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Matsuzaki Tetsunosuke

まつざき てつのすけ

Matsuzaki Tetsunosuke

Pen Names:

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1918-12-10 (Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)
Died
2014-08-22 age 95
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Yokohama (birthplace) → Ginza (operated a tax accountant office)

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, tax accountant
Active Years
1939-2014
Affiliations
Sekkan (haiku group), Hama (haiku magazine/group), Haiku Poets' Association
Memberships
Haiku Poets' Association (director, chairman)
Influenced By
Kato Shuuson, Oono Rinka

Education

Yokohama Municipal Yokohama Commercial School (former)
Country: Japan
Submitted haiku while a student

Awards

22nd Haiku Poets' Association Prize
1982
Work: Nobutoki Kuni
Organization: Haiku Poets' Association
Result: winner
18th Shika Bungakukan Prize
2003
Work: Changjiang
Organization: Poetry and Song Literature Museum
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tessen (Haiku Collection)

1975 haiku

A collection of haiku from his middle years, characterized by a plain, sincere tone.

naturetravelhumanity

Nobutoki Kuni (Haiku Collection)

1982 haiku

Award-winning collection that includes some of his representative poems.

humanitynostalgia

Changjiang (Haiku Collection)

2002 haiku

A collection notable for poems about China and riversides. Recipient of the Shika Bungakukan Prize.

Chinariverstravel

Bibliography

  • Tessen (1975)
  • Collected Works of Matsuzaki Tetsunosuke (1978)
  • Nobutoki Kuni (1982)
  • Selected Haiku with Author's Notes (1986)
  • Pedestrian (1987)
  • The Road of Xuanzang (1988)
  • Collected Works of Matsuzaki Tetsunosuke (1999)
  • Sixty Years in China (2002)
  • Changjiang (2002)
  • Hama Haiku Appreciation (2004)
  • Yellow River (2006)
  • The Genealogy of Hama Haiku (2007)
  • Chrysanthemums of the Eastern Hedge (2010)
  • Flower Kai Tree (2013)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
plain and sincere tonesimple, unadorned expression
Recurring Motifs
travelriversChinese landscapesnature

Health

  • bronchial asthma
    Died in 2014 of bronchial asthma.

Legacy

Known for a plain, sincere haiku style; as chairman of the Haiku Poets' Association he contributed to the organization and promotion of haiku. Poems about China and travel influenced later poets.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets' Association

Archives

  • Haiku Poets' Association archives

Quotes

  • Simply scorched — the road of Xuanzang continues on
    Source: Representative haiku (from collected works)

Trivia

  • Real name was Toshio.
  • Born in Yokohama and also worked as a tax accountant.