Tomita Saika Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2009) award
Hiroshi Kaneda
かなだ ひろし
Kaneda Hiroshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1921-01-01 （Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan）
- Died
- 2013-08-17 age 92
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1940-2013
- Influenced By
- Aizu Yaichi, Junzaburō Nishiwaki, Shinkichi Takahashi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Oriental/Asian Art History | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Oriental/Asian Art History
Country:
Japan
Studied Oriental art history and was a pupil of Aizu Yaichi.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Himeji Culture Prize | — | — | Himeji cultural organizations | winner |
| 2009 | Tomita Sanka Prize | Koteikuryūna | — | Tomita Sanka Prize Committee | winner |
Himeji Culture Prize
1987
Organization:
Himeji cultural organizations
Result:
winner
Tomita Sanka Prize
2009
Work:
Koteikuryūna
Organization:
Tomita Sanka Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Karlson
1963 poetry (collection)A collaborative poetry-and-illustration work published under HALF&HALF.
collaborationfusion of poetry and visual art
Nara
1976 poetryA collection of poems published in a poetry-and-illustration magazine.
naturememory
Magatsumi: Collected Poems of Hiroshi Kaneda
1986 poetry (collection)A poetry collection from the 1980s mixing symbolism and lyricism.
symbolismintrospection
The Traveler Never Returns: From a Nebula of Nishiwaki's Cosmos
1987 poetry/essaysA mixture of poems and essays touching on Junzaburō Nishiwaki and cosmic themes.
poeticscosmology
The Gaze of Aizu Yaichi
1992 criticism/essaysAn essayistic critique on the art and perspective of his mentor Aizu Yaichi.
art historymentor-disciple relationship
Koteikuryūna
2009 poetry (collection)A late-career poetry collection that won the Tomita Sanka Prize in 2009.
old ageviews on life and death
Bibliography
- Karlson
- Nara
- Magatsumi: Collected Poems of Hiroshi Kaneda
- The Traveler Never Returns: From a Nebula of Nishiwaki's Cosmos
- The Gaze of Aizu Yaichi
- Eiraku
- Shinkichi Takahashi: A Five-Hundred-Million-Year Journey
- Behold This Color (poetry and art)
- Four Directions, Four Buddhas: Essays from Fukyūdō
- Wait, Traveler: Collected Poems of Hiroshi Kaneda
- Woman in Blue Robe: Collected Poems of Hiroshi Kaneda
- Season Without Symbols (poetry and art)
- Koteikuryūna
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- symbolic expressionlyrical and philosophical tendenciesintegration of poetry and visual art
- Recurring Motifs
- travelnatureaging and mortalityart-historical perspective
Health
-
pneumonia2013Died of pneumonia in August 2013.
Legacy
A poet active from the postwar era into his later years. He studied under Aizu Yaichi, associated with Junzaburō Nishiwaki, contributed to founding the Himeji Literature Museum, and received honors such as the Tomita Sanka Prize.
Museums
- Himeji Literature Museum (participated in establishment) Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (authority control)
Trivia
- Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Letters.
- Was a pupil of Aizu Yaichi and associated with Junzaburō Nishiwaki and Shinkichi Takahashi.
- Participated in the establishment of the Himeji Literature Museum.