Oguma Hideo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2000) award
Seimei Matsuo
まつお せいめい
matsuo seimei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-03-03 （Hiroshima City）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism (Zen)
- Residence History
- Hiroshima City
Career
- Occupations
- poet, Zen monk, author
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Hiroshima Prefecture Poets Association (served as president), Japan Poets Club (associated)
- Memberships
- Hiroshima Prefecture Poets Association, Japan Poets Club
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Okuma Hideo Prize (33rd) | Hill | — | Okuma Hideo Prize Committee | Winner |
| 2001 | Japan Poets Club Prize (34th) | City Fields | — | Japan Poets Club | Winner |
| 2008 | Tomita Saika Prize (19th) | At the Earth's Garden | — | Tomita Saika Prize Committee | Winner |
Okuma Hideo Prize (33rd)
2000
Work:
Hill
Organization:
Okuma Hideo Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Japan Poets Club Prize (34th)
2001
Work:
City Fields
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
Winner
Tomita Saika Prize (19th)
2008
Work:
At the Earth's Garden
Organization:
Tomita Saika Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 34 (2001) award
Tomita Saika Award
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (2008) award
Works
Major Works
Blue Sky in the Pocket: Seimei Matsuo Small Poems
1975 PoetryAn early collection of short poems combining fragments of daily life with quiet contemplation.
daily lifenatureintrospection
Distant Voice
1987 PoetryA collection of poems that listens to the past and memory.
memorytimenostalgia
Seimei Matsuo Collected Poems: The Great Muteness
1989 PoetryOne of his representative collections focusing on silence and stillness.
silenceZen contemplationexistence
Marrony Hill
1993 PoetryA collection including image poems borrowing European place names.
landscapeimagerysuburbia
Understanding 'Zen': In Search of the Origins of Zen
1995 Essay (religious explanation)An accessible introduction explaining the basics and thought of Zen.
ZenBuddhist thoughtintroduction
Hill
1999 PoetryA mature set of poems examining the relationship between nature and humans. Awarded the Okuma Hideo Prize.
naturematuritylife and death
City Fields
2000 PoetryA poetry collection linking urban landscapes with quiet agrarian images. Recipient of the Japan Poets Club Prize.
urbanitynaturecoexistence
My Standard Language: Dialect Poems
2001 PoetryA collection exploring language and identity through dialect poetry.
dialectlanguageregionality
At the Earth's Garden
2008 PoetryA poetry collection with environmental and global perspectives. Awarded the Tomita Saika Prize.
environmentearthcoexistence
Bibliography
- Blue Sky in the Pocket: Seimei Matsuo Small Poems (1975)
- Distant Voice (1987)
- Seimei Matsuo Collected Poems: The Great Muteness (1989)
- Marrony Hill (1993)
- Understanding 'Zen' (1995)
- Understanding 'Tripitaka Master' (1996)
- Understanding 'Buddha' (1997)
- Hill (1999)
- City Fields (2000)
- My Standard Language: Dialect Poems (2001)
- At the Earth's Garden (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, valuing silencedescriptive style influenced by Zen contemplation
- Recurring Motifs
- naturesilence/stillnessmemorynostalgiaZen
Legacy
A Hiroshima-born poet and Zen monk whose poetry blends daily life, nature and Zen contemplation. He received multiple poetry awards and exerted influence in the regional poetry scene as leader of the Hiroshima Prefecture Poets Association.
Academic Societies
- Hiroshima Prefecture Poets Association
- Japan Poets Club
Archives
- National Diet Library (materials related to Seimei Matsuo)
- VIAF identifier 251676122
Trivia
- A poet from Hiroshima who is also a Zen monk.
- Published a small collection in 1975 and subsequently released poetry collections and Buddhist-related works.
- Won the Okuma Hideo Prize in 2000 for 'Hill', the Japan Poets Club Prize in 2001 for 'City Fields', and the Tomita Saika Prize in 2008 for 'At the Earth's Garden'.