Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2005) award
Masako Takada
たかだ まさこ
Takada Masako
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1959-07-28 （Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Influenced By
- Anko Kuroda
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | — | — | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Aio Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2006 | Haijin Kyokai Newcomer Award | Flowers and Fruits | — | Haiku Poets Association | winner |
| 2015 | Hoshino Tatsuko Prize | Seirei | — | Hoshino Tatsuko Prize Committee | winner |
Aio Prize
1997
Result:
winner
Haijin Kyokai Newcomer Award
2006
Work:
Flowers and Fruits
Organization:
Haiku Poets Association
Result:
winner
Hoshino Tatsuko Prize
2015
Work:
Seirei
Organization:
Hoshino Tatsuko Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Hoshino Tatsuko Award - Main Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2015) Hoshino Tatsuko Award
Works
Major Works
Toys
1994 haiku collectionDebut haiku collection presenting delicate poems on daily life and memory.
daily lifememory
Flowers and Fruits
2005 haiku collectionSecond haiku collection including many poems on family and hometown; critically acclaimed.
familyhometown
Seirei
2014 haiku collectionThird haiku collection featuring poems about parents and hometown; winner of the Hoshino Tatsuko Prize.
parent-child relationshipshometownseasons
Bibliography
- Toys (1994)
- Flowers and Fruits (2005)
- Seirei (2014)
- A Child's Haiku (2010)
- Anko Kuroda's Haiku: Sakura, Hotaru, Junrei (2022)
- Daily Season Word Weather (2023)
- Anko Kuroda Haiku Selection 1: Hotaru (2023)
- Anko Kuroda Haiku Selection 2: Moon (2023)
- Anko Kuroda Haiku Selection 3: Hina (2024)
- Anko Kuroda Haiku Selection 4: Sakura (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- delicate and profound styleconcise expressions depicting everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- hometownparent-child relationshipsseasonal change
Legacy
Masako Takada is a contemporary haiku poet valued for her delicate sensibility and attention to everyday life. She has contributed to the haiku community through scholarship on Anko Kuroda and by founding the Seirei magazine.
Academic Societies
- Haiku Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Haiku Poets Association Library
Quotes
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The snow firefly smelling of the river water
Source: Ten Years of the Hoshino Tatsuko Prize (commentary by Anko Kuroda) (2023) -
A hot water bottle for father, I make father abandon the house
Source: Commentary by Minoru Ozawa
Trivia
- Seirei is the title of her third haiku collection and the name of the magazine she founded.
- Known for research and edited selections of Anko Kuroda's haiku.
- Resident of Kawasaki; husband is Yuhiko Takada, a professor at Aoyama Gakuin University.