Kuzuhara Taeko

プロフィール

性別: 女性
生誕: 1907-02-05 （Hongo, Tokyo City (now Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)）
死没: 1985-09-02 （Den-en-chofu Central Hospital, Ota, Tokyo, Japan） 78歳
国籍: Japan
言語: Japanese
宗教: Catholicism 1985年受洗
居住地歴: Tokyo (Hongo / Sendagi) → Fukui City (with paternal uncle) → Chiba City → Fukuoka City → Ota, Tokyo (Sanno / Den-en-chofu)

経歴

職業: tanka poet, poet, editor, publisher
活動期間: 1950年〜1983年
所属: Choon (Tide Sound poetry circle), Nyonin Tanka-kai (Women's Tanka Association), Gendai Kajin Kyokai (Modern Poets Association), Japan Tanka Poets Club, Minami-Nippon Shimbun (song/poetry section selector)
所属団体: Choon (associate member), Nyonin Tanka-kai (member), Gendai Kajin Kyokai (founding member), Japan Tanka Poets Club (member)
影響を受けた人物: Ota Mizuho, Shiga Mitsuko
影響を与えた人物: Tsukamoto Kunio (critic/essayist on her work), Nakajii Hideo (critic/novelist who commented on her work)

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
Tokyo Prefectural First Higher Girls' School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Hakuoh High School)	—	Higher course, Japanese literature	—	〜1926	Japan

Tokyo Prefectural First Higher Girls' School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Hakuoh High School)

Higher course, Japanese literature

期間: 〜1926

卒業年: 1926

国: Japan

Graduated from prewar higher girls' school

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1964	Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize	—	—	Japan Tanka Poets Club	受賞
1971	Chokuu Prize	—	—	Chokuu Prize Selection Committee	受賞

Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize

1964

主催: Japan Tanka Poets Club

結果: 受賞

Chokuu Prize

1971

主催: Chokuu Prize Selection Committee

結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

Chōkū Prize 1回登壇

第5回（1971年） award

作品

代表作

Tōkō (Daiden)

1950年 tanka

Early collection containing postwar poems that show the emergence of her characteristic visionary, surreal tanka style.

surrealismvisionary imagerydefamiliarization of the everyday

Hikō (Flight)

1954年 tanka

A mid-period collection notable for poems that increasingly break conventional forms.

irregular rhythmdreamfantasy

Genyu (Prime Ox)

1960年 tanka

One of her representative collections, praised for vivid visual imagery and use of irregular meter.

visual imagerythe non-routineirregular meter

Budō Kidachi (Grape Grove)

1963年 tanka

Contains poems where landscape and visionary elements intertwine.

landscapehallucinatory imagery

Shurei (Vermilion Spirit)

1970年 tanka

A mature-period collection characterized by strong metaphors and symbolism.

symbolismfemininityvisionary sight

Taka no Ido (Hawk's Well)

1977年 tanka

A later collection condensing her unique worldview.

lonelinessvisionary perception

Bara Mado (Rose Window)

1978年 tanka

A collection composed earlier but published later; shows religious and symbolic themes.

symbolismreligious imagery

全著作

Tōkō (1950)
Hikō (1954)
Genyu (1960)
Budō Kidachi (1963)
Shurei (1970)
Collected Poems of Kuzuhara Taeko (San'ichi Shobo, 1974)
Taka no Ido (1977)
Bara Mado (1978)
Complete Poems of Kuzuhara Taeko (Tanka Shinbunsha, 1987)
Various collected editions and reprints (post-1974)

作風・主題

文体: surrealist expressiontanka using irregular meterfrequent use of visual and visionary imagery
頻出モチーフ: visionary sightdefamiliarization of the everydayfemininity and symbolism

健康

multiple cerebral infarctions

1985年（晩年）

Suffered multiple cerebral infarctions in 1985 and developed pneumonia; resulted in death.
pneumonia

1985年（晩年）

Complicated the cerebral infarctions and proved fatal.

評価・遺産

Kuzuhara Taeko is regarded as a leading surrealist tanka poet in postwar Japan. Her use of irregular meter and visionary imagery influenced contemporaries and subsequent generations of tanka poets.

資料所蔵先

National Diet Library (related materials)

引用

She 'sees what ought not to be seen and hears what ought not to be heard.'

出典: Hishikawa Yoshio (commentary on Kuzuhara Taeko) (1950年)

豆知識

She received Catholic baptism from her daughter in 1985 late in life.
Often described as 'a modern witch' or 'queen of visionary sight.'
Founded and served as editor-publisher of the quarterly journal 'Ogatama' (1981).

日本の文学賞