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Rin Ishigaki

いしがき りん

Ishigaki Rin

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1920-02-21 （Akasaka, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture (now Minato-ku, Tokyo), Japan）
死没
2004-12-26 （Suginami, Tokyo, Japan (Yokufukai Hospital)） 84歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Akasaka, Tokyo (birth–1945) → Ota Ward, Tokyo (began living alone: 1970) → Suginami, Tokyo (later years)

経歴

職業
Poet, Bank clerk, Lyricist
活動期間
1951年〜2004年
所属
Danso (poetry magazine), Ginga-kei (poetry magazine), Rekitei (poetry group/journal)
影響を受けた人物
Masao Fukuda

学歴

Akasaka Higher Elementary School
Elementary Division
期間: 1926-1934
卒業年: 1934
国: Japan
After graduating from the higher elementary school she joined Japan Industrial Bank as an office trainee.

受賞歴

H-shi Prize
1969
対象作品: Hyousatsu nado (House Nameplates, etc.)
結果: 受賞
Tamura Toshiko Prize
1972
対象作品: Gendai Shi Bunko 46: Rin Ishigaki Poetry Collection
結果: 受賞
Chikyū (Earth) Prize (4th)
1979
対象作品: Ryaku-reki (Brief Biography)
主催: Chikyu (Earth) magazine
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Pots, Pans and the Burning Fire That Are Before Me

1959年 Poetry collection

A representative collection that calmly observes daily household chores and the female perspective.

householdwomenlaboreveryday life

Hyousatsu nado (House Nameplates, etc.)

1968年 Poetry collection

A collection including the title poem 'Hyousatsu' that questions people and society through familiar objects.

familiar objectssocietyidentity

Ryaku-reki (Brief Biography)

1979年 Poetry collection

A collection depicting postwar life and personal memories.

memorypostwarfamily

Yasashii Kotoba (Kind Words)

1984年 Poetry collection

A collection that portrays the gentleness and pains of daily life in a soft voice.

kindnesseveryday lifehuman relationships

全著作

  • 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)

翻案

  • '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)

作風・主題

文体
Plain, everyday-language narrationSubtle humor and quiet observation
頻出モチーフ
pots/kitchen/domestic choresfemale perspectivememory and familypostwar life

健康

  • Lumbar disc herniation
    1958（入院・手術4回）
    Hospitalized and underwent multiple surgeries; impacted health and daily life and influenced her perspective in writing.
  • Heart failure
    2004（死因）
    Died of heart failure in 2004.

評価・遺産

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.

記念館・博物館

  • Rin Ishigaki Literary Memorial Room Minamiizu Town Library, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 2009年開館

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Contemporary Poets

資料所蔵先

  • Rin Ishigaki Literary Memorial Room (Minamiizu Town Library) holdings

大衆文化への影響

  • '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

引用

  • Are the things men have already obtained truly all worthy of envy? Was what women have done so trivial?
    出典: Chain of Humor (Yūmoa no Sakoku) (essay) (1973年)

豆知識

  • 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.