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Mizuhara Shuohshi

みずはら しゅうおうし

Mizuhara Shuohshi

Pen Names: Mizuhara Yutakareal name, Seikapen name used in Kino-mekai and others, Kiūteianother art name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-10-09 (Sarugaku-chō, Kanda-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan)
Died
1981-07-17 (Nishi-Oginami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan) age 88
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, physician
Active Years
1919-1981
Memberships
Japan Literary Patriotic Society, Haiku Poets Association, Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Matsune Toyojō, Takahama Kyoshi, Yamaguchi Seishi
Influenced
Asphodel (magazine)

Education

Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Medicine
Degree: 医学博士
Period: 1914-1918
Year of Graduation: 1918
Country: Japan
Graduated after research in the Serum Chemistry Laboratory

Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize
1964
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class
1967
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Katsushika

1930 haiku anthology

Shorin

1950 haiku anthology

Zansho

1952 haiku anthology

Style & Themes

Literary Style
bright and lyricalManyō styleImpressionist
Recurring Motifs
highland understory treeswild grasseswild birds

Health

  • acute heart failure
    1981年7月
    caused death

Legacy

Led a lyrical haiku movement opposing objective realism

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets Association
  • Japan Art Academy

Trivia

  • Was passionate about baseball in junior high
  • Was a fan of the Seibu Lions in later life