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Susumu Kagawa

かがわ すすむ

Kagawa Susumu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1910-07-15 （Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan）
死没
1998-10-13 88歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet, businessman, editor
活動期間
1932年〜1998年
影響を受けた人物
Maeda Yūgure
影響を与えた人物
Shigeki Ono, Masako Amemiya

学歴

Kobe Commercial University (now Kobe University)
卒業年: 1934
国: Japan
Joined Shirahichisha while a student and studied under Maeda Yūgure

受賞歴

4th Japan Poets Club Recommended Collection (award for 'Wan')
1958
対象作品: Bay
主催: Japan Poets Club
結果: winner
7th Toko Prize (award for 'Kochu Sonraku')
1973
対象作品: Beetle Village
主催: Toko Prize Committee
結果: winner
15th Modern Tanka Award (award for 'Complete Tanka Collection of Susumu Kagawa')
1992
対象作品: Complete Tanka Collection of Susumu Kagawa
主催: Modern Tanka Award Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Landscapes with the Sun

1941年 tanka collection

An early collection of tanka poems published by Shirahichisha as part of a poetry series.

naturelightlandscape

Bay

1957年 tanka collection

A tanka collection published in the 'Mediterranean' series; received the Japan Poets Club recommended collection award in 1958.

seanostalgiatravel

Gates of India

1961年 essays / tanka

A collection reflecting travels and impressions of foreign lands.

travelforeign landsmemory

Beetle Village

1973年 tanka collection

A tanka collection focusing on insects and small lives from a unique perspective; won the Toko Prize in 1973.

insectsnatural observationsmall worlds

Complete Tanka Collection of Susumu Kagawa

1991年 complete tanka collection

A collected edition of his long-career works; received the Modern Tanka Award in 1992.

reminiscencenaturehuman portrait

全著作

  • Landscapes with the Sun. Shirahichisha, 1941.
  • Bay. Akatsutsumi-sha, 1957.
  • Gates of India. Oufu-sha, 1961.
  • Modern Poets Studies Vol.1-4. Oufu/Nagumo-do, 1961–64.
  • Beetle Village. Kadokawa Shoten, 1973.
  • Hirunda, Winter Flowers. Tanka Newspaper Press, 1975.
  • The Best Songs of Maeda Yūgure. Tanka Newspaper Press, 1975.
  • Gastronomic Wandering. Genseirin, 1981.
  • Human Wandering. Yuhosha, 1982.
  • Dialogues: Lifetimes of Poets. Tanka Newspaper Press, 1983.
  • Lake Songs. Tanka Newspaper Press, 1984.
  • Maeda Yūgure's Travels and Songs. Hadano City Library, 1989.
  • Complete Tanka Collection of Susumu Kagawa. Tanka Newspaper Press, 1991.
  • Continued: Maeda Yūgure's Travels and Songs. Hadano City Library, 1992.
  • Letters of Yūgure (co-authored with Sakuma Akira). Hadano City Library, 1993.
  • Complete Tanka Collection 2 (posthumous). Tanka Newspaper Press, 2004.

作風・主題

文体
colloquial tanka and free-verse tanka (early)returned to classical fixed-form tanka after the warlyrical and observational voice
頻出モチーフ
naturetravelduskinsects

評価・遺産

While active as a corporate employee before and after the war, he became an influential tanka poet and editor after the war. He founded and edited the magazine 'Mediterranean', guided disciples, and shifted from free-verse to classical fixed-form tanka. He won several major tanka awards and left a mark on the late 20th-century tanka scene.

関連学会

  • Japan Poets Club

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (materials related to Susumu Kagawa)
  • Kagawa Prefectural Library (local materials)

豆知識

  • He worked at Mitsubishi Corporation and had a career as a corporate employee.
  • After the war he co-founded Toa Kogyo (Tōa Kōeki) and was involved in handling aspects of zaibatsu dissolution.
  • He founded and edited the tanka magazine 'Mediterranean' in 1953.
  • Studied under Maeda Yūgure; pupils include Shigeki Ono and Masako Amemiya.