Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (1988) award
Tae Kakimoto
かきもと たえ
Kakimoto Tae
Pen Names:
Tae Kakimoto（Haiku pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-02-10 （Otsu, Shiga, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Religion
- Tendai Buddhism
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, essayist
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Memberships
- Modern Haiku Association, Japan PEN Club, Japan Modern Poetry and Tanka Museum (councilor)
- Influenced By
- Kabutō Akao (Akio? — Akao Tōko), Kyōseki Hashi (Hashi Kanzai?), Katsura Nobuko
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto Women's College (now Kyoto Women's University) | — | — | — | 〜1947 | Japan |
Kyoto Women's College (now Kyoto Women's University)
Period:
〜1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
Japan
Graduated in 1947. Was involved with tanka early on but stepped away from composing after marriage.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Uzu Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Shiga Prefecture Publishing Culture Award | — | — | Shiga Prefecture | winner |
| 1988 | Modern Haiku Association Award | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | winner |
| — | Sōen Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2013 | Katsura Nobuko Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Poetry and Literature Museum Award | — | — | Shiika Bungakukan (Poetry & Poetry Literature Museum) | winner |
| 2017 | Gendai Haiku Grand Prize | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | winner |
| 2020 | Dakotsu Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Mainichi Art Award | — | — | Mainichi Newspapers | winner |
Uzu Prize
Result:
winner
Shiga Prefecture Publishing Culture Award
Organization:
Shiga Prefecture
Result:
winner
Modern Haiku Association Award
1988
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
winner
Sōen Award
Result:
winner
Katsura Nobuko Award
2013
Result:
winner
Poetry and Literature Museum Award
2014
Organization:
Shiika Bungakukan (Poetry & Poetry Literature Museum)
Result:
winner
Gendai Haiku Grand Prize
2017
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
winner
Dakotsu Prize
2020
Result:
winner
Mainichi Art Award
Organization:
Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Katsura Nobuko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2013) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 29 (2014) haiku
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 13 (2014) award
Gendai Haiku Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 17 (2017) award
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 54 (2020) award
Works
Major Works
Chōnichi (Butterfly Day)
1989 haiku collectionA collection of haiku focusing on delicate portrayals of nature and the seasons.
natureseasonslife
Kakimoto Tae Haiku Collection (Furansudo)
1993 haiku collectionA pocket edition collecting representative haiku.
sense of seasondaily actions
Kaishi (Flower Stone)
1995 haiku collectionHaiku that meditate on emotion and time through flowers, stones, and still life.
naturememory
Shiratai
1998 haiku collectionA collection centered on images and motifs of whiteness.
color imagerytranquility
Kasei
2013 haiku collectionA collection of haiku reflecting on life and the interplay of reality and illusion.
life and deathreality vs. illusion
Yumedani: First Haiku Collection
2013 haiku collectionA compilation representing the author's first haiku collection.
dreamnature
Collected Haiku of Tae Kakimoto
2019 haiku collection (collected works)A representative collected works compiling poems written over many years.
seasonsnaturelife
Bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, tranquil expressionfocus on depictions of nature and seasons
- Recurring Motifs
- seasonal awarenessnature (flowers, stones, butterflies)life and death
Legacy
A respected female haiku poet from Shiga whose steady style has been recognized with numerous haiku awards. Her collections and essays have contributed to contemporary haiku.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
- Japan PEN Club
- Japan Modern Poetry and Tanka Museum
Trivia
- Her legal name is Taeko; 'Tae Kakimoto' is her haiku pen name.
- She began composing haiku in 1976 and joined Toko Akao's 'Uzu' group in 1977.
- Major haiku collections include 'Chōnichi', 'Kaishi', 'Kasei', and 'Yumedani'.