Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1967) award
Minayoshi Souu
みなよし そうう
Minayoshi Sōu
Pen Names:
Ootaro（Birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1902-02-07 （Kamihoue-cho, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1983-06-29 （Jindaiji, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan） age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukui Prefecture (Maruoka, Mikuni) → Tokyo (later life; buried at Jindaiji, Chofu)
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, company employee
- Active Years
- 1919-1983
- Affiliations
- Yukidoke (founder and editor), Haijin Kyokai (Haiku Poets' Association) (vice president), Sazanka (founding editor/selector)
- Memberships
- Haiku Poets' Association
- Influenced By
- Takahama Kyoshi
- Influenced
- Minayoshi Tsukasa (grandson)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukui Middle School (now Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School) | — | — | — | 〜1919 | Japan |
Fukui Middle School (now Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School)
Period:
〜1919
Year of Graduation:
1919
Country:
Japan
Completed middle-school level education; joined Sumitomo Electric Industries in 1919
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Jakko Prize | Sanro | — | Jakko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th Class) | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
Jakko Prize
1967
Work:
Sanro
Organization:
Jakko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th Class)
1979
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Yukidoke
1938 Haiku collectionAn early collection of haiku, published as part of the Sazanka series.
natureseasons
Sanro
1966 Haiku collectionOne of his representative collections containing mature late-career haiku; awarded the Jakko Prize.
reflection in old agedepiction of nature
Kanrin
1940 Haiku collectionA collection focusing on woodland and winter scenes.
wintersolitude
Bibliography
- Yukidoke (Sazanka series) 1938
- Kanrin (Sanseido) 1940
- Kachou Kaigan (Sazanka) 1942
- Kugokoro (Sakano Shobo) 1948
- Ganretsu (Hasegawa Shobo) 1955
- Kusaku Ichiro (Kondo Shoten) 1959
- Sanro (Bokuyo-sha) 1966
- Autobiography with Haiku (Sankei Shimbun Publishing) 1970
- The Way to Haiku (Kadokawa) 1978
- Seien (Kyuryudo) 1982
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A precise, concise haiku style emphasizing shasei (sketching from life)Lyricism centered on depictions of nature
- Recurring Motifs
- passing seasonsdetails of natureobservations of old age
Legacy
One of the major 20th-century haiku poets in Japan. Known for collections such as Yukidoke and Sanro, he served as vice president of the Haiku Poets' Association. Praised for his shasei-based approach and precise haiku style.
Academic Societies
- Haiku Poets' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library, Japan (holds works and materials)
Trivia
- Birth name was Ootaro.
- His grandson Minayoshi Tsukasa is a haiku poet and painter.
- Buried at Jindaiji in Chofu, Tokyo.