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Mayumi Osaki

おさき まゆみ

Osaki Mayumi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1955-01-17 (Imabari, Ehime, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Career

Occupations
tanka poet, magazine editor, selector (literary judge)
Active Years
1991-
Affiliations
Editorial committee member of the tanka magazine 'Reirou', Kobe Shimbun — literary/tanka selector, Itami Public Forum — 'Itami Kadan' selector
Influenced By
Kunio Tsukamoto

Education

Ehime Prefectural Imabari Nishi High School
Country: Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education / Department of Japanese Language and Literature
Degree: 学士
Country: Japan

Awards

Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award
1991
Work: Binetsu Kaiiki
Organization: Tanka Kenkyu (publisher/organization)
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Binetsu Kaiiki

1993 tanka collection
the bodymemoryeveryday life

Suppai Tsuki

1998 tanka collection
emotionfemininity

Shinju Sakotsu

2003 tanka collection
lovethe bodymemory

Toki no Kujaku

2008 tanka collection
timeloneliness

Meibi na Yami

2011 tanka collection
darknessinterior life

Kirei na Yubi

2013 tanka collection
the bodybeauty

Godard's Nightmare

2022 tanka collection
cinematic imaginationfragments

Bibliography

  • Binetsu Kaiiki (Shoshi Kisetsusha, 1993)
  • Suppai Tsuki (Sunagoya Shobo, 1998)
  • Shinju Sakotsu (Tanka Kenkyu-sha, 2003)
  • Toki no Kujaku (Kadokawa Shoten, 2008)
  • Meibi na Yami (Tanka Kenkyu-sha, 2011)
  • Kirei na Yubi (Sunagoya Shobo, 2013)
  • Godard's Nightmare (Shoshi Kankanbo, 2022)
  • Wearing Leda's Shoes: Walking with Kunio Tsukamoto's Songs (Shoshi Kankanbo, 2019)
  • Ozaki Mayumi Collection (Yu Shorin, 2004)
  • Ozaki Mayumi Collected Tanka (Gendai Tanka Bunko 132, Sunagoya Shobo, 2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
personal and experimental modern tanka expressionuse of cinematic and fragmentary imagery
Recurring Motifs
the bodymemorytimecity/place

Legacy

Mayumi Osaki is a contemporary tanka poet active since the 1990s, author of multiple tanka collections. She has served as an editorial committee member and as a selector for newspapers and local forums, exerting influence within the tanka community.

Archives

  • National Diet Library holdings (NDL: 00401478)
  • VIAF identifier (VIAF: 253538125) / WorldCat entry

Trivia

  • Not the same person as the wrestler Mayumi Ozaki (Ozaki Mayumi).
  • Has an X (formerly Twitter) account (@osakimayumi).