Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (2005) award
Obana Sensaku
おばな せんさく
Obana Sensaku
Aliases:
三浦 敬二郎
Pen Names:
Obana Sensaku（Pen name used for poetry (birth name: Miura Keijiro)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-04-09 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2018-05-22 （Sendai, Japan） age 91
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture (childhood) → Sendai (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1957-2018
- Influenced By
- Kiyoshiro Okazaki, Baku Suzuki, Kunio Tsukamoto
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo Commercial School (now Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Sapporo Commercial School (now Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School)
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Sapporo Commercial School; the school corresponds to present-day Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Bansui Prize (25th) | Shukuzu | — | Bansui Prize | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Miyagi Prefecture Arts Award | Oku no Hosomichi Kukei Shisho | — | Miyagi Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Chikyu (Earth) Prize (23rd) | Yomi Soji Kagemi Saimon | — | Chikyu Prize | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Japan Poets Club Prize (38th) | To Ariake | — | Japan Poets Club Prize | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Contemporary Poets Prize (34th) | Evening Bell | — | Contemporary Poets Prize | 受賞 |
Bansui Prize (25th)
1984
Work:
Shukuzu
Organization:
Bansui Prize
Result:
受賞
Miyagi Prefecture Arts Award
1989
Work:
Oku no Hosomichi Kukei Shisho
Organization:
Miyagi Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Chikyu (Earth) Prize (23rd)
1997
Work:
Yomi Soji Kagemi Saimon
Organization:
Chikyu Prize
Result:
受賞
Japan Poets Club Prize (38th)
2005
Work:
To Ariake
Organization:
Japan Poets Club Prize
Result:
受賞
Contemporary Poets Prize (34th)
2016
Work:
Evening Bell
Organization:
Contemporary Poets Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Poet Award
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2016) award
Works
Major Works
Oku no Hosomichi Kukei Shisho
1989 poetry collectionA poetry collection inspired by Basho's Oku no Hosomichi, featuring landscape and memory-focused poems.
naturejourneymemory
Yomi Soji Kagemi Saimon
1997 poetry collectionA collection treating life, death and remembrance with dense, symbolic language.
deathremembrancesymbolism
To Ariake
2004 poetry collectionA collection centered on images of the sea and dawn.
seadawnloneliness
Evening Bell
2015 poetry collectionA late-career collection reflecting on time and mortality.
timeendingrecollection
Bibliography
- Oku no Hosomichi Kukei Shisho (Poetry Collection)
- Yomi Soji Kagemi Saimon (Poetry Collection)
- Obana Sensaku Poetry Collection (Doyobi Bijutsu-sha Publishing)
- To Ariake
- Shunrei
- Obana Sensaku Poetry Collection (Shichosha)
- Evening Bell
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- symboliclyricalcondensed language
- Recurring Motifs
- seanatural landscapesmemory and remembrancedeath
Legacy
A poet known for regional sensibilities and lyrical verse; highly regarded into his later years and regarded as an important figure in contemporary Japanese poetry.
Trivia
- Birth name: Miura Keijiro.
- Graduated from Sapporo Commercial School (now Hokkai Gakuen Sapporo High School).
- First published in 1957 in the magazine Eureka; participated in the poetry magazine "Areadi" (Araki) and other contemporary poetry periodicals.