Contemporary Tanka Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1979) award
Mitsu Nagasawa
ながさわ みつ
Nagasawa Mitsu
Aliases:
長澤 美津 / 津田 美津
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1905-11-14 （Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan）
- Died
- 2005-04-26 （Tokyo, Japan） age 99
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kanazawa, Ishikawa → Ogikubo, Tokyo → Ōmiya, Saitama → Utsunomiya, Tochigi → Nerima, Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, Japanese literature scholar, editor/anthologist
- Active Years
- 1929-2005
- Affiliations
- Nyōnin Tanka-kai (Women’s Tanka Association) — chaired, Waka Literature Society (member), Murasaki Shikibu Society (member), Japan Writers' Association (member)
- Memberships
- Waka Literature Society, Murasaki Shikibu Society, Japan Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Sen'ichi Hisamatsu, Chikashi Koizumi, Saiko Edo
- Influenced
- Taeko Kuzuhara, Miyoko Goshima, Sadaka Morioka, Fumiko Nakashiro (supported poet)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Women's University | Faculty of Letters (Department of Japanese Literature) | Japanese literature | — | 1922-1926 | Japan |
| Kokugakuin University | — | — | 文学博士 | — | Japan |
Japan Women's University
Faculty of Letters (Department of Japanese Literature)
/ Japanese literature
Period:
1922-1926
Year of Graduation:
1926
Country:
Japan
Kokugakuin University
Degree:
文学博士
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
Japan
PhD awarded for historical research on women's waka
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Gendai Tanka Prize (Modern Tanka Award) | Nyōnin Waka Taikei (Anthology of Women's Waka) (editor) | — | Contemporary Tanka Poets Association | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class (Hōkan-shō) | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1992 | Utakai Hajime Selected Poet | — | — | Imperial Household Agency | 召人（選出） |
Gendai Tanka Prize (Modern Tanka Award)
1979
Work:
Nyōnin Waka Taikei (Anthology of Women's Waka) (editor)
Organization:
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association
Result:
受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class (Hōkan-shō)
1981
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Utakai Hajime Selected Poet
1992
Organization:
Imperial Household Agency
Result:
召人（選出）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nyōnin Waka Taikei (Anthology of Women's Waka) (editor)
1962 scholarship / anthologyA six-volume anthology of women's waka compiled and published between 1962 and 1978. It collected tens of thousands of poems and historical materials, significantly contributing to the study of women's waka.
women's wakahistorical researchcompilation
Hanjō
1929 tanka collectionFirst poetry collection and debut work containing early tanka poems.
natureeveryday lifefemale perspective
Uto (Selected Poems)
1975 selected tanka collectionA self-selected collection of poems compiled from earlier collections.
reminiscencewomen's history
Bibliography
- Hanjō (tanka collection) 1929
- Taruhikage (tanka collection) 1935
- Kashin (tanka collection) 1941
- Kumo o Yobu (tanka collection) 1950
- Minamo (tanka collection) 1953
- Yuki (tanka collection) 1955
- Shio (tanka collection) 1958
- Kuruma (tanka collection) 1960
- Ōrai (tanka collection) 1963
- Jimon (tanka collection) 1966
- Sen (tanka collection) 1970
- Goh (tanka collection) 1974
- Uto (selected poems) 1975
- Sōtō (tanka collection) 1976
- Sumi Shizuku (tanka collection) 1980
- Itteki no Abura (tanka collection) 1981
- Hachijū Tobira (tanka collection) 1985
- Seigaiha (tanka collection) 1987
- Tenchi Sōmon (tanka collection) 1989
- Kachō Gyōretsu (tanka collection) 1991
- Butsugenmon (tanka collection) 1993
- Sotoba (tanka collection) 1994
- Sora (tanka collection) 1995
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- expression based on traditional tanka formscompilation- and research-oriented approach grounded in historical materialsdelicate, lyrical voice
- Recurring Motifs
- women's life and feelingsseasonal sensibilityeveryday life and family
Health
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pneumonia2005Died of pneumonia on 2005-04-26 at age 99
Legacy
Mitsu Nagasawa devoted her life to compiling and researching women's waka; her six-volume Nyōnin Waka Taikei made a decisive contribution to the field. She led postwar women's tanka movements and mentored many poets.
Academic Societies
- Waka Literature Society
- Murasaki Shikibu Society
- Japan Writers' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds related publications)
- University libraries / CiNii (manuscripts and publication records)
Trivia
- Died at age 99 (1905–2005).
- Led compilation of the six-volume Nyōnin Waka Taikei.
- Participated in founding the Nyōnin Tanka-kai in 1949 and chaired it for many years.
- Received the Modern Tanka Award in 1979.