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Ishikawa Keirou

いしかわ けいろう

Ishikawa Keirou

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1909-08-06 （Seizaka, Mita, Shiba, Tokyo）
死没
1975-11-06 66歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nogaya, Tsurukawa Village (now Nogaya, Machida) → Mita, Shiba, Tokyo

経歴

職業
haiku poet, essayist, novelist, editor, barber
活動期間
1934年〜1975年
所属
Tsurū (magazine), Tsubo (magazine), Asebi (magazine), Fudo (magazine), Haiku Kenkyu (magazine), Haiku (magazine)
影響を受けた人物
Ishida Hakkyō, Sugita Kyūjo, Yokomitsu Riichi, Mizuhara Shūōshi
影響を与えた人物
Tezuka Misa, Kamizo Ki, Shimatani Seiryo, Hosoya Ryota
ノミネート
Naoki Prize nominee (32nd) for 'Tsuma no Onsen'

学歴

Ota Higher Elementary School
国: Japan
Completed higher elementary school; later took over family barber shop

受賞歴

Haijin Kyokai Award
1961
対象作品: Haiku collection 'Sado-yuki' and other works
主催: Haiku Poets Association
結果: winner
Yomiuri Literature Prize (Essay/Travel Writing)
1974
対象作品: Haijin Fukyo Retsuden
部門: 随筆紀行賞
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: winner
Dakotsu Prize
1975
対象作品: Later works including the haiku collection 'Koro'
主催: Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Razor Diary

1942年 novel

A novel depicting life during his barber-shop days, containing autobiographical elements set against the difficulties of wartime Japan.

everyday lifefamily businesswartime experience

Wife's Hot Spring

1954年 novel / essay

Work depicting subtleties of life and travel. It was a Naoki Prize nominee in 1955.

travelhuman relationshipseveryday life

Haiku Poets: Legends of Eccentricity

1973年 essays / travelogue

An essay collection portraying the eccentricities of various haiku poets. Winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize.

biographical sketcheseccentricityliterary portraits

Koro

1973年 haiku collection

A late haiku collection characterized by a light, witty style and depictions of everyday urban life.

urban lifefood and drinktravel

全著作

  • Ganshu (Rōkandō, 1956)
  • Collected Works of Ishikawa Keirou (Yahatafunesha, 1968)
  • Taketori (Bokuyosha, 1969)
  • Koro (Bokuyosha, 1973)
  • Shion (Kadokawa, 1976)
  • Collected Works of Ishikawa Keirou (Haijin Kyokai ed., 1994)
  • Razor Diary (Kyōei Shuppansha, 1942)
  • Wife's Hot Spring (Haiku Kenkyu Sha, 1954)
  • Haijin Fukyo Retsuden (Kadokawa, 1973)
  • Zanshō (Kadokawa, 1976)
  • Menkai Sajutsu (Tōmon Shoya, 1978)

作風・主題

文体
light, witty stylerealistic depictions of everyday lifeportrayals of eccentric, bohemian figures
頻出モチーフ
food and drinktravel haikuurban scenesdrinking and outspoken behavior

健康

  • heart disease
    生涯を通じて（詳細不明）
    Affected his life and possibly his work; details unclear
  • pulmonary tuberculosis (surgery)
    1956年（手術）
    Deepened his haiku perspective through composing while ill and traveling
  • esophageal cancer
    1974年 - 1975年
    Caused his death in 1975; a posthumous haiku collection 'Shion' was published in 1976

評価・遺産

A haiku poet and essayist noted for a light, witty style rooted in everyday urban life. Best known for 'Haijin Fukyo Retsuden', which won the Yomiuri Literature Prize, and regarded as an important figure in 20th-century haiku.

関連学会

  • Haiku Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings at the National Diet Library
  • Publisher archives and editions

大衆文化への影響

  • Frequently discussed in haiku studies and modern haiku encyclopedias

引用

  • Noon frog — on which ridge, which turn will it take?
    出典: Representative haiku
  • A turtle turns over — one should think; it cries out
    出典: Representative haiku

豆知識

  • Real name was Ishikawa Kazuo.
  • Born the son of a barber; took over the family shop after his father's death but later closed it.
  • Underwent surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis in 1956.
  • Diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1974 and died in 1975.