New Haiku Poets Federation Prize - Haiku Works Division
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1977) award
Takeshi Mochizuki
もちづき たけし
Mochizuki Takeshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-01-05 （Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kofu, Yamanashi (birthplace) → Manazuru, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa (worked at quarry) → Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, editor
- Active Years
- 1963-
- Affiliations
- Shin Haiku-jin Renmei (New Haiku People Federation), Modern Haiku Association, Editor, haiku magazine 'Haikujin'
- Memberships
- Shin Haiku-jin Renmei (vice-president), Modern Haiku Association (member)
- Influenced By
- Sakae Akagi, Taiho Furusawa, Shuji Terayama, Toshihiko Akiba, Heijiro Nakayama, Kyūson Kato
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Shin Haiku-jin Renmei Award (5th) | Nigatsu no Seiza (The Constellation of February) | — | Shin Haiku-jin Renmei | 受賞 |
| — | Hotoku Culture Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Dohyo Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Shin Haiku-jin Renmei Award (5th)
1977
Work:
Nigatsu no Seiza (The Constellation of February)
Organization:
Shin Haiku-jin Renmei
Result:
受賞
Hotoku Culture Prize
Result:
受賞
Dohyo Award
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Songs of the Quarry Workers
1963 haiku collectionAn early collection depicting the labor and realities of quarry work in a realist manner.
laborquarry liferealism
Song of Love and Hammer: A Life Record
1965 essays/haikuAn early work recording labor and life experiences.
laborlife record
Seisou: Haiku Collection by Takeshi Mochizuki
1983 haiku collectionA 1983 collection showing a mature poetic voice.
naturepersonal reminiscence
A Lifetime but Once a Day
1983 haiku collectionAlso published in 1983; focuses on observations of life and time.
timelife
Complete Works of Sakae Akagi (co-editor)
1986 edited volumeWork as co-editor of his teacher Sakae Akagi's complete works.
compilationhaiku history
Takeshi Mochizuki: Ice Horizon
2008 Haikujin series (haiku collection)A collection in the Haikujin series containing representative later works.
ice horizonnatural depiction
Bibliography
- Songs of the Quarry Workers (1963)
- Song of Love and Hammer: A Life Record (1965)
- Seisou: Haiku Collection (1983)
- A Lifetime but Once a Day (1983)
- Complete Works of Sakae Akagi (co-editor, 1986)
- Takeshi Mochizuki: Ice Horizon (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist haikustark expressions depicting labor
- Recurring Motifs
- stonequarrylaborseawind ripples
Health
-
silicosisおおむね1960年代（29歳頃）以降Developed from quarry work exposures around age 29; affected health and led to relocation and changes in work.
Legacy
Recognized as a haiku poet noted for realist depictions of labor; influential as an officer of the Shin Haiku-jin Renmei and as an editor of haiku periodicals. Also noted for editorial work on his teacher's complete works.
Academic Societies
- Shin Haiku-jin Renmei
- Modern Haiku Association
Trivia
- After junior high he worked as an apprentice at a quarry while learning haiku.
- He helped Toshihiko Akiba who had fallen on a station platform; this led to studying under him.
- Prompted by Shuji Terayama, he began composing realist haiku.
- Developed silicosis around age 29.