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Shinobu Orikuchi

おりくち しのぶ

Orikuchi Shinobu

Pen Names: Shaku ChōkūPen name used as a poet and tanka poet, Ai EnkeiUsed based on his blue birthmark

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1887-02-11 (Kizu Village, Nishinari District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1953-09-03 (Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan) age 66
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
folklorist, Japanese literature scholar, Japanese linguist, tanka poet
Active Years
1911-1953
Memberships
Member of the Science Council of Japan
Influenced By
Kunio Yanagita

Education

Kokugakuin University
Department of Japanese Literature
Degree: Bachelor
Period: 1907-1910
Year of Graduation: 1910
Country: Japan

Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize
1948
Work: Ancient Sentiments Collection
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Imperial Prize
1957
Work: Orikuchi Shinobu Collected Works Vol.1
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Between Sea and Mountain

1925 Poetry collection

Health

  • Cocaine habit
    昭和初期
    almost loss of sense of smell
  • stomach cancer
    1953
    cause of death

Legacy

He founded Orikuchi-gaku and contributed to the development of Japanese folklore studies.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Poets Association
  • Japanese Folklore Society

Quotes

  • They say homosexuality is perversion, but that is not true. It is more pure than love between men and women.
    Source: Shinobu Orikuchi