Wakayama Bokusui Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (2000) award
Ken Odaka
こだか けん
Odaka Ken
Pen Names:
Kenya Washio（Real name. Used for some editorial and nonfiction works.）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-07-13 （Honjo, Tokyo (now Sumida-ku), Japan）
- Died
- 2014-02-10 （Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (office), Japan） age 69
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Sumida-ku, Tokyo (birthplace) → Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (office)
Career
- Occupations
- editor, tanka poet, critic
- Active Years
- 1972-2014
- Affiliations
- Kodansha
- Influenced By
- Akiko Baba
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | Faculty of Economics | — | — | — | Japan |
Keio University
Faculty of Economics
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wakayama Bokusui Prize | Honjo Ryogoku | — | Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee | winner |
| 2015 | Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize | Aki no Gyumizaka | — | Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize Committee | winner (posthumous) |
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2000
Work:
Honjo Ryogoku
Organization:
Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize
2015
Work:
Aki no Gyumizaka
Organization:
Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize Committee
Result:
winner (posthumous)
Awards & Nominations
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2015) award
Works
Major Works
Legend of the Ear
1984 tanka collectionAn early collection of tanka characterized by grounded imagery and lyricism.
memoryeveryday lifehuman relationships
Honjo Ryogoku
2000 tanka collectionA tanka collection focused on the downtown Honjo-Ryogoku area, singing of local memory and family.
downtown Tokyofamilymemory
Songs of Aging
2011 essays / tanka collectionA work of essays and tanka exploring aging and new ways of living.
agingtimeself-reflection
Aki no Gyumizaka
2014 tanka collectionA posthumous collection of songs, reflecting perspectives from his later years.
recollectionfarewellseasons
Bibliography
- Legend of the Ear
- Will Toward Criticism: Possibilities of Modern Tanka
- The Head of Household
- Tarosaka
- Tail of the Strange Bird
- Honjo Ryogoku
- Period of Transformation and Criticism: Challenges of Modern Tanka
- Liquefaction
- Techniques of Modern Tanka
- Person in View
- Songs of Aging
- Aki no Gyumizaka
- What Kind of Work Is Editing? From Planning to Human Relations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modern tanka expression grounded in observationessays and prefaces with a critical perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- downtown Tokyo scenesfamily and kinshipmemory and timeaging and the body
Health
-
multiple cerebral infarctions2014年2月（急性）Died of multiple cerebral infarctions in February 2014. Marked the end of his creative activity.
Legacy
Known both for work as an editor and as a tanka poet and critic, he contributed to publishing at Kodansha and the promotion of tanka. His reputation continued after death, including a posthumous Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize.
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings / authority)
Quotes
-
He dearly loved tanka and books.
Source: Asahi Shimbun (obituary feature, March 8, 2014) (2014)
Trivia
- Real name: Kenya Washio (鷲尾賢也).
- Also served in executive editorial positions at Kodansha, including editorial director roles.
- Received the Terayama Shuji Tanka Prize posthumously in 2015 for the collection Aki no Gyumizaka; the first posthumous recipient of the prize.