Tanka Research Newcomer Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 33 (1990) award
Masashi Nishida
にしだ まさし
Nishida Masashi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-01-01 （Minokamo, Gifu, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Born in Minokamo, Gifu → Resides in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Influenced By
- Kunio Tsukamoto, Hiroyuki Ogihara
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefectural University | Faculty of Foreign Languages | Department of English and American Studies | — | — | Japan |
Aichi Prefectural University
Faculty of Foreign Languages
/ Department of English and American Studies
Country:
Japan
Began composing tanka while at university
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award | Welcome to the Cat's Planet | — | Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) | winner |
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award
1990
Work:
Welcome to the Cat's Planet
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Strawberry Calendar
1993 Tanka collectionFirst collection of tanka poems capturing everyday moments and intimate emotions.
everyday lifelovenostalgia
Sweet Home
2017 Tanka collectionA collection after his return to composing, featuring accessible verse about home and personal surroundings.
homeeveryday lifeintimacy
Bibliography
- Strawberry Calendar (1993)
- Sweet Home (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial and approachable voicemodern sensibility with touches of humor in tanka
- Recurring Motifs
- catseveryday lifenostalgia
Legacy
A figure in the early-1990s New Wave tanka movement, noted for his first collection. He paused composing around 2000 and resumed in 2013; known for an accessible style and steady recognition.
Trivia
- Won the 33rd Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award in 1990 for "ようこそ！猫の星へ".
- Stopped composing around 2000 and resumed in 2013.
- Maintains a blog titled "Evergreen Cafe."
- Has an X (formerly Twitter) account @musouan.