poems portraying postwar everyday life from a female perspective; her work is widely appreciated through textbook inclusions and choral lyrics. She is commemorated locally with a memorial room.
Museums
- Rin Ishigaki Literary Memorial Room Minamiizu Town Library, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan Opened in 2009
Academic Societies
- Japan Association of Contemporary Poets
Archives
- Rin Ishigaki Literary Memorial Room (Minamiizu Town Library) holdings
In Popular Culture
- 'Kono yo no naka ni aru' used as NHK National School Music Competition compulsory song (1999) - lyrics by Ishigaki
- Many poems included in school textbooks; widely read in schools
Quotes
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Are the things men have already obtained truly all worthy of envy? Was what women have done so trivial?
Source: Chain of Humor (Yūmoa no Sakoku) (essay) (1973)
Trivia
- Her initial salary was 18 yen when she joined Japan Industrial Bank as an office trainee; she retired in 1975.
- Several of her poems are included in school Japanese-language textbooks.
- She provided lyrics for the NHK National School Music Competition compulsory song (1999).
- A 'Rin Ishigaki Literary Memorial Room' was established in Minamiizu Town (2009).
- As of 2022, a portrait photograph was requested for public databases.