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Kosaku Okumura

おくむら こうさく

Okumura Kōsaku

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1936-06-14 （Iida, Nagano, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet, teacher
活動期間
1960年〜
影響を受けた人物
Tachibana Akebono, Miya Shūji
影響を与えた人物
Ōmatsu Tatsuchi, Manami Honjō
ノミネート
Nominated for the 13th Kadokawa Tanka Prize ("Karyō taru fūkei")

学歴

Nagano Prefectural Iida High School
国: Japan
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economics / Department of Economics
期間: 1958-1962
卒業年: 1962
国: Japan
Entered Mitsui & Co. after graduation; later left and obtained a teaching license

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Roots of the Reclusive Tanka Poets (Shikishi Naishinnō, Nōin, Saigyō)

1975年 tanka studies / criticism

A critical study tracing the lineage of reclusive tanka poets, referencing medieval and classical waka.

waka historyreclusionlamentation

Toki-iro no Ashi (Tawny-pink Feet) — Tanka Collection

1988年 tanka

A collection of tanka that sharply captures everyday details and bodily sensations.

everyday lifethe bodyobservation

Collected Tanka of Kosaku Okumura

2004年 tanka

A compendium of his long career in tanka, collecting works from multiple periods.

remembranceurban spacefamily

Tanka Collection: Eighty-one Springs

2019年 tanka

A collection of poems woven from the perspective of advanced age, including elegies and reflective pieces.

old agelossreflection

全著作

  • The Roots of the Reclusive Tanka Poets (Shikishi Naishinnō, Nōin, Saigyō). Kasama Shoin, 1975
  • Modern Tanka: Kosaku Okumura's Essays on Tanka. Tanka Shimbunsha, 1977
  • Sanrei Yōchū (Three-age Larva) — Tanka Collection. Shiratama Shobō, 1979
  • Utsu to Sora (Melancholy and Sky) — Tanka Collection. Ishikawa Shobō, 1983
  • Toki-iro no Ashi. Hon'ami Shoten, 1988
  • Father's Songs — Tanka Collection. Nagarami Shobō, 1991
  • Ants and Gulliver — Tanka Collection. Nagarami Shobō, 1993
  • Lyricism and 'Tada-goto' — Essays on Tanka. Hon'ami Shoten, 1994
  • Urban Space — Tanka Collection. Nagarami Shobō, 1995
  • Kamo no Mabuchi: Biography and Poems. Tanka Shimbunsha, 1996
  • Collected Works of Kosaku Okumura. Gan Shokan, 1998
  • The Man's Eye — Tanka Collection. Gan Shokan, 1999
  • Pishiri to Kimaru — Tanka Collection. Hokutōsha, 2001
  • Dangerous Water Level — Tanka Collection. Tanka Kenkyūsha, 2003
  • Collected Tanka of Kosaku Okumura. Sunagoya Shobō, 2004
  • Skiing Is Just Riding on a Board — Tanka Collection. Kadokawa Tanka Series, 2005
  • The Lineage of 'Tada-goto' Songs: A Stroll through Early Modern Waka. Hon'ami Shoten, 2006
  • Many — Sequenced Poems. Nagarami Shobō, 2008
  • Many — Everyday Songs. Nagarami Shobō, 2009
  • Aogusa — Tanka Collection. Hiiragi Shobō, 2011
  • A Strongly Made Umbrella — Tanka Collection. Seiji-sha, 2014
  • Vivid Movement — Tanka Collection. Rokka Shorin, 2016
  • Eighty Summers — Tanka Collection. Bungeisha, 2017
  • Eighty-one Springs — Tanka Collection. Bungeisha, 2019

作風・主題

文体
concise tanka style influenced by early-modern waka with suggestive silencescombines observational description with lyricism
頻出モチーフ
tada-goto (plain, everyday subjects)details of daily lifeurban scenes and bodily sensation

評価・遺産

Established the 'tada-goto' tanka style informed by early-modern waka and exerted influence through the Cosmos tanka magazine; an educator who mentored later poets and left numerous collections.

関連学会

  • Cosmos Tanka Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library

大衆文化への影響

  • Read and admired by Manami Honjō; his tanka collection was featured in the "Smith's Bookshelf" segment on the TV program World Business Satellite.

引用

  • Drivers of the cars that rush past one after another all look forward
    出典: Tanka collection 'Sanrei Yōchū' (1979年)
  • People disdainfully call them dogs or cats, but dogs and cats complete a life of non-possession
    出典: Tanka collection 'Toki-iro no Ashi' (1988年)

豆知識

  • After graduation he joined Mitsui & Co. but left after about two years, later obtaining a teaching license to become a secondary school teacher.
  • Served as a selector for the tanka magazine 'Cosmos'.
  • His son, Tsuyoshi Okumura, is a physicist and professor at Ochanomizu University.