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Nakauchi Ryogen

なかうち りょうげん

Nakauchi Ryogen

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1974-09-15 （Fukui Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, haiku instructor, editor
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Leader of Haikai Troupe 'Getsumei' (Tsukinari), Member of 'Umihara' (literary group), Member of the Modern Haiku Association, Chair, Fukui Prefectural Modern Haiku Association
Memberships
Haikai Brigade 'Getsumei' (leader), Member of 'Umihara', Chair, Fukui Prefectural Modern Haiku Association (current), Councilor, Modern Haiku Association
Influenced By
Kaneko Tota

Awards

28th Shinfusha Encouragement Prize
2007
Work: Read It Alone on a Sleepless Night
Organization: Shinfusha
Result: 受賞
12th Hokuriku Modern Haiku Prize
2009
Work: The Blue Conception
Organization: Hokuriku Modern Haiku Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
28th Gendai Haiku Newface Prize (Honorable Mention)
2010
Work: Scream
Organization: Modern Haiku Association
Result: 佳作
30th Gendai Haiku Newface Prize
2012
Work: Guernica
Organization: Modern Haiku Association
Result: 受賞
47th Kaite (Kaitei) Newface Prize
2012
Work: Vermilion and Blue
Organization: Kaite (literary magazine)
Result: 受賞
Haiku Bottle Tekizami National Haiku Contest — Grand Prize
2017
Organization: Haiku Bottle Tekizami Committee
Result: 受賞
Fukui Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award (Governor's Commendation)
2019
Organization: Fukui Prefecture
Result: 受賞
Umihara Prize
2023
Organization: Umihara (literary magazine)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Read It Alone on a Sleepless Night

2009 haiku collection

First haiku collection mixing personal nocturnal impressions and interior landscapes.

nightsolitudesubjective depiction

The Blue Kirin Knights

2013 haiku collection

A collection emphasizing avant-garde, new-age sensibilities, featuring sequences themed around 'blue'.

blueavant-gardesubjective shasei

The Arm of the Red Demon

2017 haiku collection (with critical appendix)

Second collection including critical appendices such as the essay 'Subjective Shasei' and writings on Kaneko Tota.

subjective shaseicriticismintersection of tradition and avant-garde

A Wonderful World

2023 haiku collection

A recent collection combining vivid imagery with philosophical reflection.

worldviewimageryphilosophical reflection

Northern Phantasmagoria

2023 haiku collection

A collection portraying northern landscapes and memories in a phantasmagoric style, blending locality with visionary expression.

northern regionmemoryfantasy

Bibliography

  • Read It Alone on a Sleepless Night (2009)
  • The Blue Kirin Knights (2013)
  • The Arm of the Red Demon (2017)
  • Haikai Troupe 'Getsumei' Anthology, Vol.1 (2020)
  • A Wonderful World (2023)
  • Northern Phantasmagoria (2023)
  • Essay 'Kaneko Tota's Genes' (2009, not for sale)

Adaptations

  • Contributed haiku/essays for Ippongi brewery advertisements (newspaper, TV commercials)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
avant-garde, philosophical haiku advocating 'subjective shasei'stylistically focused on visual imagery and intervention into the subject's interior
Recurring Motifs
bluevermilionnorthern landscapesphantasmagorianight

Legacy

Known as a leading figure of new-century avant-garde haiku, advocating the theory of 'subjective shasei'. Active in promoting haiku in Fukui, nurturing younger poets, and recipient of several regional and national haiku awards.

Museums

  • Fukui Prefectural Museum of Hometown Literature (repository of related materials) Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Academic Societies

  • Modern Haiku Association
  • Fukui Prefectural Modern Haiku Association

Archives

  • Copies of periodicals and publications donated to prefectural libraries
  • Holdings at Fukui Prefectural Museum of Hometown Literature

In Popular Culture

  • Provided haiku/essays for Ippongi brewery newspaper ads and TV commercials (won advertising award)
  • FBC Radio seminars and regional media appearances

Quotes

  • Merely describing even a single pore does not necessarily produce emotion. Only when one steps into the interior of the subject, into its life, does the heart tremble.
    Source: KADOKAWA 'Haiku' (Oct. 2012) quoted; also included in the collection 'The Arm of the Red Demon' (2012)

Trivia

  • His younger brother is Masayuki Nakauchi, guitarist of the band Sekaiichi.
  • Provided haiku/essays for Ippongi brewery advertisements and TV commercials; involved in work that won the 39th Fukui Advertising Award (Best Award).