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Ito Kazuhiko

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Itō Kazuhiko

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1943-09-12 （Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Miyazaki City (born and resides)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, literary researcher, university professor, library director (honorary)
活動期間
1974年〜
所属
Kokoro no Hana, Gendai Tanka - Minami no Kai (representative), Japan PEN Club (member), Miyazaki Prefectural University of Nursing (visiting professor), Miyazaki Prefectural Library (honorary director)
所属団体
Japan PEN Club, Mokusu Research Association (chair)
影響を受けた人物
Wakayama Bokusui
影響を与えた人物
Sakai Masato (student; co-author)

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, First Department
Faculty of Letters (First Department) / Department of Philosophy
国: Japan
Began composing tanka while a student; joined Waseda University Tanka Society

受賞歴

Yomiuri Literature Prize (Poetry/Haiku/Tanka)
1996
対象作品: Umi-go no Uta (Songs of the Sea Number)
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize
2005
対象作品: Shingetsu no Mitsu (Honey of the New Moon)
主催: Terayama Shuji Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Chōkū Prize
2008
対象作品: Hohoemi no Sora (Smiling Sky)
主催: Chōkū Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Prize
2010
対象作品: Tsuki no Yoboe (Moon's Night Voice)
主催: Saito Mokichi Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Ono City Poetry and Song Literature Prize
2013
対象作品: Machijikan (Waiting Time)
主催: Ono City
結果: 受賞
Gendai Tanka Grand Prize
2015
対象作品: Tsuchi to Hito to Hoshi (Soil, People and Stars) and critical work on Wakayama Mokusu
主催: Gendai Tanka Grand Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Art Award
2016
対象作品: Tsuchi to Hito to Hoshi (Soil, People and Stars)
主催: Mainichi Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Japan One-Line Poetry Award
2016
対象作品: Tsuchi to Hito to Hoshi (Soil, People and Stars)
主催: Japan One-Line Poetry Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Shika Bungakukan Prize
2018
対象作品: Toone Yoshi Toomi Yoshi (Good Distant Sound, Good Distant View)
主催: Shika Literary Museum
結果: 受賞
Inoue Yasushi Memorial Culture Award (Special Prize)
2019
主催: Inoue Yasushi Memorial Culture Award Committee
結果: 受賞（特別賞）
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2022
主催: Government of Japan (Cabinet)
結果: 受章
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
2022
対象作品: Sanakidani
主催: Tanka Kenkyu Publishing
結果: 受賞
Japan Kajin Club Grand Prize
2024
対象作品: Reading Youth in Modernity: Muksui, Takuboku, Kishiko (book and lifetime achievements)
主催: Japan Kajin Club
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Meichoki

1974年 tanka

First collection of tanka poems; a representative volume of early works.

hometownnatureyouth

Umi-go no Uta

1995年 tanka

A collection of tanka focused on the sea and nature; won the Yomiuri Literature Prize.

seanaturereminiscence

Shingetsu no Mitsu

2004年 tanka

Collection noted for delicate emotional depiction; recipient of the Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize.

inner lifemoonlove

Hohoemi no Sora

2007年 tanka

A tanka collection valued for its attention to everyday life and nature; won the Chōkū Prize.

everyday lifenatureobservation

Tsuki no Yoboe

2009年 tanka

Collection centered on moonlit nights and silence; awarded the Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Prize.

moonsilenceintrospection

Tsuchi to Hito to Hoshi

2015年 tanka & criticism

A volume of tanka (and associated critical work) that led to high recognition including the Gendai Tanka Grand Prize and Mainichi Art Award.

hometownhuman conditioncosmic perspective

Toone Yoshi Toomi Yoshi

2017年 tanka

A recent collection dealing with distant views and temporality; recipient of the Shika Bungakukan Prize.

timedistant vistasmemory

全著作

  • Meichoki
  • Gegosho (Moon Talk Anthology)
  • Hi no Tachibana
  • Ao no Fudoki
  • Collected Tanka of Ito Kazuhiko
  • Shinra no Hikari
  • Umi-go no Uta
  • Aohinata: The World of Ito Kazuhiko's Songs
  • Yateki no Gekkou
  • Collected Works of Ito Kazuhiko
  • Hi no Oni no Sumu
  • Zakuro Warau na
  • Continued Collected Tanka of Ito Kazuhiko
  • Shingetsu no Mitsu
  • Hohoemi no Sora
  • Kokyusuru Tsuchi
  • Tsuki no Yoboe
  • Machijikan
  • Tsuchi to Hito to Hoshi
  • Toone Yoshi Toomi Yoshi
  • Selected Poems by Ito Kazuhiko - Living in Miyazaki
  • Further Collected Tanka of Ito Kazuhiko
  • Kotodama no Kaze

作風・主題

文体
lyrical, realist tanka grounded in traditional formsquiet diction with a keen observational eye
頻出モチーフ
sea and watermoon and nighthometown (Miyazaki)memory and time

評価・遺産

As a regional poet, he combined traditional tanka techniques with a contemporary sensibility, receiving numerous literary awards. He contributed to education and local cultural promotion and is highly regarded for his scholarship on Wakayama Bokusui.

関連学会

  • Mokusu Research Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (held materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Named the shochu 'Hyuga Akugare'
  • Co-authored 'Boku, Bokusui!' with actor Sakai Masato

豆知識

  • Born and residing in Miyazaki City; served as honorary director of the Miyazaki Prefectural Library.
  • Named the shochu 'Hyuga Akugare' for Akugare Distillery Co., Ltd.
  • Actor Sakai Masato was his pupil; they co-authored a book.
  • A leading scholar of Wakayama Bokusui; chairs the Mokusu Research Association.