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Kato Ikuya

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Kato Ikuya

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性別
男性
生誕
1929-01-03 (Tokyo, Japan)
死没
2012-05-16 83歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
poet, haiku poet, critic
活動期間
1950年〜2012年
影響を受けた人物
Hino Sōjō, Saito Sanki (Nishito Sanki), Takayanagi Shigenobu, Yoshida Ippo, Nishiwaki Junzaburo

学歴

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Drama
卒業年: 1951
国: Japan
Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Drama in 1951

受賞歴

21st Century Ehime Haiku Prize (Tomizawa Akio Award)
2001
対象作品: Kato Ikuya: Collected Haiku
結果: 受賞
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award (Criticism)
2005
対象作品: Shisei Furyu: Essays on the Haiku Circle
部門: 評論部門
結果: 受賞
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award (Haiku)
2011
対象作品: Bansetsu
部門: 俳句部門
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Spherical Sense

1959年 haiku collection

An early haiku collection showcasing experimental approaches influenced by Western poetry.

experimental expressionnatureform and innovation

Realm of the End (poems)

1965年 poetry collection

A poetry collection exploring experimental and symbolic modes.

symbolismexistentialismapocalyptic motifs

Bansetsu

2010年 haiku collection

A late-career haiku collection emphasizing Edo-era aesthetics and haikai tastes.

Edo aestheticshaikaimaturity

全著作

  • Spherical Sense (Haiku Hyoronsha), 1959
  • Realm of the End (Shichosha), 1965
  • Definitive Kato Ikuya Haiku Collection (Jinbun Shoin), 1975
  • Kato Ikuya Collected Haiku (Oki Shokusha), 2000
  • Shisei Furyu: Essays on the Haiku Circle (Iwanami Shoten), 2004
  • Bansetsu (Kadokawa Gakugei), 2010

作風・主題

文体
Experimental style applying lessons from Western poetry to fixed-form haikuA blend of Edo aesthetics and haikai tastes combining realism and play
頻出モチーフ
Edo-era motifshaikai humornature depiction and formal experimentation

健康

  • heart disease
    晩年
    Died of heart failure in 2012

評価・遺産

Active across haiku, poetry and criticism, he is known for introducing experimental methods from Western poetry into fixed-form haiku. He founded the Kato Ikuya Prize in 1998 to support younger writers and was later praised for his studies of Edo haikai.

豆知識

  • Worked at Nippon Television (NTV).
  • Established the Kato Ikuya Prize (single-author selection) in 1998.
  • Caused controversy by confessing a past affair in a revised edition of his memoir 'Kofoku Kenbunroku'.