Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1994) award
Keiichiro Okabe
おかべ けいいちろう
Okabe Keiichiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-04-03 （Kobe, Hyogo, Japan）
- Died
- 2012-11-28 age 97
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kobe, Hyogo (birth) → Tokyo (moved to / residence) → Totsuka, Yokohama (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, pharmacist, head pharmacist
- Active Years
- 1937-2012
- Affiliations
- Tanka magazine 'Ichiro' (Irui), Literary magazine 'Kojin', 'Doro no Kai' (literary circle), Literary magazine 'Ki', Literary magazine 'Kansho'
- Influenced By
- Mutsu Yamashita, Kazuaki Kaneko
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumamoto Pharmaceutical School (now Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University) | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | — | — | — | Japan |
| Kwansei Gakuin Middle/High School (attended) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Kumamoto Pharmaceutical School (now Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University)
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Kumamoto Pharmaceutical School, which later became the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kumamoto University.
Kwansei Gakuin Middle/High School (attended)
Country:
Japan
Attended Kwansei Gakuin middle/high school before progressing to pharmaceutical studies in Kumamoto.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tanka Kenkyu Prize | "Fuyu" (Winter) | — | Tanka Kenkyu (publication) | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Choko Prize (37th) | Tanka collection 'Itten-sho' | — | Choko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Poetry & Lyric Literature Museum Prize (18th) | Tanka collection 'Itten-sho' | — | Poetry & Lyric Literature Museum | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette | — | — | Cabinet Office (Japan) | 受章 |
| 2008 | Yomiuri Literary Prize (59th) | Tanka collection 'Chikuso (Take-mura)' | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
Tanka Kenkyu Prize
1994
Work:
"Fuyu" (Winter)
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu (publication)
Result:
受賞
Choko Prize (37th)
2003
Work:
Tanka collection 'Itten-sho'
Organization:
Choko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Poetry & Lyric Literature Museum Prize (18th)
2003
Work:
Tanka collection 'Itten-sho'
Organization:
Poetry & Lyric Literature Museum
Result:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
2004
Organization:
Cabinet Office (Japan)
Result:
受章
Yomiuri Literary Prize (59th)
2008
Work:
Tanka collection 'Chikuso (Take-mura)'
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Chōkū Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2003) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2003) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2007) award
Works
Major Works
Midori no Haka
1956 tanka collectionAn early collection of tanka poems focusing on observations of nature and everyday life.
natureseasonseveryday life
Jupiter
1969 tanka collectionA mid-career collection featuring symbolic and introspective tanka.
symbolismintrospectioncosmic imagery
Itten-sho
2002 tanka collectionOne of his notable later collections, praised for concise and sharp perspectives; received multiple awards.
agingmemoryfragments of daily life
Chikuso
2007 tanka collectionIncluded as an unpublished collection in his complete works and later published; characterized by a quiet gaze on nature and human life.
bamboonaturesilence
Bibliography
- Tanka collection 'Midori no Haka' (Hyakutama Shobo, 1956)
- Tanka collection 'Jupiter' (Mokuba-sha, 1969)
- Selected poems 'Narutaki' (Tanka Shimbunsha, 1981)
- Tanka collection 'Totsuka Kangingu' (Fushiki Shoin, 1988)
- Tanka collection 'Itten-sho' (Seiji-sha, 2002)
- Complete tanka collection 'Keiichiro Okabe Complete Tanka 1956-2007' (Seiji-sha, 2007)
- Tanka collection 'Saka' (Seiji-sha, 2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, condensed expressionobservational and realistic depictionquiet restraint
- Recurring Motifs
- nature (bamboo, seasons, landscapes)silence and solitudefragments of daily life
Legacy
Keiichiro Okabe secured a firm place in modern tanka poetry; his concise, observant works are well regarded. After his death, manuscripts and notebooks were deposited at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature.
Museums
- Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Archives
- Archives held at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature (manuscripts, notebooks, etc.)
Trivia
- He worked professionally as a pharmacist and served as head pharmacist at the National Narashino Hospital.
- Died on November 28, 2012, at the age of 97.
- After his death, his wife Yuki Okabe deposited his manuscripts and notebooks at the Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature.
- Known for founding and participating in literary magazines and for working outside the mainstream tanka societies.