Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (1995) award
Nobuyoshi Miyazaki
みやざき のぶよし
Miyazaki Nobuyoshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-02-24 （Miura, Oshinaga Village, Sakata District, Shiga (now Maibara City)）
- Died
- 2009-01-02 （At home (reported)） age 96
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Maibara (birth region) → Kantō (Yokohama/Tokyo area, student years) → Kobe (railway service) → Kyoto (editorial and literary base) → Osaka (later corporate/board roles)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, railway employee, editor
- Active Years
- 1930-2009
- Affiliations
- Miraizanmyaku (editor/representative), Kyoto Association of Tanka Poets (chair), New Tanka Poets Federation (president), Modern Tanka Poets Association (member)
- Memberships
- Modern Tanka Poets Association
- Influenced By
- Yūgure Maeda, Otomu Hirai, Kaichi Nakano, Jun Ishihara, Hachirō Zushi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Yokohama Senmon Gakko (now Kanagawa University) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Former Yokohama Senmon Gakko (now Kanagawa University)
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize | "Chihō-kei" (Regional Series) — 20 poems | — | Tanka Kenkyusha | winner |
| 2005 | Japan Tanka Magazine Federation Special Service Award | — | — | Japan Tanka Magazine Federation | honor |
Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research) Prize
1995
Work:
"Chihō-kei" (Regional Series) — 20 poems
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyusha
Result:
winner
Japan Tanka Magazine Federation Special Service Award
2005
Organization:
Japan Tanka Magazine Federation
Result:
honor
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Watershed
1955 tankaA collection of early poems showing his commitment to colloquial free-verse tanka.
natureeveryday life
Summer Clouds
1955 tankaHis second collection, vividly incorporating battlefield experiences and personal anguish from the war.
warmemorysuffering
Express Train
1969 tankaA collection depicting urban and travel scenes with sensitive observation of daily life.
travelcitycontrast with nature
February Fire
1983 tankaA mature collection where personal feeling and nature interweave in his verse.
naturenostalgiaeveryday life
Bibliography
- Watershed
- Summer Clouds
- Crossroads
- Express Train
- Baika-ki
- Wafūdo
- February Fire
- The Sun Now
- Long on the Earth
- Thousand Years
- Mountains, Fields, and Rivers
- Right Hand, Left Hand
- Life
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial free-verse tankaplain and concise dictionrealism
- Recurring Motifs
- naturenostalgiawartime experiencedetails of everyday life
Health
-
esophageal cancer晩年（死去の原因）Deteriorated health in his final years; died in 2009.
Legacy
Nobuyoshi Miyazaki is regarded as a reviver of colloquial free-verse tanka, shifting from prewar surrealist methods to a postwar plain realism. Through magazines like Shin-Tanka and Miraizanmyaku he influenced many poets.
Academic Societies
- Kyoto Association of Tanka Poets
- Modern Tanka Poets Association
Archives
Quotes
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Grant repose: fish line the fishmonger's stalls, water runs in the drain.
Source: Annual Shin-Tanka (1966) (1966) -
Let a crimson flower bloom on the sun <die by the enemy's bullet>—the lover's fragrant luncheon.
Source: Tanka and Method (Sept. 1937 issue) (1937)
Trivia
- Worked for Japanese National Railways and retired as stationmaster of Kobe Station
- Founded the tanka magazine Shin-Tanka in 1949 and edited it in Kyoto
- Received the Tanka Kenkyu Prize in 1995 and the Japan Tanka Magazine Federation Special Service Award in 2005