Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1980) award
Norio Tokita
ときた のりお
Tokita Norio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-09-24 （Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Tanka poet, Farmer
- Active Years
- 1964-
- Affiliations
- Kobushi-sha (tanka group)
- Influenced By
- Kotsuna Sasaki, Mizurei Nohara (teacher)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Special Course) | — | Grassland Livestock (specialty) | — | — | Japan |
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Special Course)
Grassland Livestock (specialty)
Country:
Japan
Completed special course in grassland livestock
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize | Ippen no Kumo (50 tanka) | — | Kadokawa Shoten | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Modern Tanka Poets' Association Prize | Hokuhoron (On the North) | — | Modern Tanka Poets' Association | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Hokkaido Shimbun Tanka Prize | Drifting on Frozen Soil | — | Hokkaido Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Tanka Kenkyu (Research) Prize | Batan-kyo (20 tanka) | — | Tanka Kenkyu-sha | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Yomiuri Literature Prize | Poroshiri | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Arts Selection (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award) | Poroshiri | — | MEXT (Arts Selection) | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Hokkaido Culture Prize | — | — | Hokkaido Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Regional Cultural Merit Award | — | — | Tokachi regional cultural organizations | 表彰 |
Kadokawa Tanka Prize
1980
Work:
Ippen no Kumo (50 tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa Shoten
Result:
受賞
Modern Tanka Poets' Association Prize
1982
Work:
Hokuhoron (On the North)
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Result:
受賞
Hokkaido Shimbun Tanka Prize
1987
Work:
Drifting on Frozen Soil
Organization:
Hokkaido Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Tanka Kenkyu (Research) Prize
1999
Work:
Batan-kyo (20 tanka)
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu-sha
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
2009
Work:
Poroshiri
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Arts Selection (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award)
2009
Work:
Poroshiri
Organization:
MEXT (Arts Selection)
Result:
受賞
Hokkaido Culture Prize
2012
Organization:
Hokkaido Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Regional Cultural Merit Award
2014
Organization:
Tokachi regional cultural organizations
Result:
表彰
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 26 (1982) award
Tanka Research Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 35 (1999) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 60 (2008) award
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
-
Edition 59 (2009) award
Works
Major Works
Hokuhoron (On the North)
1982 TankaA tanka collection depicting Hokkaido's landscape and people on a broad, dynamic scale.
Hokkaido landscapemasculine tanka traditionrural life
Drifting on Frozen Soil
1986 TankaA collection focusing on frozen earth and the shifting seasons.
cold-region naturesolitudesense of journey
Poroshiri
2008 TankaA tanka collection themed around Mount Poroshiri and the Tokachi region.
mountainsland and memoryagriculture
Bibliography
- Hokuhoron (On the North) 1982
- Running Through the Green Fields (1985)
- Drifting on Frozen Soil (1986)
- Tokachi Theater (1991)
- Collected Tanka of Norio Tokita (1993)
- Continuation of Dreams (1997)
- Perushuron (1999)
- Northern Family (1999)
- Years of Stone (2003)
- Tanka Style of a Field Man (2005)
- The Demon of Song: Selected Poems of Mizurei Nohara (2005)
- Tales of a Field Man (2006)
- Poroshiri (2008)
- Continued Collected Tanka of Norio Tokita (2008)
- Operiperi Kep: Tales of Farmers (2012)
- Green Eggs (2015)
- Tractor Soaring in the Sun: Farming and Writing (2016)
- Like a Tree, Like a Stone: Poroshiri-an Notes (2017)
- Ezo-no Gishigishi (2017)
- Like a Tree, Like a Stone II: Poroshiri-an Notes (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dynamic, large-scale poetic styleStrong expressions inheriting masculine tanka tradition
- Recurring Motifs
- Tokachi landscapefarming and livestockearth and seasonsmountains
Legacy
Recognized for a grand, dynamic tanka style rooted in Hokkaido's landscape and for contributions to regional culture; his numerous literary awards and regional honors reflect his achievements.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority records)
Trivia
- He continued writing tanka while farming in Tokachi.
- Joined the tanka group Kobushi-sha (辛夷社) in 1964.
- Founded the literary journal 'Gekijo' in 2015.