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Kishida Chigyo

きしだ ちぎょ

Kishida Chigyo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-01-19 （Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan）
Died
1988-11-24 （Ryūganji, Kōtō-ku, Tokyo, Japan） age 70
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Kita-ku, Tokyo (birthplace) → Chigasaki, Kanagawa (convalescence) → Kōtō-ku, Tokyo (later life / burial site)

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, photographer
Active Years
1936-1988
Affiliations
Asibiki (magazine / haiku circle), Tsuru (magazine, led by Ishida Hakyo), Kanrai (magazine, led by Kato Shuuson), Rōkan (magazine founded and edited by Kishida), Haijin Kyokai (Haiku Poets Association)
Influenced By
Ishida Hakyo, Kato Shuuson, Mizuhara Shuoshi (Akiōko)
Influenced
Okamoto Takaaki, Kojima Ken, Yoshino Hiroyuki

Education

Sugamo Commercial School
Period: ～1936
Year of Graduation: 1936
Country: Japan
Graduated from commercial school and began haiku activities

Awards

Kadokawa Haiku Prize (3rd)
1957
Work: Sado-yuki
Organization: Kadokawa Shoten
Result: 受賞
Haiku Poets Association Award (12th)
1973
Work: Haiku collection 'Takenoko-nagashi' (Tsunenagashi)
Organization: Haijin Kyokai (Haiku Poets Association)
Result: 受賞
Tokyo Governor's Prize (29th Shin-kyo Art Exhibition)
1986
Work: Photograph (exhibited work)
Organization: Shin-kyo Art Exhibition (organizers)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Karitonashi

1951 Haiku collection

Early privately printed haiku collection including postwar poems.

life境涯 (personal circumstance)natureurban nostalgia

Makeinu

1957 Haiku collection

Published 1957; contains works from the period including the Kadokawa prize-winning poem.

urbanitylonelinessseasonal sensibility

Takenoko-nagashi (Bamboo Shoot Flowing)

1971 Haiku collection

Award-winning collection (Haijin Kyokai Award) gathering mature works.

personal circumstancevivid depictions of naturerhythmic quality

Yuki Nehan

1979 Haiku collection

Works included in a contemporary haiku selection series.

wintertranquilityviews on life and death

Hagi Kuyō

1982 Haiku collection

One of his later collections, containing works with devotional and commemorative tones.

memorialreligious undertonesautumn

Bibliography

  • Karitonashi (privately printed)
  • Makeinu (Kondō Shoten)
  • Takenoko-nagashi (Kadokawa Shoten)
  • Yuki Nehan (Tokyo Bijutsu)
  • Hagi Kuyō (Rippu Shobō)
  • Hanadōnin (Rippu Shobō)
  • Kōyōzan (Rippu Shobō)
  • Kishida Chigyo Collected (selected works, Haijin Kyokai)
  • Haiku Correction Classroom (co-authored)
  • The Fast Track to Haiku Improvement - 300 Corrected Poems

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Grounded in 'kyōgai' (personal circumstance) yet urbane and refined styleRich rhythmic quality and concise expression
Recurring Motifs
seasons (especially autumn and winter)personal circumstance / life境涯urban scenes and nostalgia

Health

  • tuberculosis
    1940年代（療養のため茅ヶ崎入院）
    Convalescence prompted increased haiku activity; experiences of illness influenced his themes.
  • cerebral thrombosis (cause of death)
    1988年
    Died in 1988; subsequent posthumous collections and selections of his work were published.

Legacy

One of the notable 20th-century haiku poets. A disciple of Ishida Hakyo, he founded and edited haiku magazines, nurtured successors, and was also active in photography, receiving art exhibition awards.

Academic Societies

  • Haijin Kyokai (Haiku Poets Association)

Archives

  • National Diet Library (holds works)
  • Haijin Kyokai / Haiku Literature Museum (related materials)

Quotes

  • Thrown-out great feet I bow to them — cold night
    Source: Composed at a haiku gathering in Kanda-Awajicho; reportedly around his first meeting with Ishida Hakyo (circa 1945) (1945)

Trivia

  • Real name was Junzaburo.
  • Family ran a sake shop for generations.
  • Buried at Ryūganji in Kōtō-ku, Tokyo.