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Tokihiko Kusama

くさま ときひこ

Kusama Tokihiko

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1920-05-01 （Tokyo Prefecture (birth)）
死没
2003-05-26 （Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture (hospital)） 83歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo (birth) → Kamakura, Kanagawa (raised) → Zushi, Kanagawa (convalescence)

経歴

職業
haiku poet, essayist, literary critic, salaryman
活動期間
1949年〜2003年
所属
Haiku Poets' Association, Mitsui Pharmaceutical Industrial Co., Ltd. (employee)
影響を受けた人物
Shuōshi Mizuhara, Hakyo Ishida, Mantarō Kubota

学歴

Musashi High School (old system)
国: Japan
Dropped out due to tuberculosis

受賞歴

Tsuru Prize (2nd)
1955
主催: Magazine 'Tsuru'
結果: winner
Shika Bungakukan Prize (14th)
1999
対象作品: Haiku collection 'Bon-temae'
主催: Poetry and Song Literature Museum
結果: winner
Jakko Prize (37th)
2002
対象作品: Haiku collection 'Taki no Oto' (Sound of the Waterfall)
主催: Jakko Prize Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Bon-temae

1998年 haiku

A collection of haiku reflecting daily life, cooking and experiences of illness; includes poems from the perspective of a salaried worker.

everyday lifefoodillnessdeath

Taki no Oto (Sound of the Waterfall)

2002年 haiku

A late-career collection notable for its calm meditative tone and nature imagery.

natureagingtranquility

Ihahan (By the Pond)

2003年 haiku

A posthumous collection including representative haiku and selections (published 2003).

reminiscencenature

Middle Age

1965年 haiku

An early collection including haiku about salaried-worker life.

middle agework life

全著作

  • Middle Age (Taketoshi Publishing, 1965)
  • Awazake (private edition, 1971)
  • Sakurayama (Nagata Shobo, 1974)
  • Asagayu (Tokyo Bijutsu, 1979)
  • Yobanashi (Tokyo Bijutsu, 1986)
  • Tenzo (Nagata Shobo, 1992)
  • Bon-temae (Nagata Shobo, 1998)
  • Taki no Oto (Nagata Shobo, 2002)
  • Collected Works of Tokihiko Kusama (Haiku Poets' Association, 1981)
  • By the Pond (France-do Bunko, 2003)

作風・主題

文体
light and urbaneconcise yet evocativeincorporation of everyday life into haiku
頻出モチーフ
illnessdeathfood/cookingsalaryman lifequiet nature

健康

  • tuberculosis
    若年期（20歳前後）
    Interrupted studies; convalescence led to deeper engagement with literature
  • renal failure (cause of death)
    晩年（2003年逝去）
    Died of renal failure in 2003

評価・遺産

Known for haiku about salaried-worker life and food, Kusama played a central leadership role in the Haiku Poets' Association and helped develop institutional support for haiku. His work is noted for an undercurrent shaped by illness and an awareness of mortality.

記念館・博物館

  • Haiku Literature Museum (supported construction)

関連学会

  • Haiku Poets' Association

引用

  • winter rose — a salaried poet with a meagre bonus
    出典: haiku collection / source unspecified
  • large raindrops are coming — the pike conger's skin
    出典: haiku collection / source unspecified

豆知識

  • His poems about salaried-worker life are sometimes called 'salaryman haiku.'
  • His poems about cooking and food were affectionately called 'gourmet haiku.'