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Shinkichi Ito

いとう しんきち

Ito Shinkichi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1906-11-30 （Moto-Sōja, Gunma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan (now Motosōja-chō, Maebashi)）
死没
2002-08-03 95歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Gunma Prefecture (returned to his hometown) → Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (moved in 1973)

経歴

職業
poet, modern literature researcher, literary critic, editor
活動期間
1928年〜2002年
所属
Japan Modern Poets Association, Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Literature Museum (Founding Director)
影響を受けた人物
Sakutaro Hagiwara, Saisei Murō, Shimpei Kusano
影響を与えた人物
Association of Shinkichi Ito's Followers (disciples and successors)

受賞歴

2nd Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
1974
対象作品: Utopia Travelogue
主催: Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
結果: 受賞
28th Yomiuri Literary Prize
1977
対象作品: Sakutaro Hagiwara (2 vols)
部門: 評論・伝記部門
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
9th Takiji–Yuriko Prize
1978
対象作品: Tenka Matsu-nen: Shinkichi Ito Poetry Collection
主催: Takiji–Yuriko Prize
結果: 受賞
30th Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education Award
1980
対象作品: Bokyō Banka; Kaze ya Ten (Homesick Ballads; Wind and Sky)
主催: Art Encouragement Prize (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
結果: 受賞
2nd Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize
1993
対象作品: Joshu Otakura: My Dialect Poetry Collection
主催: Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize
結果: 受賞
48th Yomiuri Literary Prize
1997
対象作品: Poets Behind Prison
部門: 随筆・紀行部門
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1999
主催: Japan Art Academy
結果: 受賞
Imperial Prize (Onshi Award)
1999
主催: Japan Art Academy (Onshi Award)
結果: 受賞
17th Shika Bungakukan Prize (Contemporary Poetry Division)
2002
対象作品: Around the Old Century
部門: 現代詩部門
主催: Shika Bungakukan Prize
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hometown

1933年 Poetry collection

His first poetry collection, reflecting regional sensibilities and youthful lyricism.

hometownnostalgianature

Poetry Collection: Joshu

1976年 Poetry collection

Published after a long interval; poems vividly evoking the landscape and dialect of Joshu (Gunma).

dialectregionalismnature

Tenka Matsu-nen: Shinkichi Ito Poetry Collection

1977年 Poetry collection

A collection of recent poems combining social concerns with personal reminiscence.

societyrecollectionpoetic anarchism

Kaze ya Ten: Bokyō Banka (Wind and Sky: Homesick Ballads)

1979年 Poetry collection

A volume of poems centered on homesickness and nature.

homesicknessnaturenostalgia

Joshu Otakura: My Dialect Poetry Collection

1993年 Poetry collection (dialect poems)

A dialect-focused collection notable for its use of regional vocabulary.

dialectfolkloreregional poetry

Poetry Collection: My Earring

1994年 Poetry collection

A late-period collection including lighter short pieces.

reminiscenceeveryday lifenostalgia

Poetry Collection: Around the Old Century

2001年 Poetry collection

Published late in life; poems written from the perspective of old age.

old agerecollectiontime

全著作

  • Hometown (Chugai Shobo, 1933)
  • Poetry Collection: Joshu (Bakushobo, 1976)
  • Tenka Matsu-nen (Shin Nihon Shuppansha, 1977)
  • Kaze ya Ten: Bokyō Banka (Shueisha, 1979)
  • Joshu Otakura: My Dialect Poetry Collection (Shicho-sha, 1993)
  • Poetry Collection: My Earring (Seiga Shobo, 1994)
  • Poetry Collection: Around the Old Century (Shueisha, 2001)
  • The Literature of Shimazaki Toson (Daiichi Shobo, 1936)
  • On Modern Poets (Kawade Shobo, 1940)
  • Appreciation of Modern Poetry (Shinchosha, 1952)
  • Kotaro Takamura: His Poetry and Life (Shinchosha, 1958)
  • Songs Amid the Backflow (Shichiyo-sha, 1963)
  • Utopia Travelogue (Kodansha, 1973)
  • Poets Behind Prison (Shinchosha, 1996)

作風・主題

文体
lyricism with strong regional sensibilityuse of dialect and colloquial vocabularycritical work focused on modern poetry and poets
頻出モチーフ
regionalism and dialectnostalgia and recollectionnature and landscapeslabor and folklore

評価・遺産

Shinkichi Ito was a poet and critic whose work centered on regional themes and modern poetry scholarship. He played a central role in cultural life in Gunma, contributed extensively as an editor and compiler, and later helped establish and direct a literary museum.

記念館・博物館

  • Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Literature Museum Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan 1996年開館
  • Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature (hosted exhibition) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Modern Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • Archive, Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Literature Museum
  • Maebashi Literature Museum (related materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Centenary Exhibition: Shinkichi Ito (Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature, Jan–Mar 2006)
  • Modern Poetry in Photographs: 20 Years After His Death — Shinkichi Ito Photo Exhibition (Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Literature Museum, Jan 2022)

豆知識

  • Participated in the proletarian literature movement in the 1920s–30s and was arrested on suspicion of violating the Peace Preservation Law.
  • In 1976 he published his second poetry collection, "Joshu", 43 years after his first.
  • In 1996 he became the founding director of the Gunma Prefectural Tsuchiya Bunmei Memorial Literature Museum.