Tanka Research Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1986) award
Jiro Kato
かとう じろう
Kato Jiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-11-15 （Narumi, Midori-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, company employee
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Affiliations
- Mirai (tanka society), Fujifilm Business Innovation Japan (formerly Fuji Xerox)
- Influenced By
- Takashi Okai, Kunio Tsukamoto
- Influenced
- Hiroyuki Sasai, Ayako Noguchi, Miharu Yanagisawa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi University of Education Senior High School | — | — | — | 1975-1978 | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Education | Faculty of Education | — | 学士 | 1978-1982 | Japan |
Aichi University of Education Senior High School
Period:
1975-1978
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education
Degree:
学士
Period:
1978-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award | Small Talk | — | Tanka Kenkyu (publisher) | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Contemporary Poets' Association Award | Sunny Side Up | — | Contemporary Poets' Association | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Terayama Shuji Tanka Award | Coma Paradise | — | Terayama Shuji Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize | Shinkirou | — | Chunichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Award (Cultural Prize) | — | — | Aichi Prefecture | 受賞 |
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award
1986
Work:
Small Talk
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu (publisher)
Result:
受賞
Contemporary Poets' Association Award
1988
Work:
Sunny Side Up
Organization:
Contemporary Poets' Association
Result:
受賞
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1999
Work:
Coma Paradise
Organization:
Terayama Shuji Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize
2012
Work:
Shinkirou
Organization:
Chunichi Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Award (Cultural Prize)
2024
Organization:
Aichi Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (1988) award
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (1999) award
Works
Major Works
Sunny Side Up
1987 tankaA collection of experimental colloquial tanka. Considered a representative work that established him as a leading figure of the New Wave tanka movement.
urban lifeeveryday observationcolloquial expression
Monsters of the Loop Line
2006 tankaA collection centered on images of the loop train line and urban motifs. Poems reflect contemporary social sensibilities.
transportationcitymemory
Shinkirou
2012 tankaA delicate collection portraying mirages, memory, and personal scenes. Winner of the Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize.
memoryillusionfamily
Seaside Roller Coaster
2022 tankaOne of his recent representative works. Poems sing of changing emotions and time through seaside landscapes.
seatimeemotional swings
Bibliography
- Sunny Side Up
- My Romancer
- Haleakala
- Coma Paradise
- Easy Pie (Selected Poems)
- New Eclipse
- Collected Poems of Jiro Kato
- Monsters of the Loop Line
- Rainy Day Retrospective
- Shinkirou
- Fountain Tower
- Confusion
- Light of Confusion
- Seaside Roller Coaster
- TKO (Technical Knockout): Attempts in Contemporary Tanka
- Utau☆Club Selection
- Introduction to Tanka Rhetoric
- The Door of Tanka: Introduction to Modern Tanka
- Takashi Okai and Contemporary Tanka
- Days of a Song Person
- Tanka People of Tokai
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- innovation in colloquial tankaNew Wave tankaexperimental/avant-garde expression
- Recurring Motifs
- city and transportationmemory and miragemateriality of everyday life
Legacy
He has had a significant impact on contemporary tanka as an innovator of colloquial tanka. Active as a selector and mentor for younger poets, he is regarded as an important figure in modern tanka.
Academic Societies
- Contemporary Poets' Association
Trivia
- He continued writing while working at Fujifilm Business Innovation Japan (formerly Fuji Xerox).
- An avid shogi fan; he has played against Hifumi Kato.
- Has three children with his wife.
- Fond of sweets.