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Makiko Kasuga

かすが まきこ

Kasuga Makiko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1926-02-26 （Yakushi-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
宗教
Christianity
居住地歴
Kagoshima City (birth) → Nagoya City (childhood) → Sapporo City (residence) → Tomakomai City (residence) → Tokyo (returned/later life)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, editor, publisher
活動期間
1955年〜
所属
Tanka magazine 'Suikame', Shibafune-kai (chair), Japan Tanka Poets Club (association)
所属団体
Shibafune-kai (chair)
影響を受けた人物
Matsuda Tsunenori (father), Takeshi Kumagai, Influence from the Onoue Shibafune school
影響を与えた人物
Izumi Kasuga (daughter, tanka poet)

学歴

Miwaida Girls' High School
期間: 高等女学校在学（年次不詳）
国: Japan
Later part of Miwaida Gakuen middle/high school system
Chiyoda Women's Specialized School (later Musashino University)
期間: 入学後1年修了、中退
国: Japan
Left after one year due to intensified air raids in WWII

受賞歴

Suikame Newcomer Award
1957
主催: Suikame (magazine)
結果: winner
Suikame Award
1973
主催: Suikame (magazine)
結果: winner
Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize
1980
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Kachu-ren' (Fire Lotus)
主催: Japan Tanka Poets Club
結果: winner
Muse Women's Literature Prize
1991
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Hajimeni Hikari Ariki' (First There Was Light)
主催: Muse Women's Literature Prize Committee
結果: winner
Suikame Shibafune Prize
2001
主催: Suikame (magazine)
結果: winner
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
2005
対象作品: 'Chikusui-bi' (30 poems)
主催: Tanka Kenkyu-sha
結果: winner
Japan Tanka Poets Club Grand Prize
2016
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Mizu no Yume' (Water's Dream)
主催: Japan Tanka Poets Club
結果: winner
Modern Tanka Grand Prize
2018
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Nani no Tobiraka' (What Door Is It?)
主催: Modern Tanka Grand Prize Committee
結果: winner
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Prize
2019
対象作品: Tanka collection 'Nani no Tobiraka' (What Door Is It?)
主催: Saito Mokichi Prize Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Fragments of the North

1972年 tanka

A collection of tanka reflecting life in Hokkaido and northern landscapes.

northern landscapesnaturerelocation

Fire Lotus

1979年 tanka

Poems containing symbolic imagery and religious elements.

religionsymbolismlife and death

First There Was Light

1991年 tanka

A tanka collection centered on religious motifs and images of light.

lightfaithrenewal

Water's Dream

2015年 tanka

Works that depict time and memory through images of water.

watermemorytime

What Door Is It?

2018年 tanka

A collection posing poetic questions about existence and thresholds.

existencethresholdsintrospection

全著作

  • Fragments of the North
  • Fire Lotus (tanka collection)
  • Sky Flowers: Makiko Kasuga Tanka Collection
  • Makiko Kasuga Selected: 100 Tanka with Author's Notes
  • First There Was Light (tanka collection)
  • My Tanka Technique: Technique and Appreciation
  • Makiko Kasuga: Modern Tanka Complete Works
  • Vegetable Nirvana (tanka collection)
  • Makiko Kasuga Tanka Collections (various)
  • Rainbow of Black Garments (tanka collection)
  • Born Born (tanka collection)
  • By Fire, By Rainbow (tanka collection)
  • Burning Water (tanka collection)
  • Appreciation of 101 Tanka by Makiko Kasuga
  • Pillar of Wind (tanka collection)
  • Hundredth Day (tanka collection)
  • Welcome Tomorrow (tanka collection)

作風・主題

文体
Modern tanka style using fresh, symbolic imageryIncorporates religious and spiritual motifs
頻出モチーフ
waterlightseasonsnaturequestions of existence

評価・遺産

Makiko Kasuga is regarded as one of the representative tanka poets of postwar Japan. Known for her leadership of the magazine 'Suikame' and numerous tanka collections, her use of religious and symbolic imagery has been widely recognized and awarded.

関連学会

  • Japan Tanka Poets Club

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holdings/authority data)
  • Authority databases such as VIAF and NDL

豆知識

  • Served as a selected participant ('meshibito') at the Imperial New Year Poetry Reading (Utakai Hajime) in 2015.
  • Her daughter Izumi Kasuga is also an active tanka poet.
  • Interrupted her studies during WWII and once worked in personnel at Mitsui Mining.