Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1956) award
Nomura Toshiro
ノムラ トシロウ
Nomura Toshirō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1911-01-05 （Yanaka, Taito, Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2001-05-24 （Tokyo, Japan） age 90
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Haiku poet, Secondary school teacher
- Active Years
- 1931-2001
- Affiliations
- Haiku magazine "Asebi" (Masuboku / Asebi), Founder and editor of haiku magazine "Oki"
- Influenced By
- Mizuhara Shūōko
- Influenced
- Masaki Yuko, Nakabara Michio, Chikushi Iwai, Imase Goichi, Ozawa Katsumi, Suzuki Takao, Suzuki Setsuko, Omaki Hiroshi, Kamakura Sayumi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokugakuin University (Higher Normal School Division) | Higher Normal School Division | Japanese literature | — | 1931- | Japan |
Kokugakuin University (Higher Normal School Division)
Higher Normal School Division
/ Japanese literature
Period:
1931-
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Asebi Newcomer Prize | — | — | Haiku magazine Asebi | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Asebi Prize | — | — | Haiku magazine Asebi | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Modern Haiku Association Prize | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Jyakotsu (Jakushō) Prize | Poem collection 'Tenjōka' | — | Jakushō Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class | — | — | Government of Japan | 叙勲 |
| 1993 | Poetry and Literature Museum Prize | Poem collection 'Choshō' | — | Poetry and Literature Museum | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Ichikawa City Cultural Award | — | — | City of Ichikawa | 受賞 |
Asebi Newcomer Prize
1948
Organization:
Haiku magazine Asebi
Result:
受賞
Asebi Prize
1956
Organization:
Haiku magazine Asebi
Result:
受賞
Modern Haiku Association Prize
1956
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Jyakotsu (Jakushō) Prize
1985
Work:
Poem collection 'Tenjōka'
Organization:
Jakushō Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class
1990
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
叙勲
Poetry and Literature Museum Prize
1993
Work:
Poem collection 'Choshō'
Organization:
Poetry and Literature Museum
Result:
受賞
Ichikawa City Cultural Award
1997
Organization:
City of Ichikawa
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1985) awardWork: Tenjōge
Tenjōge is Nomura Toshiro’s eighth haiku collection. Written after the deaths of his mentor Mizuhara Shūōshi and his wife, and after leaving the haiku magazine Asebi, it turns a close gaze on private life into lyrical haiku. It received the 19th Dakotsu Prize in 1985.
A haiku collection that deepens lyricism through loss and everyday life.
253 pageshaikulosseveryday lifementorship
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1993) award
Works
Major Works
Soshakuon
1955 Haiku collectionFirst haiku collection focusing on life as a teacher; everyday scenes of teaching and domestic life are central.
educationeveryday lifeseasons
Kare no Oki (Wasteland's Offing)
1970 Haiku collectionA collection marking a shift to an image-focused style less reliant on subject matter; incorporates inner landscapes.
inner lifenatureageing
Tenjōka
1984 Haiku collectionA late-career collection awarded the Jakushō Prize in 1985; praised for its mature, graceful tone.
ageingrecollectionnature
Bibliography
- Soshakuon (Kondō Shoten, 1955)
- Gasshō Buraku (Kondō Shoten, 1957)
- Kare no Oki (Bokuyōsha, 1970)
- Minwa (Bokuyōsha, 1972)
- Gensansui (Nagata Shobō, 1975)
- Ui no Yama (Nagata Shobō, 1978)
- Fuyu no Ongaku (Nagata Shobō, 1981)
- Tenjōka (Kadokawa Shoten, 1984)
- Kanku (Kadokawa Shoten, 1987)
- Kikujin (Kyūryūdō, 1989)
- Choshō (Kadokawa Shoten, 1992)
- Ekisui (The Asahi Shimbun Company, 1996)
- Bōshu (France-dō, 1999)
- Huka (Kadokawa Shoten, 2001)
- Kashin Collection: Nomura Toshirō (Kashinsha, 1992)
- Haiku Library: Nomura Toshirō (Shunyōdō, 1992)
- Hito no Shōka: Selected Haiku (France-dō, 1995)
- Complete Haiku of Nomura Toshirō (France-dō, 2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Image-focused, concise dictionSpare lines without excess narrationTendency to incorporate inner landscapes
- Recurring Motifs
- ageingnatureteacher's lifefire / burningseasonal feeling
Legacy
A haiku poet active from the postwar period to his late years. He founded and edited the magazine "Oki," nurtured many disciples, and was praised for a style that balanced tradition and image-orientation. Recipient of the Jakushō Prize, Poetry and Literature Museum Prize and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Fourth Class), he secured a respected place in the haiku world.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds works)
Quotes
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We light a fire — someone passes across the wasteland's offing.
Source: Haiku collection 'Kare no Oki' (1970) -
Welling boots sunk in mud — an old teacher in the autumn gale.
Source: Representative haiku (1954)
Trivia
- Born in Yanaka, Taito, Tokyo as the fourth son among seven siblings.
- Served as teacher and later vice-principal at Ichikawa Gakuen, retiring from the school in 1978.
- Won the Asebi Newcomer Prize in 1948 and the Asebi Prize and Modern Haiku Association Prize in 1956.
- Awarded the Jakushō Prize in 1985 for 'Tenjōka'.
- Decorated with the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Fourth Class) in 1990.
- In May 2001 he handed over editorship of 'Oki' to his third son Nomura Kenzō (研三) and died on May 24, 2001.
- The deaths of his young sons influenced the tone and subjects of some of his haiku.