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Koda Shirō

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Koda Shirō

ペンネーム: Koda ShirōUsed as a pen name; birth name is Yamanaka Kazuo

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-01-03 (Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
poet, wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shop owner
活動期間
1975年〜
所属
Choryu Poetry Group, Suisen (Taru-sen), Modern Poets' Association

学歴

Chuo University
国: Japan
Graduated from Chuo University (year unknown)

受賞歴

Oguma Hideo Prize
1990
対象作品: The Big Hand Comes
主催: Oguma Hideo Prize Committee
結果: winner
Ono Jūzaburō Prize
2002
対象作品: Summer at Jinba Kinjiro's Dry Goods Store
主催: Ono Jūzaburō Prize Committee
結果: winner
Modern Poets' Prize
2014
対象作品: Transmission
主催: Modern Poets' Association
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Morning Greetings: Poems by Koda Shirō

1975年 poetry collection

An early collection weaving everyday downtown scenes and small-shop life into verse.

everyday lifedowntown Tokyowork

Afternoon Scenes: Poems by Koda Shirō

1982年 poetry collection

Poems depicting the atmosphere of city afternoons and fragments of memory.

memoryurban lifetime

The Big Hand Comes: Poems by Koda Shirō

1989年 poetry collection

Includes work that won the Oguma Hideo Prize in 1990; a representative collection.

changehistory and memory

The Couple of Tsukumo Confectionery: Poems

1992年 poetry collection

A collection of poems about the daily life and routines of a couple running a wagashi shop.

familysmall businesseveryday life

The Man of Old: Poems

1994年 poetry collection

A mid-period collection centered on retrospection and fragments of the past.

reminiscencethe past

Smoke Stings the Eyes

1995年 poetry collection

Contains short, sharp poems that evoke the smells and sensations of daily life.

sensory detaileveryday life

Japanese Contemporary Poetry Library: Collected Poems of Koda Shirō

1996年 poetry collection / selected works

A selected collection compiling his major works.

selected worksoverview

Summer at Jinba Kinjiro's Dry Goods Store: Poems

2001年 poetry collection

A poetical collection with a local narrative set in a shop; won the Ono Jūzaburō Prize in 2002.

localitycommerceseasons

Kurayami-zaka: Poems

2006年 poetry collection

Contains poems that explore darkness and the corners of memory.

darknessmemory

Winter's Weak Sun and Angry Udon: Poems

2007年 poetry collection

A late-period collection mixing humor and quotidian sensibility.

humordaily life

Transmission: Poems

2013年 poetry collection

A work themed on communication and the transmission of language; won the Modern Poets' Prize in 2014.

communicationlanguage

全著作

  • Morning Greetings: Poems by Koda Shirō (Choryu Publishing, 1975)
  • Afternoon Scenes: Poems by Koda Shirō (Choryu Publishing, 1982)
  • The Big Hand Comes: Poems by Koda Shirō (Choryu Publishing, 1989)
  • The Couple of Tsukumo Confectionery: Poems (Wani Production, 1992)
  • The Man of Old: Poems (Wani Production, 1994)
  • Smoke Stings the Eyes (Shigakusha, 1995)
  • Japanese Contemporary Poetry Library: Collected Poems of Koda Shirō (Doyobi Art Publishing, 1996)
  • Summer at Jinba Kinjiro's Dry Goods Store: Poems (Wani Production, 2001)
  • Kurayami-zaka: Poems (Wani Production, 2006)
  • Winter's Weak Sun and Angry Udon: Poems (Wani Production, 2007)
  • Transmission: Poems (Wani Production, 2013)

作風・主題

文体
colloquial style emphasizing everyday descriptionrealistic depictions woven with downtown life
頻出モチーフ
downtown scenerywagashi and small shopschanging seasonsmemory and reminiscence

評価・遺産

Koda Shirō is a poet known for treating downtown commerce and everyday life in his poems. He has received notable poetry awards such as the Oguma Hideo Prize, Ono Jūzaburō Prize, and the Modern Poets' Prize, and is recognized for incorporating local quotidian sensibilities into Japanese poetry from the late 20th century into the 21st.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (authority data)
  • VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) identifier available

豆知識

  • Birth name is Yamanaka Kazuo.
  • He wrote poetry while running a wagashi (Japanese confectionery) shop.