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Kiyoshi Kawashima

かわしま きよし

Kawashima Kiyoshi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1926-10-29 （Torigoe, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan）
死没
2007-04-24 80歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Torigoe, Asakusa, Tokyo (birthplace) → Minami-Aoyama (place where he studied under Sato Sataro) → Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo (location of Kawashima Shoten) → Nikaho, Akita Prefecture (site of his uta-hi / monument)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, publisher, editor
活動期間
1946年〜2007年
所属
Modern Tanka Poets Association, Un'ga no Kai (Un'ga Association), Kawashima Shoten (publishing)
所属団体
Member of the Modern Tanka Poets Association, Founding member of Un'ga no Kai
影響を受けた人物
Sataro Sato

学歴

Toyoshima Commercial School (Toyoshima Gakuin High School)
期間: 編入・卒業（年代詳細不明）
国: Japan
Entered in Showa 18; graduated (exact graduation year not specified here)
Meiji University, Specialized Department of Political Economy
Specialized Department / Department of Political Economy
期間: 昭和22年入学 - 昭和25年3月卒業
卒業年: 1950
国: Japan
Graduated March 1950

受賞歴

Modern Tanka Poets Association Prize (14th)
1969
対象作品: Hado (Wave Motion)
主催: Modern Tanka Poets Association
結果: 受賞
Tanka Kenkyu Prize (17th)
1981
対象作品: Fuyu-machi: 30 tanka (published in Tanka Kenkyu, April 1980 issue)
主催: Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hado

1969年 tanka

First tanka collection containing realistic observations blended with personal sentiments.

realismlife and everydaycity and nature

Soto

1975年 tanka

Second collection showing deeper introspection and sense of everyday life.

introspectionmemory

Seiun

1983年 tanka

Third collection including poems that evoke dialogue with nature and the cosmos.

naturecosmos

Hito no Ka

1986年 tanka

Fourth collection focusing on nuances of human relationships and emotions.

humanityemotion

Mizu no Utsuwa

1994年 tanka

Fifth collection exhibiting mature poetic perspective.

maturitytranquility

Shoseki

1998年 tanka

Sixth collection weaving together passing time and memory.

memorytime

Chinmoku

2005年 tanka

Seventh collection reflecting late-life silence and contemplation.

silencecontemplation

全著作

  • Hado
  • Soto
  • Seiun
  • Hito no Ka
  • Mizu no Utsuwa
  • Shoseki
  • Chinmoku
  • Collected Songs: Kiyoshi Kawashima (ed. Takai Terui)
  • Publishers' Manyoshu

作風・主題

文体
realistic tankain the tradition of 'pure tanka'calm and supple diction
頻出モチーフ
contrast of city and natureobservations of life and everydaymemory and time

健康

  • corticobasal degeneration
    2004–2007
    Significantly affected his late-life creative output and daily life.

評価・遺産

A disciple of Sataro Sato who developed a realist tanka voice, publishing seven collections and thousands of poems from the postwar period into the Heisei era. Also active as a publisher, his legacy includes a memorial uta-hi and contributions to regional and literary communities.

関連学会

  • Modern Tanka Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • Held in the National Diet Library
  • Held in the Museum of Modern Japanese Tanka and Poetry

大衆文化への影響

  • Uta-hi (poem monument) at Kashozan Zenrin-ji in Nikaho, Akita (erected 1999)

引用

  • When the great temple shoulders the mountain, morning wanes and I entrust myself to tranquility.
    出典: Inscription on the uta-hi at Kashozan Zenrin-ji (poem monument) (2000年)

豆知識

  • Total of 3,337 published tanka (across his collections)
  • Over 800 unpublished poems remained from his late years
  • Also the founder of Kawashima Shoten publishing house
  • Served five months in military service shortly after the end of WWII (Showa 20)