Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (1985) award
Miaki Orikasa
おりがさ びしゅう
Origasa Bishu
Pen Names:
Bishu（Used as a haiku pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934-12-23 （Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Died
- 1990-03-17 age 55
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, newspaper journalist, haiku critic
- Active Years
- 1958-1990
- Influenced By
- Akio Tomizawa, Abe Seika, Shigenobu Takayanagi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Japanese Literature
Year of Graduation:
1958
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd Haiku Hyoron Prize (criticism category) | — | 評論の部 | Haiku Hyoron (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Modern Haiku Association Prize | If You Were a Butterfly | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
3rd Haiku Hyoron Prize (criticism category)
1967
Category:
評論の部
Organization:
Haiku Hyoron (magazine)
Result:
受賞
Modern Haiku Association Prize
1985
Work:
If You Were a Butterfly
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Koshoki
1984 Haiku collectionA collection of early haiku, including prose-like verses and experiments with multi-line formats.
natureeveryday lifeformal experimentation
If You Were a Butterfly
1987 Haiku collectionA representative collection featuring many poems from his period of illness; notable for perspectives from the sickbed and sensitivity to life and death.
illness and recoverylife and deathnatural imagery
Kaden-sho
1989 Haiku collectionA late-career collection comprising poems created while confronting illness.
hospital bedsolitudecontemplation
The Shroud for the Journey to Death
1989 Memoir / illness recordA nonfiction record of his time on the sickbed, conveying the realities and emotional life during his illness.
illness memoirfamilyacceptance of death
Bibliography
- Koshoki (1984, Haiku Hyoronsha)
- If You Were a Butterfly (1987, Rippu Shobo)
- Kaden-sho (1989, Ki no Kai)
- The Shroud for the Journey to Death (1989, Fujimi Shobo)
- No, Your Majesty (1998, Ki no Kai; essays)
- Kitasato Gyoga Tekiteki / Kochiki (2019, Tategami no Kai; ed. Sumishi Terada)
Adaptations
- Wife, O Wife (TV drama, 1987)
- Documentary program about Miaki Orikasa's illness and life
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- prose-like haikuexperimentation with multi-line formstherapeutic/sickbed haiku
- Recurring Motifs
- butterflieshospital bed / illnessdreams / disappearancebread / foodgalaxy / cosmos
Health
-
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)1982-1990Onset in 1982 leading to hospitalization and progressive paralysis. He continued composing with the aid of his wife, who interpreted slight movements of his mouth and eyes.
Legacy
Regarded as a poet who fused sickbed haiku with avant-garde formal experiments. His life confronting illness and continued creativity was widely read and brought to broader public attention through his wife's memoirs and television adaptations.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds works and related materials)
In Popular Culture
- TV drama 'Wife, O Wife' based on his wife's memoir
- Documentary programs about his illness and life
Quotes
-
Roasting mochi — one missing dream
Source: Collected haiku / date unspecified (representative poem) (1984) -
To the sunlit field — if it were you, you could ride a butterfly
Source: If You Were a Butterfly (1987) (1987) -
Two hundred steps to the bakery — seven steps to the galaxy
Source: Collected haiku / representative poem (1987)
Trivia
- His legal name was Miaki (given name written 美昭); he used the haiku name Bishu.
- Despite onset of ALS in 1982, he continued to compose with his wife's assistance interpreting slight movements.
- His wife's memoirs were adapted into television drama and documentary programs.