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Sakurako Makita

まきた さくらこ

Makita Sakurako

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1929-01-11 （Mejiro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan）
死没
2021-08-08 （Tokyo, Japan） 92歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet, editor
活動期間
1946年〜2021年

学歴

Tokyo Prefectural Third Girls' High School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School)
国: Japan

受賞歴

Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize
1982
対象作品: Konshi Kindei
主催: Japan Tanka Poets Club
結果: 受賞
Muse Women's Literary Award
1994
対象作品: Rinshimoku
主催: Muse Women's Literary Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Gendai Tanka Award
2014
対象作品: Hyō no Yuri no Ki (and lifetime achievements)
主催: Gendai Tanka Award Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Aki no Isu

1955年 tanka collection

First collection of tanka, containing early lyrical poems.

everyday lifeseasonslyricism

Mori Miru Mado

1965年 tanka collection

Second collection, featuring quiet observation and introspection.

observationnatureintrospection

Konshi Kindei

1981年 tanka collection

Third collection, noted for distinctive diction and expression; won the Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize.

texture of languagememorytime

Sabishiki Kirin

1986年 tanka collection

Fourth collection, characterized by layered sensory imagery.

solitudeimageryfantasy

Rinshimoku

1993年 tanka collection

Fifth collection; praised for delicate observation and feminine perspective; received the Muse Women's Literary Award.

naturefemale perspectiveminute observation

Sakurako Makita Collected Tanka

1993年 tanka collection (selected)

Selected collection of representative works.

selectionrepresentative works

Setsudan Gen

1998年 tanka collection

Sixth collection, containing experimental elements that emphasize fragmentary language.

linguistic fragmentsexperimentation

Kaichūrin

2000年 tanka collection

Seventh collection, employing images of the sea and underwater scenes.

seabuoyancytime

Tokeisō (Selected Tanka)

2005年 tanka collection (selected)

Self-selected collection compiling poems from across her career.

retrospectivelife

Saineria Kō

2006年 tanka collection

Eighth collection; poems develop through reflections on individual plants and phenomena.

plantsattention to detail

Hisui no Ren

2009年 tanka collection

Ninth collection; features constructively arranged tanka conscious of color and continuity.

colorcontinuity

Tenchi Gan

2010年 tanka collection

Tenth collection, a series of poems viewing the world from an expansive perspective.

perspectiveexpansiveness

Hyō no Yuri no Ki

2014年 tanka collection

Eleventh collection; a capstone of long-term work, awarded the Gendai Tanka Award.

culminationmemoryageing

全著作

  • Aki no Isu
  • Mori Miru Mado
  • Konshi Kindei
  • Sabishiki Kirin
  • Rinshimoku
  • Sakurako Makita Collected Tanka
  • Setsudan Gen
  • Kaichūrin
  • Tokeisō
  • Saineria Kō
  • Hisui no Ren
  • Tenchi Gan
  • Hyō no Yuri no Ki

作風・主題

文体
lyrical and delicate expressionobservational and quiet voice
頻出モチーフ
natureseasonstimememoryfemale perspective

健康

  • malignant tumor (cancer)
    〜2021
    Died in 2021. Marked the end of her creative activity.

評価・遺産

Sakurako Makita was active for decades as a tanka poet and editor, praised for her unique linguistic sensibility and delicate observation. She received multiple major awards and is regarded as an important figure in contemporary tanka.

関連学会

  • Modern Tanka Poets' Association

豆知識

  • She was involved in editing the magazine Tanka-jin for 55 years.
  • In 2002 she served as a selector for NHK Kadan (now NHK Tanka).
  • Her legal name is recorded as Hamadakaie Sakurako (sources vary in rendering).