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Noriko Tamura

たむら のりこ

Tamura Noriko

Pen Names: Noriko Tamura（Pen name (legal name Tokuko Tamura)）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1929-05-27 （Matsue, Shimane, Japan）
Died
2023-09-12 age 94
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
poet, editor/publisher
Active Years
1967-2023
Memberships
Japan Modern Poets Association, Chushikoku Poets Association, Shimane Poets Union

Education

Matsue Higher Girls' School (now Shimane Prefectural Matsue Kita High School)
Country: Japan
Graduated from the former Matsue Higher Girls' School (now Shimane Prefectural Matsue Kita High School)

Awards

Japan Poets Club Prize
1972
Work: Fifty Years of Poetry in the Izumo-Iwami Region
Organization: Japan Poets Club
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Landscapes with Cliffs: Noriko Tamura Poems

1970 poetry collection

Early collection of poems exploring personal memory through nature and landscapes.

naturememoryregional identity

Fifty Years of Poetry in the Izumo-Iwami Region: Grassroots Poets

1972 criticism / regional literary history

A critical history surveying fifty years of poetry in the Izumo-Iwami area of Shimane Prefecture.

regional literary historypoetic lineage

Inequality Sign: Poems

1974 poetry collection

A mid-career collection weaving human relationships and social perspectives.

human relationshipssociety

Forest Picture Book: Poems

1978 poetry collection

Poems depicting forests and nature, occasionally through a child's perspective.

naturechildhood

Mr. Hern: Poems

1990 poetry collection

Contains poems motivated by local history and notable figures.

local historypersona poems

Takeshima: A Series of Poems

1997 series of poems

A suite of poems addressing territory and collective memory.

territoryhistory

Record of Childhood: Poems

1998 poetry collection

A collection reflecting on childhood memories and growth.

childhoodreminiscence

Arrow of Time — One Hundred and Eight Nights of Dreams: Poems

2011 poetry collection

A late-career poetry collection centered on dreams and the passage of time.

dreamstime

Mr. Hern Has Arrived

2015 poetry collection

A recent collection of short poems featuring local personalities.

personaeregion

Bibliography

  • Landscapes with Cliffs: Noriko Tamura Poems (Mokusei Shobo, 1970)
  • Fifty Years of Poetry in the Izumo-Iwami Region (Mokusei Shobo, 1972)
  • Inequality Sign: Poems (San'in Shijin Club, 1974)
  • Forest Picture Book: Poems (San'in Shijin Club, 1978)
  • Mr. Hern: Poems (San'in Shijin Club, 1990)
  • Takeshima: A Series of Poems (San'in Shijin Club, 1997)
  • Poets of Shimane (Shimane Poets Union, 1998)
  • Record of Childhood: Poems (San'in Shijin Club, 1998)
  • Reading Yasuo Irizawa in Matsue (San'in Poets Group, 2003)
  • Arrow of Time — One Hundred and Eight Nights of Dreams: Poems (Kolsack Publishing, 2011)
  • Mr. Hern Has Arrived (Yakumo-kai, 2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, lyrical stylerealistic emphasis on regional depiction
Recurring Motifs
nature (sea, mountains, forests)childhood memorylocal history and figures

Legacy

A poet known for work rooted in Shimane and the San'in region, noted for both her poetry and regional poetic history; contributed to nurturing and documenting local poets.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Modern Poets Association
  • Chushikoku Poets Association
  • Shimane Poets Union

Archives

  • National Diet Library (catalog/holdings)
  • VIAF / various bibliographic databases

Trivia

  • Legal name Tokuko Tamura.
  • Born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.
  • Graduated from Matsue Higher Girls' School (now Shimane Prefectural Matsue Kita High School).
  • From 1967 she served as editor-publisher of the quarterly poetry magazine 'San'in Poets'.