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Kurita Yasushi

くりた きよし

Kurita Yasushi

Pen Names: Kurita Yasushi（Used as haiku pen name）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-06-13 （Hailar, Manchukuo (now Hailar, Inner Mongolia, China)）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Hailar (birthplace) → Gifu (attended Gifu University) → Kyoto (graduate school at Ritsumeikan University) → Tokyo (faculty at Nihon University)

Career

Occupations
Haiku poet, Haiku researcher, University professor (Professor Emeritus)
Active Years
1958-
Affiliations
Tokai Gakuen Women's Junior College (lecturer), Nihon University, College of International Relations (associate professor, professor, professor emeritus), Haiku Poets Association (executive director), International Haiku Exchange Association (auditor)
Memberships
Haiku Poets Association, International Haiku Exchange Association
Influenced By
Sawaki Kin'ichi

Education

Gifu University
Country: Japan
Graduated (detailed year unknown)
Ritsumeikan University (Graduate School)
Country: Japan
Completed graduate studies (year unknown)
Nihon University (doctoral coursework)
Country: Japan
Obtained doctoral course credits (degree attainment unclear)

Awards

Haiku Poets Association Criticism Award (15th)
2000
Work: Fundamental Study of Katoekito (Kato Hekigoto)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: Winner
Haiku Poets Association Award (49th)
2009
Work: Kaiko (haiku collection)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shiki and Hekigoto

1979 Research / Criticism

A study and critical essays on Masaoka Shiki and Kato Hekigoto.

modern haikubiographical critique

Yamaguchi Seishi

1979 Research / Biography

A biographical study of haiku poet Yamaguchi Seishi.

poet studiesbiographical critique

Fundamental Study of Kato Hekigoto

2000 Scholarly research

A foundational analysis of Kato Hekigoto's haiku and life.

history of haikuauthor study

Soka (haiku collection)

2003 Haiku collection

A haiku collection under the pen name Kurita Yasushi, focusing on nature and seasonal imagery.

natureseasonality

Kaiko (haiku collection)

2009 Haiku collection

Haiku collection published in 2009; awarded the Haiku Poets Association Award.

sealightnatural description

Ibukinei - First Haiku Collection

2011 Haiku collection

First haiku collection associated with the magazine he founded, Ibukinei.

literary magazineregionality

Bibliography

  • Shiki and Hekigoto (Soubunsha, 1979)
  • Yamaguchi Seishi (Sakurafusha, 1979)
  • Haiku and Hometown (Chunichi Shimbun, 1994)
  • Kurita Yasushi Anthology (Haiku Poets Association, 1999)
  • Fundamental Study of Kato Hekigoto (Kanrinshobo, 2000)
  • Soka (Fujimi Shobo, 2003)
  • Kaiko (Kadokawa, 2009)
  • Ibukinei - First Haiku Collection (Tokyo Shiki Publishing, 2011)
  • Hekigoto: One Hundred Poems (Kanrinshobo, 2012)
  • Hekigoto Research Notes (Hobunsha, 2016)
  • Hanju (Kadokawa Cultural Foundation, 2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise and lyrical haiku expressionprecise historical and bibliographic research approach
Recurring Motifs
nature (sea, seasons, light)studies of modern haikuportraits of haiku poets such as Hekigoto and Shiki

Legacy

Recognized both as a haiku poet and a scholar of modern haiku. Noted for studies on Kato Hekigoto and Masaoka Shiki and for award-winning haiku collections.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets Association
  • International Haiku Exchange Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library (authority/collection entries)
  • Authority records registered in VIAF / ISNI databases

Trivia

  • Uses the haiku pen name 'Kurita Yasushi'.
  • Born in Hailar, Manchukuo.