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Murakoshi Kaseki

むらこし かせき

Murakoshi Kaseki

別名: 村越 英彦
ペンネーム: Kaseki（Haiku pen name used in submissions and haiku circles.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1922-12-17 （Nyubune, Okabe Town (former Asahina Village), Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan）
死没
2014-03-08 （Kurio Rakusenen (National Sanatorium), Kusatsu, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture, Japan） 91歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Fujieda, Shizuoka (birthplace) → Kurio Rakusenen sanatorium, Kusatsu, Gunma (residence/treatment)

経歴

職業
haiku poet
活動期間
1938年〜2013年
所属
Kuri no Hana Haikai / Takahara Haiku-kai, Shigino (under Honda Issan), Hama (associated with Ohno Rinka), Hototogisu (influence/association)
所属団体
Takahara Haiku-kai, Shigino, Hama, Hototogisu (association)
影響を受けた人物
Honda Issan, Ohno Rinka, Asaka Koyo

学歴

Former Shizuoka Prefectural Shida Middle School (now Shizuoka Prefectural Fujieda Higashi High School)
国: Japan
Withdrew from school after contracting Hansen's disease at age 16 and moved to Tokyo for treatment.

受賞歴

Kadokawa Haiku Prize
1958
対象作品: "Yamama" (50 haiku)
主催: Kadokawa Shoten
結果: winner
Haijin Kyokai Award (Haiku Poets Association Award)
1974
対象作品: Yamagunsho
主催: Haiku Poets Association
結果: winner
Jakkotsu Prize
1983
対象作品: Tanza
主催: Jakkotsu Prize Committee
結果: winner
Shika Bungakukan Prize
1989
対象作品: Tsutsudori
主催: Poetry and Song Literature Museum
結果: winner
Tenji Mainichi Culture Award
1990
主催: Tenji Mainichi
結果: winner
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1991
主催: Japanese government
結果: recipient
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literature Award (haiku category)
2008
対象作品: Hachijuuji
部門: 俳句部門
主催: Yamamoto Kenkichi Literature Award Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Dokugan

1962年 haiku

An early collection of haiku reflecting the poet's struggle with illness and inner life.

illnesssolitudenature

Yamagunsho

1974年 haiku

One of his representative works, featuring many mountain-themed haiku.

mountainsnostalgiaseasons

Tanza

1982年 haiku

A more mature collection of haiku; recipient of the Jakkotsu Prize.

inner lifenatureageing

Eighty-Eight Nights

1997年 haiku

Contains poems imbued with longing for his hometown; a haiku from this era was later engraved on a monument.

homesicknessseasonstea

全著作

  • Dokugan (1962, Rokan-do)
  • Yamagunsho (1974, Hama Publishing)
  • Tanza (1982, Hama Publishing)
  • Tsutsudori (1988, Hama Publishing)
  • Ishi to Tsue (1992, Hama Publishing)
  • Eighty-Eight Nights (1997, Kindai Bungeisha)
  • Hotarubukuro (2003, Kadokawa Shoten)
  • Hachijuuji (2007, Kadokawa Shoten)
  • Uchiwa (2010, Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing)
  • Kagomakura (2013, Bungaku no Mori) Selected Poems

作風・主題

文体
concise, sharp haiku stylea severe gaze confronting illness and deathintrospective voice expressing human dignity and attachment to life
頻出モチーフ
nature (mountains, forest fruits, seasons)illness and its sequelaenostalgia and hometown landscapesageing and loss of sight

健康

  • Hansen's disease (leprosy) and its sequelae
    1938頃 - 生涯にわたる後遺症
    Contracted Hansen's disease around age 16 and lived in sanatorium care. Due to side effects of promin lost sight in one eye and became fully blind by 1970, yet continued composing haiku.

評価・遺産

Celebrated as a "haiku poet of the soul" who composed throughout his life while battling Hansen's disease; commemorated with monuments and local honors.

記念館・博物館

  • Fujieda City Museum of Local History & Literature Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan

関連学会

  • Modern Haiku Association
  • Haiku Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • Materials held by Fujieda City Museum of Local History & Literature
  • Kurio Rakusenen sanatorium related archives

大衆文化への影響

  • Murakoshi Kaseki Haiku Competition (held in his hometown Fujieda)
  • Haiku monument at the roadside station 'Gyokuro no Sato' featuring his poem

引用

  • In the New Year's Eve bath, skin touches—I shall live on
    出典: source unknown (representative haiku)
  • When I extinguish the cold lamp, I am tied to my mother
    出典: source unknown (representative haiku)
  • Forest hears the nuts falling in the woods
    出典: source unknown (representative haiku)

豆知識

  • Real name was Murakoshi Hidehiko.
  • Used the haiku pen name "Kaseki" (Kaseki means fossil).
  • Contracted Hansen's disease at age 16 and spent much of life in sanatorium care.
  • Lost sight in one eye due to promin side effects and became completely blind by 1970, yet continued writing.
  • A haiku monument was erected in his hometown Fujieda and local commemorations are held.