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Akira Nakayama

なかやま あきら

Nakayama Akira

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1959-03-18 (Meguro, Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Meguro, Tokyo → Saitama Prefecture

経歴

職業
tanka poet, high school teacher
活動期間
1980年〜
影響を受けた人物
Toru Maeda
影響を与えた人物
Hiroshi Homura, New-wave tanka poets of the 1990s

学歴

Komazawa University Senior High School
期間: 1973-1977
卒業年: 1977
国: Japan
High school graduation
Komazawa University, Faculty of Letters
期間: 1977-1981
卒業年: 1981
国: Japan
Graduated from Faculty of Letters

受賞歴

Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (23rd)
1980
対象作品: Ento
主催: Tanka Kenkyu
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Ento

1980年 tanka (poetry)

A tanka collection published in Tanka Kenkyu; the work that won the newcomer award.

religious imageryintrospection

Neko 1-2-3-4

1984年 tanka anthology

First poetry anthology blending classical Japanese diction with light, rhythmic tanka.

catseveryday lifelightness

Ai no Aisatsu

1989年 tanka anthology

Second anthology incorporating subcultural elements into tanka.

lovesubculture

Last Train

1996年 tanka anthology (online)

An online tanka collection published in 1996; marks a turning point after which the author stepped back from composing.

travelfarewellnostalgia

全著作

  • Ento (published in Tanka Kenkyu), September 1980
  • Neko 1-2-3-4 (First anthology), November 1984
  • Ai no Aisatsu (Second anthology), March 1989
  • Last Train (Third anthology — online), 1996

作風・主題

文体
modern tanka grounded in classical dictionlight-verse sensibility
頻出モチーフ
catstrainsnuances of everyday lifesubcultural elements

評価・遺産

Recognized as an early adopter of light-verse techniques within classical-style tanka and for introducing subcultural themes; influenced the new-wave tanka movement of the 1990s. Stepped back from composing after 1996.

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (NDL) holdings
  • VIAF identifier available

豆知識

  • Worked as a world history teacher at the private Marunaka Bunan High School in Saitama Prefecture.
  • Was one of the founding members of the tanka magazine "Kaban."
  • Was friends with poet Jiro Kato and their shogi game records were published in the magazine.